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| Everything Fits! |
The Power of Rearranging!
Today I cried out to God to rearrange me. It has become so apparent that many things in my life are just out of order. I am continually reminded that I have in me all that I need, however sometimes it just doesn't seem to work. Sometimes even though there are a lot of good things going on, I just have not seemed to be able to manage everything.
I love tangible examples, so here goes.... I have this little make-up case that someone along the way handed down to me. I keep the same basics in that case every day.
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| Don't judge me by my make-up variety! :) |
Above you will see how nicely my makeup bag closes. Nice and neat, compact, everything inside. That's how it's supposed to be! However, I cannot tell you how many times I have been so frustrated, because I can't get the dumb bag to snap shut! I'm in a hurry, and end up just having to drop it into my purse without snapping it, and then later all of the contents end up dumping out in my purse! Fun. So why is it that this happens when I know good and well that everything will easily fit into this bag and this bag will easily snap shut with everything in it? Answer: It's all in the arrangement of things! There's a basic arrangement of these items, that truly does make it easy to close this bag. However, even though each time I have the exact same items, how I arrange them changes everything. Truth be told, I'm not arranging them at all. I'm simply tossing them in haphazardly. When I take the time to simply create order, and actually arrange them properly, everything goes smoothly, no stress, no pressure, just everything nice and tidy and secure in the bag.
I'm finding that this is the way it is in life. I have asked God to rearrange me. I've got a good variety of things that I know fit within His purpose and plan for my life, and yet sometimes, I just feel like I'm falling out all over the place. The house is a wreck, I hate for anyone to look inside the car, I'm behind on some bills, I have ridiculous hair because I've had to do it myself, and I'm not moving forward on some goals because I'm constantly trying to play "catch up" with everything that's been "falling" all over the place. This is not an orderly life, arranged properly so that everything fits. Now I know life is messy and not always will everything fit. Don't go too deep on me. :) I just know that now is the time for me to put some things in order, and because that is not a "natural" gift of mine, I have elicited some "supernatural" help. :)
I have two different organizations calling for prayer and fasting. How wonderful to be challenged to do this at the exact same time by both of these organizations that are completely separate from one another. I'm going to be asking God for some wisdom and receiving His help in the accurate arranging of my life. I know that He is already answering my prayer and rearranging things in my life, so that I will be more effective while experiencing more peace and rest. That sounds good to me. I don't have a final outcome to share with you, just a challenge to you. If you've just been haphazardly tossing some things into your bag of life, and if you constantly have to keep cleaning up the mess....join me in the challenge of purposefully choosing with wisdom the accurate arrangement of things. His Supernatural help is just as available to you as it is to me. ....to be continued.....
