I couldn’t really think about a better post title because this post directly goes along with my last. God knows when you need to struggle and then times things just perfectly when you don’t. Like I said in the last one, I’ve been struggling and it’s been tough….. in the past 3 days however — I am encouraged!! I love to call people, and make plans and do things… but like anyone I desire that people call me. Sometimes I wonder if I would have all these friends if I never made any effort — and these last few days I’ve learned yes. This week I kind of cut of ties– didn’t call people, didn’t initiate the ‘plans’ and one friend after another made contact!!! I feel full about things again… encouraged.

Which is probably a good thing — being in a lull, or low, I felt absolutely no desire to clean up my house not motivation to get things done…. and today I woke up sun shining and am busy working away on making our house a home again!

This week though a struggle, though I have been being shaped I feel closer to God… I feel his hand in my life and again that it is His timing not mine. And I am really starting to believe that through the tough times is when we do truly draw nearer to God.

This verse now hangs on my fridge (Thank-you Amy) and reminds me every day to trust God!

“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanks-giving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus” Phil: 4:6-7