Conflicts Settled!!

The past couple of weeks, I've been feeling conflicted about a couple of things that were weighing heavily on my mind.

I had thought about them, wresteled with them, tossed and turned at night, and wondered what to really do to try and make it different.

Then I had a conversation with my pastor and she told me that if I just give it over to God, that He will work it all out for the best.

One of those things that worried me was that I sometimes put things in my blog that mentions God and Bible scriptures. I try NOT to do that because I know everyone doesn't believe in the same God as I, and I don't want to be offensive to anyone. I DO not ever mention politics either. But somehow, God and His word end up in some of my posts. I can't help it, really. I went to church from the time I was a young girl until I was forty. I go occasionally now, but really don't conform to the standard "religious" views that men have put in place. I have come to learn over the past eight years that it's all about a personal relationship with God, and not rules that an arrogant "preacher" set up so he could tell a bunch of innocent victims how to live. I want nothing to do with a Jim Jones or Jimmy Swaggert.

I have found the reason I use examples from the Bible in my analogies is because for most of my life, that's what I knew. And that's a good thing. So I'll continue to use the scriptures in my blog when they fit the topic. Each time that I do, they just seem to creep in and find a place. I don't go searching for a "message" to talk on. So that's okay. I feel that if it offends someone, they can skip over it. I don't want to be embarrassed of the Bible and how much it's helped me in my life.

The second thing that I've wrestled with is a business matter, a decision that has been weighing my mind down as well. It's something that I can't discuss at this point but it's all worked out just fine. I spoke to Pastor Angie about it and conveyed to her the heaviness of it and she counseled me and said that we could pray about it. So within two days, the whole matter worked out. The person that I am working with in LA called and said that a certain decision was all up to me, because in the end, it's my book and it will be my movie. I was sooooo relieved when I got that call. There was a certain way I wanted this movie to go and I felt it was veering one way that I wasn't sure of, but then God worked it all out. And now I'm at peace with they way it's moving again.

My point to all of this is, give God your problems. If you have anything keeping you up at night, causing you to toss and turn, costing you precious sleep, let it go in a prayer to Him. Just a simple prayer asking Him for direction and guidance. That's all I did, and within two days, I had my answer. It didn't take lots of begging Him for help or lots of pleading. It just took an honest heart wanting to do the right thing that caused Him to bring me an answer. Allow God to be the carrier of your burdens today. Allow HIm to take your problems and worries away so you can live a life abundant with joy and peace. He will do it for you. He did it for me. But when He does, you have to give him the credit for it. Because He is the one who helps us.

Remember to work hard and Dream Big!!

Much love,

Christy