If I
haven’t learned anything else over the past several months, it’s that God truly
has a great sense of humor and gets a kick out of how we try to plan and make
things happen in our lives! Before I dive completely in, let me back track say
hello and Happy New Year…. I know, I know; I checked the archives and the last
time a made a new post was mid-October and here we are now approaching the end
of January and I’m just making a comeback?!?! Sorry….I didn’t necessarily
intend to take this long of a break in between posts; I even had a month long
break from school starting back a couple of days before Christmas and I just
knew that during my time off that I was going to crank out at least 2 new blog posts,
but here I am in my first week back of my FINAL semester in grad school
(Hallelujah🎓 !!!!) and then all of a sudden God inspires me to write with a
partially completed assignment that awaits me open on my desktop (don’t worry….
I’m not using this to procrastinate; I was working ahead of schedule so I still
have plenty of time to finish it 😁)?
I told you God has of sense of humor, right? But anyway I’m here now and
although my intentions were good and it wasn’t an on purpose abandonment, I’m
happy that I took the time off to truly enjoy my break from school and relax
when I’m not at work; we all need a bit of time to just veg out and do nothing
if we can. I consider it a luxury these days!
Now that
I’ve gotten that out of the way, I can kind of use that as a segway of a
revelation I had recently of how we think that we can go out an plan the timing
of events in our lives and when we are going to do certain things but if it
doesn’t align with God’s timing, then it won’t happen any sooner. There is
absolutely nothing wrong with planning things out and making practical steps
towards your goals (I’d honestly be concerned to see someone without any type
of plans for their life), but micromanaging and obsessing over of the timing of
events will leave you frustrated and on edge 24/7! God does give us free will
with our choices, but that’s not how I would want to live my life. I’m not
going to act like I’ve known this all along and that I’ve had this peace of
mind for years on end because that would be a bold-faced lie; I’m still trying
to grasp this concept in its entirety! I’m still growing, learning and trying
to master balancing a mix of being proactive and being patient!
It can
be so easy for us to get antsy and ready to get the ball rolling on what we
think the next big thing in our lives should be, especially in this
hyper-connected social media world when we see others getting everything we
think we’ve ever wanted; a new car🚗, new job💼, a raise/promotion💵 , buying a condo/house🏘,
new relationship💑, marriage💍, a baby🍼… you name it (**cues the Shirley Caesar clip 🤣**)! It can even feel like some of
those people that are getting all of these “great things” may not be as
deserving as you are because you’ve continued to be patient and remain a
faithful in your wait, but you have no idea of what lead others
from point A to point B. The likelihood of their process being a cakewalk is
pretty slim and if you take a closer look, are you positive that their glitter moment is actually
gold and you want an identical piece of that? My advice would be to celebrate
others when their time comes because God honors your patience, celebration of
others and faithfulness to Him and even in our moments of weariness you can
rest and be assured that your time is coming!! No one on this earth can try to
halt or block what God has ordained for you when it’s in His timing; if it’s
destined for you, it will happen!!
There’s
no guarantee that what others have is even the real deal with God’s blessing on
it, so I say be grateful for the delay because you have no idea what God might
have been sparing you from had you received something too early! It can be
frustrating and disheartening at times when seemingly everybody but you has had
elements of their dreams come true while you feel like your life is on hold, but
God hasn’t forgotten and He purposely has everything tucked away for when you
are ready for it (some things even better than what you’ve hoped for)! I can
currently recall a few things that I’m still waiting on God to release but I
have faith that it’s coming! I have no idea when or how but sooner or later
it’s definitely coming. The number 8 represents new things, so 2018 has been declared
as the year of new beginnings for my family. There’s a bit of uncertainty as to
what these new beginnings entail but nonetheless it’s a beautiful uncertainty
as I step out in faith when God leads me to and sit back and rest if it’s not
time yet.
As
always, I hope I could provide a sense of encouragement to someone and once again
say I’m sorry for being a lazy blogger 😳. I’m officially heading towards the
finish line with school so I appreciate everyone’s continued support and
patience with my lack of consistency. I will try my hardest to not take another
3 ½ to 4 months of a gap before my next post. And if it’s your first time
reading, thank you so much for checking in and feel free to go back and read
some of my older posts in the archives to catch up. I’m hoping that once I’m
finished with school that I can pour some more time into enhancing this blog
and give it the proper attention it deserves so it can grow! Timing is
everything so if you hold on and hang in there with me I promise you.... more is
coming! (See what I did there? 😉)
Much Love,
Ebony💜
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