I am stuck on band-aids...

Promises kept to God seem the hardest to keep. How hard can it be to write a blog post? I inwardly curse the Israelites for grumbling in the wilderness...yet I appear to find every reason under the sun to not have time to post 3 paragraphs. Oy vey!

I read over my comments tonight....I had no idea anyone was still reading this stuff. I really want to say thank you. Your words were so kind and it made me realize how God really does use this blasted blog to break up the fallow ground in my life. So, this is for you - whoever you are....

Do you ever think about the fact that the actions you're taking to "fix" your circumstance is in reality, just a large band-aid? I mean a big FAT band-aid...but not one that actually works, covering the wound so it will heal- because there is no real long term resolution?

I'm a "nip it" type of person. I am the, "let's not drag this out, let's get this over and done with...let's STOP the bleeding" type of person. Have you ever pondered that the band-aid you are using is no real solution? You have played your scenario out inside your head, you see the train wreck coming and WHAM-O...you KNOW it will be an unavoidable catastrophe. The inferno may not happen tomorrow, or next month - or even this time next year; but it will happen...and unless something miraculous takes place, the band-aid you are applying to the situation in your life will only prolong the inevitable. Am I in the right room???

So, what's a church girl to do? Do you keep nursing your situation? Praying for God's intervention? Holding out for hope? This is my question and dilemma, one that I apparently do not have the answer to. These are the moments when I get stuck, for long periods of time...

My only counsel to myself is to keep obeying God, follow His leading in my current situation, until He tells me something different. As I remain in His word, allowing His words to wash over me...He will direct me, guide me, and teach me.


I have something that I want to get off my chest:

 God has never let me down. When I have needed a breakthrough,

 He has always come through for me. He has never, ever failed me.

 He has given me every place I have set my foot...

“If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you.This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples....Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you....I will give you every place where you set your foot, as I promised Moses.” 
John 15, Deuteronomy 31, and Joshua 1.  

Candy and Your Bible

 A little girl came up to me in church on Sunday telling me that she had “put her candy in the middle of her Bible, so God would bless it.” Frankly, it was astonishing to me that she would even think such a thing. I thought, “who would think put their candy in their bible for God to bless – that’s absurd.” I went on to wonder what made her have the audacity to believe God would actually do something like that. Her comment refused to leave me…

Then just today, God said, “That was for you.” I pondered the meaning of it all, wondering if I had been wrong in my assessment. I realized that God is interested in the sweetness. The good. That which brings pleasure, joy, and happiness to my life. He longs for me to place it in the middle of His word, so He can bless it.

”For it is You who blesses the righteous man, O LORD,

You surround him with favor as with a shield.” Ps. 5:12

 It’s been a long time…and I have something to get off my chest:

                                              I’m back, deal with it.