Alone Time Good For The Soul

I completely appreciate days like this when everyone is out of the house and I am all alone. It allows me to reflect in the quiet and embrace a more peaceful frame of mind.

Sometimes life doesn't afford us too many moments of true serenity. But when opportunities for quality quiet time do present themselves I am grateful. I use my quiet time to listen to my soul and measure the level of authenticity to which I am living my life.

Taking time to just be still and quiet is good for the soul. It is also a great way to weed out the "busyness" of life and refocus on the priorities. Spending alone time is an excellent way to reflect and realign your life to what matters most.

How often do you get the opportunity to enjoy some alone time?

Life Quote

I don't remember where I read this but I liked it, so thought I would share:

"Life is often lived forward, but understood backward."

Enjoy,

Little Girl Lost

In the months since my last post my family has experienced much heartache, confusion and disappointment. Although not life threatening, the severity of the blow that we are dealing with is enough to test even the strongest of faiths; yet we press on.

Don't get me wrong I have those days when I wonder if it is all worth it, if everything that I believe in, my foundation, my cornerstone, my surety is it really there? Undoubtedly, the answer is yes! The mere fact that I strive toward a new day, the promise of a fresh tomorrow, renews in me my hope and faith.

No matter how lost or forgotten I may feel in my situation, God is ever ready to remind me that He is not only with me He understands knows exactly where I am and what I am dealing with. How do I know this? I feel it in a hug from one of my children, in a gently kiss from my husband, in the warmth of the relationship with my family and friends.

I find it in His Word, in His promises revealed and the committment to those yet to come. It is in His constant nudging of my heart and spirit and in the unexpected paths and opportunities He lays before me. Most of all, I know that no matter the depths of my fears, the lengths of my doubts and the struggles of my faith, He is faithful, I've seen it, felt it, and experienced it.

So when the disappointment is replaced with restoration, the confusion to clarity and the heartache to rejoicing, I will know that it is only through God's grace and mercy, His abundance and provision, His love and purpose that was I able to replace my feelings of being lost and forgotten with the joys of being found and cherished.

In this world you will have troubles

There are a few versus in the Bible that I would rather not read or hear, and John 16:33 "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world," happens to be one of them.

Although God clearly states He is greater than any problem, situation or concern we will ever face, the fact that we have to face them at all is a bummer. However, I have learned that those unpleasant, difficult, painful, discouraging, draining, engulfing, burdening trials are the footings necessary to the solid construction of our faith foundation.

How else would we know that God is true to His Word? How else could we be of help and support and encouragement to others going through the same situation? I am amazed that He loves and believes in us so much that He actually allows us to go through "boot camp" so that we may gain the skills and knowledge necessary to be effective soldiers for His kingdom.

I know I don't like going through the valleys of life, but if I've learned anything from those experiences is that when I reach the mountain top the view is that much more awesome and rewarding.

Pressing on,