So I had the day off yesterday, but not really since Kyle was with me. I don't know how Sylvia does it; that dude does way too much for me. Yeah, I know; he's mine and stuff, but I'd never volunteer to be a stay-home and watch kids mom. Negative on that. Anyway, I was struggling with some goals, debts, a dream and tight deadlines recently, and I almost got ahead of the curve--almost. I just need this one thing to happen, and I'm home free. I'm so close, I can almost touch it. But there are people in the way of my achievement. I keep saying what we always say: "what's for me is for me, and no one can take it away." I keep praying on it, and waiting for it, and trying not to get in the way. But then I got to thinking--you know how I do.
I firmly believe that when you're reaching for something tangible, like things you can see and touch and have, you must do what you know how to help the process along. Okay, if I've been training my whole life to be this woman, and I've seen and done the things I have that brought me to this point, I feel like I'm supposed to keep using those to help myself while I wait for my help from above. Does that make sense? I mean, faith without works is dead; right? So it's up to me to show that I believe by moving in a direction that ends up where I wanna be--like that whole footprints thing. At some point, when I need it most, my help will come to carry me the rest of the way. That's how I see it. So I work and I wait. It aint easy, but just as I was ready to give up yesterday, I got a renewed sense of energy and a new idea. Add to that the list of good things happening to people around me, and I feel like all signs point to upward and outward.
That's another thing--sometimes your answer comes in pieces, and from places you normally wouldn't recognize them. But how can I ignore all the signs that God is paying attention to the people I know, and therefore hears me too? That's why I believe hating is so overrated; if you're in a receiving frame of mind, and if these are your people, you're supposed to notice the encouragement being sent your way and get so excited you focus more on what you could do to get where you need to go. That way you aren't getting in trouble, deviating from the course, or bothering other people. Or so I would think. Haters waste time and energy like that, and it would appear they're blinded by their own envy. Whatever with them.
So anyway, that's another book in the form of a thought for today; one guy in particular will clown me about the length of the message, but what he can't deny is somebody needed to read it, even if it was just me. Peace and love my people...
From the mind of:
Tonya D. Floyd,
One issue, one day at a time.
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deadline, debt, dream, encouragement, faith, finance, goal, hope, success
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