Follow up on Waiting for Water to Boil

This is a follow-up from my 1/11/14 "Waiting for Water to Boil" post. One of the things that I have been waiting to happen has happened unexpectantly last week. It is so unexpected and yet I've been wanting for this to happen for a long time. I have stopped watching and waiting for the water to boil and just like that it has happened. This month I have chosen to just have faith, to wake up with the joy that only God can give and wake up with a bright, sincere smile on my face everyday.  January has been an amazing month, full of gladness and thankfulness though nothing has changed that I want to change (till last week). 

I just want to say that I am a personal testimony that God hears our prayers. Jesus does deliver us from our troubles and sometimes while our Lord is in the process of delivering us, He will change us - will change our attitude about the situation and will make the burden lighter. I thank God for delivering me from my agonizing trouble. God is good! Now there are other things that I'm still waiting for and it's up to me how I wait - will I wait for the water to boil or will I speed up the process and distract myself with my faith in my God? God is always faithful...always. 

Having the right attitude gets me out there! I'm about to go running!

Waiting for Water to Boil

Have you ever stood by the stove and waited for water to boil? When I'm waiting for it to boil it feels like it is taking forever, but the moment I stop waiting and decide to do something else in the kitchen or just begin to clean up around the house, before I know it the water is boiling and I have to run to it to drop in my pasta. I think that is how life is in general when we're waiting. When we think and focus on what we're waiting for it feels so much longer than it really is. I think that's why so many of us are browsing the internet on our phones while we're waiting on a red light in traffic or when we're in line at Starbucks waiting for our skinny lattes.  When wearing my braces for two years, I remember feeling like it was never going to end, but eventually it did and when I look back, time actually flew by much faster than I thought. Right now I'm waiting for a couple of big things to happen and when I focus on them, I get really impatient and fearful but when I forget about what I'm waiting for my time goes by so much faster and I find myself much happier and content in the process. It's a constant attitude adjustment that I have to make and the more I read my Bible and the more I pray, the more content I get AND the more distracted I get with good things. I don't think that's an accident. For the steps of God's children are ordered by Him. When we take the effort everyday to spend time with our Lord Jesus, our focus is redirected on the things that really matter and as a result we are refreshed and our faith grows and time is spent on much better things than watching and waiting for the water to boil. The steps of a good man (and woman) are ordered by the Lord: and He delights in his/her way. Psalm 37:23

I Like This Version of Cinderella

The cartoon drawing on the left makes me laugh, because I can totally relate to this version of Cinderella. Bring on the shoes! Unlike Cinderella, no prince has purchased any of my cute shoes for me. They have been bought with my hard earned, non-fairy-godmother money.  But if truth be told, my mom has been my fairy godmother up until I started earning a salary after college (and she still sometimes likes to play this lovely role - and she's got great taste!). So here's to real fairy godmothers, cute shoes, and those handsome prince charmings that have either already come or will come into our girly girl lives!      

p.s. watch out for frogs and you don't have to kiss them to find out that they're not really princes (I know, different fairy tale, but you know what I mean) :)

Baby It's Cold Outside. Stay Warm!

The Little Black Dress

Have you ever had a little black dress that saved your day?  I bought a new one randomly a couple of months ago mainly because it looked so good on me. I didn't have any special occasion for it but I just couldn't leave it at the store, it was calling my name :). I was so glad I bought it. I had to go to a last minute function and the stores were on short supply of nice dresses because of their demand for Christmas and New Year's Eve parties and there I had the perfect dress in my closet that fit and looked amazing on me.  So cheers to the just because, little black dresses!  

Faith

Happy New Year!!
The evidence of Jesus Christ is evident in the lives of Christians in the peace and hope that He gives us. I am a personal testimony of this great love, peace, and hope which comes from my faith in Jesus. God constantly reminds us to have faith. My friends, have faith in God. In Mark 11:22 , Jesus answered: "Have faith in God." Many times our faith is weakened because we look at our circumstances instead of at Jesus. Have faith in God, my friends. I think this poem by Ken Pilcher says it well...