From This Day Forth...

 I walk into a writers' conference for the first time, wondering what things--if any--in my life will change. I preferr sitting in corners— out of the way corners— just listening and watching things go by. This is not my comfort zone, but I'm here to listen and learn—and meet new people.

Isaiah 28:10 For it is precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, there a little.

How many different ways, and in how many different modes does God teach us? Are we open to those ways, or are we bent on ourselves and how much WE know?

Lamentations 3:26 It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Jehovah.

In daily life most people today would say they are too busy. Rushing in all sorts of directions, attempting to do numerous things...all at the same time.

A wise person told me years ago, before I knew what the word 'busy' really meant, that—'to do more than one thing at the same time, is to do nothing'.

Being a perfectionist, I am often disappointed in the outcome of things I attempt to do for that very reason. I am doing one thing with the right hand, and something else with the left hand, and neither task is done well.

Multi-tasking:
 In the past multi-tasking was touted as the 'way to go'. Now, however, experts are saying, no, not good, too stressfull.

Did I learn anything at the conference? Yes. Has anything changed? I met people I hadn't know before, sat in lectures to learn, and moved out of my comfort zone.

Sometimes things are set in motion that we cannot see at the time...things that maybe only can be seen in heaven...ever. So, we work and continue. We continue to believe that God is working in and through our lives.

Lamentations 3:27 " It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. 28)
Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he hath laid it upon him."

Young or old, we need to wait in quietness, with patience, for wisdom, and answers from the Lord.


James 4:10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall exalt you.


Some things we need to remember:
*Any journey begins at the beginning—make a conscious effort to chart your beginning in order to end up with the end you want to arrive at.
*Be open to what and how God is teaching you. The school of hard knocks teaches us things that the path of ease never does.
*Being too busy causes sorrow and stress. We can be 'too busy'.
*Don't be discouraged from doing the right and needful things.
*Not everything clamoring for your attention is a needful thing for you to do. some of those things are really 'wantful' things. (They want you to do them.)
*God is good. Anything that takes you away from God is wrong.
Hallelujah! What a saviour!