Short and Sweet

This week I’ve learned the importance of being still and spending time alone with God.  There have been more moments in these past two weeks, then I can ever remember, where I was so frustrated or stressed that I literally couldn’t do anything.  I’m very laid back so I don’t usually stress or if I do it’s not much.  However, I’ve learned that instead of getting stressed out externally, I just shut down and can’t get anything done and then I get aggravated because I don’t know what to do to be able to get stuff done.

I’ve been praying for Christ to make me broken and fully reliant on him.  I think that this has been how he’s been doing that.  Last night I was so close to being finished but I just could not figure out what to do or how to do it and I was in rare form because I was so frustrated, you can ask Shannon or my mom if you don’t believe me.  My mom told me that maybe even if I had already had my quiet time, which I had, that I should take some time to just be still and pray.  Since I wasn’t getting anything done, I took her advice. As I sat on my floor, I prayed and asked Christ to give me motivation to be able to finish and to give me peace and make me calm.  Not even ten minutes later, I was finally working and getting everything finished.  It’s funny how stubborn and set in my ways I am, that God has to almost push me to the edge so that I remember that I can’t do it on my own.