It is funny how, when you are stressed, how the smallest of things become major. Now, in all fairness, as a full time graduate student who is about to propose a dissertation based on research and courses from the past three years, (that are all stored on said computer), I think I legitimately had a reason to have a mini-freak out but I knew that this was so much more than that.
The very cool part of this week though, was the fact that I never once lost it.
I began a journaling challenge about 3 weeks ago (Girlfriends in God). Essentially, I record how God has shown up in my life each day [sudden glory moments] and since I began that, I've been more aware to ASK God to show up in specific areas. Then at the beginning of each day, I reflect and carefully review how God responded to each request from the previous day.
It also made me more aware of some moments as they are happening...I was able to smile and nod when I recognized God's hand in it. I was more aware to look for God showing up (remember my post about expectancy). Those were the coolest...experiencing a "sudden glory moment" and recognizing it for what it is at that point.
This week was no different. As I learned more and more of what I was facing, I presented it to God each morning and asked for clarity.
Can I say, that each step of the way, I got answers. clearly.
What it also did was minimize my anxiety about the challenge I was facing. I'll be honest and share that although it may have minimized anxiety about the computer situation, I still had other lessons to learn (part two to come)... In any event, the week was THAT much better because each day, I took my cares and requests to God and then looked for Him to show up and/or reveal the answer.
How was your week last week? Any lessons learned? Better yet...what were your glory moments?
Grace peace and love,
Gia
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