In Due time

Dreams and goals can seem so close yet so far away. Have you ever wondered when your dream would turn into reality? Have you ever wondered why things take so long to manifest in your life? Like marriage, you wonder when your better half is going to show up as you rsvp your way into another wedding. Perhaps you want to have a child and everyone you know is having a baby…everyone except for you that is. That promotion you’ve been eyeing that promises a corner office with a greener paycheck goes to a complete slacker, and you wonder how you’ve been unfairly overlooked.

We tend to think that when it happens to someone else…that engagement, that pregnancy, that promotion…it’s unfair. Why unfair? Because we want it and we want it first. We don’t like the idea of having to wait. The truth is, we don’t really mind that someone got their desire fulfilled, we are upset that they got it before us.

There was a time not that long ago when I was praying and asking when it was going to be, ‘my turn?’ There was such a need to move forward in my life that I wanted things to happen now, instead of later. When I took my request to our Lord, I remember looking in the bible and seeing scripture about, in due time. Intellectually, I knew the in due time scripture was the Lord speaking over my situation. But, what does in due time mean? Due time means, when the time is right. Do I know when the time will be right? No. Just because I don’t know when something is going to happen doesn’t mean that it’s not going to happen; I just have to place my trust and faith in the fact that it will happen when it is truly meant to happen.

Use the Lords eyes to see your situation. There is a time and a place for everything. The Lord is able to arrange things in our favor, but arranging takes time; we don’t see the arranging but we feel the wait. The Lord would not make you wait if there was no purpose behind it. Be confident that your due time is coming. Our Lord knows everything, and there is already an actual due date to your due time…so why stress? Your stressing, worrying, complaining, doubting, and crying won’t speed up your due date, so relax, and most importantly, trust.

In due time, you will see promises fulfilled. Your due date is already scheduled. If you’ve been waiting don’t fret, because God is working; HE will do what HE says HE will do all in due time!

Quote: Crisis?

"In every crisis there is a message. Crises are nature's way of forcing change - breaking down old structures, shaking loose negative habits so that something new and better can take their place."

 

~ Susan Taylor

Quote

"I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence, but it comes from within. It is there all the time."

~Anna Freud

 

Scripture Sunday: Never Leave Love

Proverbs 3: 3-4

³ Let love and faithfulness never leave you;
bind them around your neck,
write them on the tablet of your heart.
⁴ Then you will win favor and a good name
in the sight of God and man.

Just Ask

Every once in awhile, I like to turn to my Readers and ask them if they have any questions.

If you have a question that you would like my input, insight, or opinion on, then please feel free to ask.

I would love to hear from you, and I promise to reply to your question in the best possible manner I can.

All you have to do is leave your question for me in the comment box below!

Thanks Readers…

~Elle

Sign Here

If you waited to feel better about yourself through someone else’s approval or appreciation, then you could be waiting a long time. Why? Because you cannot make everyone you meet happy. People can be encouraging and fun, but they can also be fickle and moody; don’t place your worth or sense of value on how people treat you. For example, have you ever met up with someone who was just plain awful to deal with, but then later realized that they were going through something deeply personal? We can take on so much pain, when in reality, it has nothing to do with us.

Our world has such a lack of self worth, self respect, and self love. Even the flashiest of egos who claim to love themselves really don’t love themselves…why else would they try so hard.

We place too much control in other people’s hands when it comes to our worth, our respect, and our value; It’s time to take back the control we place in other people.

Start respecting yourself. Don’t let things or people define you. Don’t wait to start feeling better about yourself. Keep reminding yourself that you are here with a purpose.

A long time ago, I found a contract on self care. I do not know where I found this, and I do not know who it was written by…but it is too good not to share.

Print this contract out and sign it. Sign this contract with the intent to follow it’s instructions to the letter. If you’ve been waiting for appreciation, approval, or respect…wait no longer…

 

 

 

"I, (insert your name),

Do solemnly swear
To love, honor and obey my Soul.

To love and accept myself completely

To live in peace and calmness

To take care of myself and to always know I’m made worthy

To always have a strong relationship with God and myself

for better or worse,
for richer or poorer,
in sickness and in health,
from now and forever more."

 

X__________________________

(sign here)

Mother Says

Mother Teresa: Final Analysis

People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered; Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies; Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you; Be honest and frank anyway.

What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight; Build anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous; Be happy anyway.

The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow; Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have and it may just never be enough;
Give the world the best you have anyway.

You see, in the final analysis, it's all between you and God; It was never between you and them anyway.

 

 

 

 

Listen to your mother!