5.14.25 - wait for the lord
Good morning ,
Where do I start? Last week I wrote to you about feeling maxed out. In the midst of feeling extremely overwhelmed writing that email, I was reminded to focus on the kingdom. So that's what I've been doing, and it's been hard.
This last week I've noticed that I struggle with waiting, particularly waiting on the Lord.
I somehow always find myself doing the most, and then I end up exhausted, and then I feel disappointed because I'm still not where I want to be.
So let's back track a little bit and I'll share how the past 2 weeks led me to the realization I had last night.
Two weeks ago I celebrated my 5 year business anniversary for Naturally Created 4 You. I had everything mapped out of what I was going to do everyday. The sale was going great. I was on schedule for my daily tasks. I didn't think I was doing too much but by the evening of April 30, I nearly wanted to go to urgent care because I had the worst migraine. I thought I could push through. I wanted to go live to celebrate and announce the giveaway winner but I felt miserable. I talked myself out of going live and went to bed instead. The next day I felt fine but I was so overwhelmed.
I ended up making a social media post about it, and God sent someone by to tell me that what I've been doing isn't going to work for where I'm going. I have never seen this person comment on my post, and I almost missed what she was saying thinking it was a spam comment. She said things like a new mindset, new way of managing life, new season. I continued on with my day and wondered what did all that mean?
I started thinking about my life and how I've really tried to manage everything the same way over the past couple of years.
A few days later I read the "feeling maxed out" morning inspo to my Tik Tok community and this woman reached out to me. She was asking me if I was seeking the Lord about all the things I was working towards. Yes I was seeking him - I just wasn't seeking him from a place of surrender. So I began to ask the Lord, "what do you want me to do today?" every morning when I woke up.
I began to realize I'm not okay. I began to start taking things one day at a time. I began to do some self reflecting. The woman who reached out from Tik Tok was telling me that healing is going to have to come first. I didn't want to hear that, but it's exactly what I needed to hear. I thought writing my book would bring complete healing, but it only started the process. I keep finding band-aids to hide what needs to be revealed and healed.
Yesterday, I took my daughter to gymnastics. She missed the past 2 classes so she was excited for yesterday. We showed up only to learn that the session had already ended and it wouldn't start back until the fall. I had some packages to drop off at the post office, and since we had extra time, I asked her if she wanted to go to the library. While we were there I wanted to check out what books they had. As I was trying to find a book on what I thought would help reframe my mindset, I stumbled across a book about slowing down to get ahead. This seemed right up my alley so I started reading it. It's like the author wrote it specifically for me during this season of my life.
I keep thinking I have to do so much, if I want so much to happen, leaving no room for God to do what only he can do. I'm actually wearing myself out trying to do so much. To make things worse, the more I do, the more the devil tries to convince me that I'm not doing enough - furthering this cycle of pressure "to do".
I am over it. I'm absolutely over it.
I don't like it here. This is uncomfortable. I don't like to wait. I don't like to go slow. But...it's time.
Last night, while I was reading this new book, I realized how much I keep pushing back at God, instead of letting him do a work in me that only he can do.
I found a verse last night that I can recite when I begin to feel like I have "to do", for something "to be" - Psalms 27:14 "Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord."
I don't know where you are, but I'm ready to get off this hamster wheel of "Team Do Too Much" and hop over to "Team God I'm Waiting For You".
I thought it was interesting how the bible says Wait "for" the Lord instead of "on" the Lord. I looked into the two words and found waiting for means you are waiting with expectation that they will arrive or do something. I want to wait with expectation that the Lord is going to show up. He is faithful and his word is true. Our impatience does not change who he is, or his undeniable glory and power. Let us all wait for the Lord, instead of busying ourselves and wearing ourselves thin.
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Love,
Danielle
naturallycreated4you.com
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