Let me just start off by saying, I'm starting to see a pattern. My blogs on Sundays are usually words I need to re-read throughout the week. In other words God goes, Here's a word now walk it out tomorrow. (Let me just say ouch...because I like time, but anyway). God will move you out of your comfort zone to His zone, even if it is just one step at a time.
So last night I pulled out my work stuff and started trying to get things ready for Monday. Just looking at the stacks and the amount that needed to be organized made me start to feel defeated. (That's a blog in itself....we need to take control over the things we can control and stop letting the enemy use them to push us down). I spread everything out, I laid it into piles(mounds of post it notes and all) and started trying to get it all organized. It wasn't before too long that I gave up(hence the reason why it's not done yet. How many times do we give up on a task that seems overwhelming and guess what it never goes away? How many times could we have the power to handle something greater if we would take control over the little things?) So I stopped for the night and God and I had a long talk. Why He chose a baseball visual I'll never know(I'm more of a football or basketball person).
Stay with me on this one ;-) He told me to throw it at Him. Funny thing is I didn't even have to ask what "it" was. I knew and I had more than one "it" to throw at Him. So I started throwing and He didn't miss a beat. There weren't any stray balls laying around for Him to pick up in the end or "deal with later". As I threw it at Him, He caught it and put it in a bucket. When I was done, He smiled and took the bucket with Him. I sat there and was like but.......... and He kept walking. See He can take whatever we throw at Him. Those "it's" we don't really know how to handle, those "it's" that are making us crazy, those "it's" that were never really ours to pick up. He knows me well enough to know He needed to take the bucket of "it's" with Him because otherwise I'd try to take them again. Throw whatever you need at Him and once He catches it, He's got it. He has reminded me of that more than once this morning. He catches it, puts it where it belongs, and then He walks off smiling and forgets about it. Why shouldn't we?
That was part 1 of my talk with Him last night, part 2 came from
Romans 12:21
21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
(**Caution...this is the part that made me go, but why(yes said in a whine no doubt), because this is the part I knew I'd have to walk out this week. ( I don't usually get these without the test to follow))
I've read this verse before but I always saw evil as evil(hatred, being mean etc.). Last night my eyes I read it differently. It's all about how you respond. When you are met with rudeness, unthougthfulness, and down right mean, how are you going to respond? Are you going to seek revenge and make your case or are you going to pay back evil with good? In other words when someone does something wrong to you(be it in action, word, or lack of word), how are you going to respond? Are you going to get angry and get mad or are you going to be good and not let feelings win? God didn't say we had to be a door mat or take whatever anyone throws at you. He did say we don't have to throw it back at them though. Sometimes we need to confront the situation(and believe me God will open the door and your mouth when that's time), but sometimes we may need to just smile and walk away(even if we are counting to 10 under our breath). It's all about how you respond. When presented with that situation, God will give you the grace you need to handle it His way. Rest in this fact though, when you mess up, you always get a chance to correct it ;-)
I love this time of the year, but that being said there is a lot to deal with inside and out. That old saying is true, I'm not where I need to be, but praise God I'm not where I used to be. I'm a lot closer to Him than two years ago, and definitely a lot closer than I was thirteen years ago. December is a month, but I'll explain in blogs to come. Be patient with each other this season. Emotions are high, people have stress going on that we can't always see. We need to show others an extra amount of grace, chances are we may need it ourselves. One thing He told me last season and I'll end with this..."Life is about slowing down and remembering what really matters. It's not always found on a to-do list." Trust Him with your list and then breath.....it always gets done some how some way.
Until next time ~
Melissa
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