Didn't think it would happen for me....
Getting there!!
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Didn't think it would happen for me....
I have read and heard over and over how God opened up doors and gave others a new path. But I was always skeptical it would happen for me.
So I sat and I prayed and I waited. Nothing seemed to happen. I wondered why God wouldn't help me like he had so many others.
It wasn't until I started doing for myself, truly, making plans did God start to open the doors. It has been simply amazing!! HE is leading me and I am finally listening.
If you are sitting there, like me, praying and not do anything healthy for you..... You may just stay stuck like I did. But when I finally started making plans, doors opened that I would never have imagined. God is listening!!
Today, I am still sad, still scared and still leery but I can honestly say....I feel very blessed, very grateful and very loved and those feelings are way more powerful.
So I sat and I prayed and I waited. Nothing seemed to happen. I wondered why God wouldn't help me like he had so many others.
It wasn't until I started doing for myself, truly, making plans did God start to open the doors. It has been simply amazing!! HE is leading me and I am finally listening.
If you are sitting there, like me, praying and not do anything healthy for you..... You may just stay stuck like I did. But when I finally started making plans, doors opened that I would never have imagined. God is listening!!
Today, I am still sad, still scared and still leery but I can honestly say....I feel very blessed, very grateful and very loved and those feelings are way more powerful.
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Don't hog up all the prayer credits, I know for a FACT that MANY of
us have prayed for you well being and clarity.
You get 5/8ths credit....... this directly from the prayer bank (firsthand)
And we continue to pray for your continued well being!
So when good things happen......don't hog all the glory.
A LOT of us were pulling (and praying) for you!
('just 'say'in)
us have prayed for you well being and clarity.
You get 5/8ths credit....... this directly from the prayer bank (firsthand)
And we continue to pray for your continued well being!
So when good things happen......don't hog all the glory.
A LOT of us were pulling (and praying) for you!
('just 'say'in)
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Did you really think that God was going to do things for you that you were more than capable of doing yourself? 
Of course the doors opened, you are now designing life with your needs and wants. A good thing. Enjoy it all!
LMAO @ Vale.
Of course the doors opened, you are now designing life with your needs and wants. A good thing. Enjoy it all!
LMAO @ Vale.
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I just now read this...I love it!!!
Still praying for you.
God is probably smiling that he doesn't have to whack you on the head anymore. He says, "Seriously! Take this!! Right there--walk through that door over there!!!!!!" I totally picture him chuckling and shaking his head at me for that very thing sometimes.
Still praying for you.
God is probably smiling that he doesn't have to whack you on the head anymore. He says, "Seriously! Take this!! Right there--walk through that door over there!!!!!!" I totally picture him chuckling and shaking his head at me for that very thing sometimes.
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LMN
Below is one of my favorite quotes that emphasizes the important message you gave to all of us this morning.....enjoy!
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Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now.
~Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Hugs to you......and I'll keep praying too;-)
ke
Below is one of my favorite quotes that emphasizes the important message you gave to all of us this morning.....enjoy!
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Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now.
~Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Hugs to you......and I'll keep praying too;-)
ke
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God indeed sends His blessings at exactly the right time, when we are ready to see them and accept them with gratitude.
God knows our needs and takes care of them. We're on our own for our "wants", but my mama used to say we would always get "our daily bread" and that we didn't need the whole loaf, just enough to see us through today and now. In the end, that's all we ever need anyway.
I'm glad you are feeling the love, LMN.
Hugs
PS...Vale made me laugh too, MY prayers were bigger than his anyway.
God knows our needs and takes care of them. We're on our own for our "wants", but my mama used to say we would always get "our daily bread" and that we didn't need the whole loaf, just enough to see us through today and now. In the end, that's all we ever need anyway.
I'm glad you are feeling the love, LMN.
Hugs
PS...Vale made me laugh too, MY prayers were bigger than his anyway.
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LMN, I hope I type this correctly - it was a passage from my prayer book for today. " God will take care of you! He will answer you in the way that's best for you- and at the time that is most helpful for you. A good father doesn't always give his children exactly what they want when they want it. He knows it is far better to give what the child needs, when he needs it, in the way that will help him the most.
Getting there!!
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Originally Posted by allthatsgood 
And just one more thought LMN....as I think of my mom today...25 years since she passed...one of her sayings..... God helps those who help themselves.
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As children bring their broken toys, With tears, for us to mend;
I brought my broken dreams to God because he was my friend.
But then instead of leaving him in peace to work alone,
I hung around and tried to help with ways that were my own.
At last, I snatched them back and cried,
"How could you be so slow?"
"My child," He said, "What could I do?
You never did let go...."
I brought my broken dreams to God because he was my friend.
But then instead of leaving him in peace to work alone,
I hung around and tried to help with ways that were my own.
At last, I snatched them back and cried,
"How could you be so slow?"
"My child," He said, "What could I do?
You never did let go...."
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Your post reminds me of a time that I was at a meeting where someone said "God don't row".....meaning, allow God to steer the boat but you are the one that has to row it. I am so happy for you that the doors are opening up and the path has become clear. You kept doing "the next right thing" and that has led you in new direction.
Lots of love and prayers going out to you always and especially during this transition.
Lots of love and prayers going out to you always and especially during this transition.
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