“This place where you are right now, God circled on a map for you.”
Is this not the best thing ever?
That wherever I go I have the assurance that God has gone before me, paving the way for my time there. Way too often I get caught up in the busyness that is life - work, marriage, kids, mortgages, my students, the B&B...The reality is that - if I chose to - I could stay busy every single second and miss the bliss that comes from being in this very moment.
I'm a planner at heart. By nature, I just can't NOT plan. Menus, to-do lists, lessons, steps or phases to take our business to the next level. While planning is important in life, the very act of planning everything so precisely is that sometimes my thoughts are focused on the future, on things and places and people that have not yet been manifested in my life.
It's when I realize I am in "over-planning" mode, that I do my best to stop, breathe, and take in this spot where I am right now. It may be a spot of joy, maybe a little bit of a hard place, or maybe even just a place of silence where there is not a lot of activity going on. In each of these times, I need to embrace the now, the blessings and the lessons that are in this space. They are for me, from my Father.
I have this sign hanging in our master bath and try to focus on it each morning as I brush my teeth. Some days I forget. But almost always when I breathe in these words, my mind becomes clear, my focus is sure, and I know that I will be fine in this new day.
Because He has already gone before me.
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