Spring Break is over and what a week it has been(and I'm not just talking about the weather). I'm talking about the time that I had just to listen and seek His face on a couple of things specifically. I didn't get the answer on one that I was looking for, but He did answer. How many times do we keep asking God for an answer or to do something, only He has answered we just didn't listen? We keep asking and looking for a specific answer, but God has another plan. He knows the answers we need, not just the ones we want. Somewhere during the last couple of weeks God threw away the box lid that I kept trying to hide under. We had different opinions on the box, but that is a blog for another day. I'm listening now. He knows how to get you to the point where you have no choice, but to listen. Seeking answers means putting our focus on Him. Ask Him what has your focus, be prepared when He answers. God was pretty blunt about mine. I'm making changes, some are slower than others. He is persistent though and for that I will forever be grateful. I didn't set out for this to be a long blog, so I'll wrap it up now. God knows your heart. He knows how strong you are and what you really can handle. I will be the first to tell you God has more faith in me than I do in myself. God knows me better than I know myself and He knows how strong I am. He has spent the last two months showing me that. (Want to know how strong you are? Fast from something you feel as if you "crave" and can't live without. I'm telling you, your spiritual muscles will strengthen with each denial.). That's a blog for another day. I've been on a weight loss journey for years, but finally got serious about it two months ago. I'll blog about it soon, but not yet. God is still revealing and showing me things through it.
Ask God for what's on your heart. He says in His word you have not, because you ask not. Be listening and looking for His answer. Sometimes you may be able to see it(gotta love neon sign days), but other times it may come in a still small whisper.
Focused on the journey,
~Melissa
So where did the title and what's "the story" behind it? (If you have been reading for awhile you know that 99.9% of my blogs have a Melissa story somewhere. I may not always tell it, but God has used something in my day or in our time together that has started the writing. Well this one is not any different. I've learned over the last few years that I can ask God and believe God for things for me. This is a girl that has oil in multiple places and isn't afraid to use it when she needs to. I digress. So the weather last week had my sinuses acting up while at the Joyce Meyer conference. I was ready to go to the doctor again and call to get more medicine because I figured I had a sinus infection again(crazy weather here in AL). Well at a point during the conference, God said just ask me for it, so I did. (How many times do we complain and whine about something to God, but never ask Him to take care of it? Let that sink in...). Within in 24 hours the sinus pressure started to go away and that area was feeling better. Even as I type the pain is pretty much non-existent in that area. (Notice I said that area). Well last night during my time with Him, I asked Him to take care of a couple of other areas that were hurting(both tied to certain events in other words not due to infection etc.). His answer was 2 Corinthians 12: 9-10, which say My grace is sufficient and my power is made perfect in weakness. For when I am weak, then I am strong. So there is the story behind listening isn't always easy. God will always answer. He knows what we need, even though it may not line up with our wants. Something tells me this may be the start of a blog to come. #aPrincesslovingrace
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