Lately I have been busy with tapping into my creative side. Taking old things that are pretty ugly but turning them into something beautiful. Being busy with all this creativity has distracted me from my first love which is writing.
However, as my hands are busy it also seems to make my mind too busy to think. A mind that is too busy to think is able to hear and to soak up some much needed truth. There is always a purpose in things that he will ask us to do.
Healing comes in many different ways and many different seasons. Sometimes we have to step away from our normal way of life, our normal way of doing things so our creator can work.
Maybe you are normally a runner but today he wants you swim. Maybe you are a homeschool mom but today he wants you to volunteer at a school. Maybe you are a writer and today he wants you to paint. I know this sounds crazy and uncomfortable but sometimes he has to move us away from our normal so that then and only then he can move our hearts and our minds.
Get comfortable with being uncomfortable was the words spoken to me by God in January. As the year is coming to an end I am still not in love with the idea but I am starting to see how it truly was exactly what I needed to hear and truly what I needed to do with my life. I am daily reminding myself how can God give me beauty for ashes if I am not willing to be uncomfortable?
He has not asked me to stand naked in the town square, nor has asked me to sleep on the curb for a night but there has been some very uncomfortable things.
There has been beauty for ashes, blooming, and healing..... This "get comfortable with being uncomfortable" has been a stretch and I am sure that as the new year approaches that this word will be carried on into next..... And I will gladly accept.
What about you? Is it time to give him some ashes so he can give you beauty? Is it time to step out of your every day life stuff and try something new or different?
You never know what will come from it. Healing. A word. A divine appointment??
Maybe get comfortable with being uncomfortable should be your 2014 season?
Time to pray about it. Ask you Heavenly Father. Don't be afraid. He is for you and has good plans for you. Trade the dirty ashes for beauty. I promise it is worth it.