A little part of the Big story.....fka "My Year to Thrive"

My favorite word in highschool was Lagniappe thanks to Dr. Sims. Lagniappe is 'a little something extra.' I just like the word and the french origin. Hope you enjoy a little something extra today!

Monday, December 05, 2005

Thoughts on a rainy Monday

Indecisive. I hate the word and I hate being it. How happy are you when you are truly doing what it is you want to do. I don't say this selfishly so change your tone of voice when you read this to a sweet tone with more emphasis on want than on you. (Okay? Good.)
Today's STORYPEOPLE of the day was this:

Real Reason
There are things you do because they feel right & they may make no sense & they may make no money & it may be the real reason we are here: to love each other & to eat each other's cooking & say it was good.

How perfect. I just love storypeople too. Yes, this was a Charlsie idea back in college and now I check the new story everyday. If I could just sit around doing exactly what it is I want to do which is love on people (that agape love thing...I'm not thiking intimacy here though I am not against that either) and eat their cooking and like it??? These are my two favorite things and the things I am good at! How beautiful are we when we are doing what it is God designed us to do. There is no better way to glory Him than to be in our sweet spot...right where we are supposed to be just doing what we are called to do.
Yes, the matter is that it often takes way too long to figure that thing out. I think we think about it too specifically though.. .Like what should I be doing with my whole life everyday - like in a work setting.... I think the key to the question is realizing that we are created and called to do something and it may be the thing that makes us no money or counts to no one but God. I know I am designed to encourage and invigorate people. I don't say this arrogantly and I literally thank God daily that He has helped me discover this year these gifts I have been given to be used to glorify Him. And the days where no matter what it is that I am actually doing that I am also being the way I am supposed to be then I am fully alive and fully engaged in even the thing I maybe don't like to do. I may have lost a few on that one.

So this comes back to my indecisiveness because often my flaw is that though I know and have experienced the joy of being fully alive because I am fully doing what I was created to do - I often get stuck trying to decide what I should physically do. This is true on all levels: Onthe grand scale: my job. On other levels: what to eat and when, to go or not go to the thing I dont want to go to but I am a people pleaser and feel I should.
I should take my own advise, I know, and just not worry about the day to day because I know, too, and have experienced that really, when we allow it, God shows us or maybe eliminates certain things for us to where you are left doing what you are supposed to be doing maybe for reasons unknown.

I have to end this. I am confusing myself and I am hungry. Go figure.
Enjoy the rain today, kids! I love it!

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