Friday, May 30, 2008

Your anchor or your sail?


I was playing a game on pogo and came across a religious room, even though I didn't know there were those on there. I'll have to go back to this room because it was very uplifting for my downcast soul. It seems we have been living under this grey raincloud for quite a long time. It must have started about mid-summer last year and the more we did to try to get out of it, the more dirt it seemed you dug out of our pit.

Deep into the pit we have sat for nearly 6 months--trying to get out of it. I wouldn't say we are dirt-free yet, but I think we can again see how to climb out of this hole.

So while I was playing this game, they were talking about God's blessings. It made me think about the difference between being an anchor and a sail. Is God your anchor or your sail?

If you believe God is your anchor and is holding you in one place, how will you grow and move towards him? I guess you could believe that by staying in one place you are grounded and not moving is a good thing. However, anchors are useless on dry ground, and if you are in the water --you are moving even if the anchor is trying to hold you to one place.

Isn't it better to let God be your sail? I'd love to feel his breath against my sails moving me in the right direction. Although it seems at times, all you see is gray skies and rain and don't raise your sails in such bad weather so you loose the chance to move out of the bad weather.

I have been living in the rain clouds and have seemed to be anchored to some terrible problems. We need to believe that God will supply our needs to overcome out of our financial burdens and uplift us to higher ground. It looks dark in a pit, but we must have hope that the sun is shining somewhere even if we are chin-high in water.

So who is your anchor and who is your sail?

**s**

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

S9

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Sail away into the sunshine


Do you know those people who seem stuck on pause when life is rushing past them? Why do they sit there waiting on life to happen instead of being a part of the flow of life?

I have so many of these people in my life I wouldn't/couldn't begin to name them all here, so pick which one you think I am talking about for this blog. My hopes are that everyone lives to their fullest potential. As a Mom now I am totally worries about my own kids living to their potentials as Rachel would rather just slide through life. Frills are wasted on her, as she does not care either way if she has it or not.

I've noticed that I am motivated by those that are stuck in the mud. Instead of stopping by to try to help them, it seems that I am energized by their lack of enthusiam to reach for the stars. I am more likely to stretch higher after hearing the sad sob stories of those with stories of laziness standing in the ways of accomplishing great things.

Where is your talent? Why aren't you using it? It seems that I dabble in so much because I don't have enough time to do everything that I would like to accomplish. I said today if I didn't have to sleep, imagine what I would accomplish. I need about 10 hours of sleep in order to feel fully functioning so my awake time usually is cluttered with things to do. I love being up at night as I know the kids are in bed sleeping, the phone isn't ringing, there is no one ringing the doorbell, and the city is safe and quiet. Besides the one street light I can see from my window off in the distance, it is completely dark outside and I can only hear the rain hitting the paved street.

So this is to remind those that are sitting on their hands, wishing that I'd sit on mine too. It's not going to happen, no matter how jealous you are of my success....they are going to continue.

Watch me as I sail away into the sunshine, build onto my house in paradise, and someday dance barefoot on the streets of gold.........

**s**

Sunday, May 11, 2008

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