Diamonds are made from days like............

I have always heard Wednesday called Hump day, but never knew why exactly until last week. Were Monday and Tuesday a piece of cake....why no but I did good holding my peace and not letting it get to me. Wednesday started off around 7:30ish with a snowball effect. It was one thing after another all day until by the end of the day I felt about two inches tall and felt like I was carrying more than I could. (Key word in that was felt....) Some days are just like that, some days the enemy will throw everything at you at once, and will use other well meaning people to make you question yourself.(because if he can get you to doubt yourself...he's accomplished a lot). Confidence in yourself(not the self righteous confidence), but the confidence that knows Who is inside of you, what He has promised you, and Who is in charge is a powerful tool.

Stay with me on this one......Your Hump day may not be on Wednesday necessarily, but look back over the last couple of weeks. Do you have a day that stands out as one where you had a decision to make? One where you were standing on top of the hill and you could either start over(and fall backward) or keep moving forward and come down? If I had not crawled up into His lap last Wednesday, recognized that I was feeling way too much, put on some praise music, and listened to Him, the rest of the week would have been different. Some days do not always go that way, some days I let feelings get the best of me and continue on in my pity party for a few more days frustrated and stressed. What I did Wednesday determined how I handled Thursday and Friday. (By the way last week was Truth 4 and Feelings 1 ;-))). Diamonds are made from those pressure days, those days when it all comes at you at once. Imagine you are practicing your tennis swing and the machine goes crazy. The balls start flying at you faster than you can hit them. What do you do? You hit the ones you can, pick the others up when it's empty, load them back and start again. That's how some days go...BUT as Christians we have help picking up the balls(the mess of the day) if we'll let Him ;-)

Looking back over last week, Wednesday was priceless. Feeling wise it was HORRIBLE, but God used it to teach me more than one lasting lesson. Trust Him with your heart, He made it........and He knows when you need a pick me up and He's always on time(and may even surprise you with what He uses!).

Diamonds are made through pressure. That day that you feel has done you in, the one that has left you in tears, may be what He needs to finish the diamond making process. After all, what Princess doesn't need a few diamonds ;-) (not sounding prideful...but God is my Heavenly Daddy and He's a King, so that makes me a Princess!!).