As you all may or may not know I am currently a proud surrogate mother!!! 33 weeks and 6 days to be exact!! If you've ever been pregnant you would know that your body goes through a ton of changes physically, emotionally and in my case spiritually!!! This journey has taught me a lot about myself. It has taught me to look after myself.
We spend so much of our time trying to figure out and fix other folks problems, that we forget to fix our own. We tend to forget the little things that make us simply smile. I've learned to thank God for ME!!! I've learned to pray for myself and ask God to bless ME with all the desires of my heart.
I noticed before all this that i was always complaining about how tired and stressed out i am...."woe for me, God I'm tired" LOL!!!! All the while I'm running all over the place taking care of everyone else and ignoring myself!! I asked God to help me, I asked him to bless me and show me that he sees all that I'm doing for everyone else. I found myself asking him"God when will my reward come?" and all the while he was waiting on me./
Psalms 23 1-3 clearly speaks that "The lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside the quiet waters, he restores my soul."
The words that stick out in the scripture to me is "He MAKES me lie down in green pastures". You know sometime God has to make you chill out and just be. You don't always have to move around for everyone else! It's OK to take out time for yourself and just REST. We go everyday ripping and running for everyone else and it takes God to MAKE you rest!!! LOL!
Then the word also says "he leads me beside the quiet waters". When you finally allow God to truly bless you and give you rest you'll see that every situation you go through will be that of peace and solitude. You'll find that if you allow God to lead you that you're no longer afraid to say "no" to peoples request of you and that it's ok because God told you to sit down somewhere and be still because he can handle it!!! It's like God covers you in every stepping stone of life when you allow him to take your hand and let him lead the way.
It's funny how you can always say YES people and as soon as you say NO you are labeled selfish!!! This label has affected me all my life. Society has made the word selfish a bad thing! Why is it wrong to take up time for yourself, why is it wrong to desire tranquility for yourself? I use to be the "go to" chick for everything and everybody and at the end of the day i found that everything i set out to do for myself was left undone. Resting is definitely required. Taking time out for your self is necessary to be a vessel for the lord to use. God can't use a worn out, over worked soldier. He needs someone who is strong, and alert to carry out his business. You can't be in two places at one time. You need your arms, legs, heart,and mind contained in one place so that when HE needs you, you will be readily available. It's impossible to be there for EVERYONE and satisfy the Father, he needs you more. So for the sake of God, simply rest, take care of yourself, do something to make you smile cause the only person that matters, that you must answer to to is Him and Him alone. Forget everyone else sometime cause truth be told if they're reading this God will help them also and if they're not reading this it's ok to copy and paste this to your facebook, twitter, email it to them, print it and pass it out or simply tell them to visit this blog lol!!!! When all is said and done and everything and everyone has nipped away your energy what are you going to be able to do when HE NEEDS YOU???
Be blessed Sugahs and remember..... REST!!!
I love you all
