Good evening! For the next 5 days, I will be on a mission trip to Vietnam. During that time, I will have new blogs each night from guest authors! (Also, on many nights, I will post pictures from my trip here!) For the next 26 evenings, my spot will be filled by my dear sister in Christ, Trina Agee Cornell! Trina and I went through many mission trips together and I have been a guest in Trina's and her husband, Bob's home. Please keep me in your prayers!
Power of Positivity #13
I enjoy communicating with my family and friends through social media – especially Facebook. I follow a number of people and organizations that focus their efforts on spreading positivity to the masses. I love reading posts from Proverbs 31 Ministries, tobymac, Lysa TerKeurst (the founder of Proverbs 31 Ministries) – and Power of Positivity. I came across this organization through a friend of mine – I noticed that she shared posts from them on a regular basis, and I decided I would “like” the page and check it out for myself. Power of Positivity has spoken to me on a number of levels – the Lord allows just the right one to cross my path when it is most needed. I wanted to focus this series of blog posts on the posts that have resonated with me – and the lessons that I have learned from them.
“Know you can start late, look different, be uncertain, and still succeed.”
Of my numerous character flaws, one stands out in particular these days – my chronic tardiness. I have been known to say I will be somewhere at such-and-such a time, only to arrive 10-15 minutes late. Growing up, my family called it “Trina Time” – I danced to the beat of my own drum, consistently miscalculating the time I needed to accomplish certain tasks. These days, this comes to light when we are getting ready to go somewhere – consciously, I have to tell myself to be ready twenty minutes ahead of time so that it can seem like I was “on time” all along. I have to consciously pay attention to this – make adjustments where they are needed – and do my best to arrive on time.
Bob just started his Masters degree in curriculum and instruction this past year. He has been teaching 4th and 5th grades for fifteen years – his passion for this is truly unmatched. When he graduated from college, he went straight into looking for a job – a Masters degree was the last thing on his mind. Now that we are married – and we have Connor – he has realized that a Masters degree will help him move up on his district’s pay scale, which means more financial benefits for our family. With this purpose in mind, he started working on his degree – some would say, fifteen years too late. We do not see it that way – his educational path looks different than the typical college student, but he is doing the work. Lord willing, come May of 2020, Bob will walk across the stage to receive his diploma.
There is no “right’ or “wrong” way of doing life – not everyone fits into the same patterns. The Lord has a path uniquely designed for you – He is the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. He knows the start of your life – the end of your life – and every moment in between. We do not all do things the same way – that is not the way the Lord intended. In Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, he reminds the brethren: “For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do” (2:16). Your path is your own – unique to you and only you. The Lord has a place for all of us – even me and my tardiness, and Bob and his Masters degree!
Thank the Lord for the path He has placed you on – and embrace each and every step you take as you walk with Him.
Steve
Luke 18:1
E-mail me at shawley@westburychristian.org
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