Greetings!

 On my last post, I stated that I would do something every day to get closer to my purpose. This past week has been really challenging to say the least. My oldest sister became ill, and I had to put my plan on the back-burner. Actually, God may have used her illness as an opportunity to show me a few things regarding His plan for me.

First, I know that when I am pressed, I turn to Him. My faith did not waver. For some reason, before this incident, I felt that my faith was weak...that I needed to trust Him more. But when the doctors basically told us that my sister was in a fight for her life, my spirit began to pray. I refused to receive the doctor's report. I know God to be a healer, and I just knew He would get the glory from this situation.

Second, I took my mind off me. I didn't have time to focus on me or my problems. I had to reach down inside of me and focus instead on the God in me. Not on what I wanted from God, but on what God wanted from me. And, I believe God wanted to bring my family to a higher level of faith in Him. Family members that may not have prayed in a long time, began to pray...and they were praying for someone else.

Finally, I realized that my time is not God's time. And even though I know that...I still sometimes expect God to move when I want Him to. God is not our personal genie. He is not standing by waiting for our list of "I wants." He knows the outcome, He is just waiting for us to catch up to what He has already done.

If our purpose here on earth is to worship God, and to praise Him...in spite of our circumstances and situations, then I guess I did do something to get closer to my purpose. Praise God!

Until next time...

Be blessed.