Are You Exhausted, Discouraged or Troubled?
A Little Wind In The Sail.
Life has been crazy busy. Work eats up many hours of the day, and duties at home even more. I feel stretched and pulled in directions I never thought possible.My devotions are hurried. My physical exercise depleted. The church clambers for volunteer time and my family who is the most important of all, deserves more commitment.
Like an elephant on a tightrope, I balance this enormous load that is doomed to topple.
Thinking the one thing I love, the one thing I feel led to do must go…I contemplate shelving this blog. I tell myself that I don’t have time to write, for I have to carve it out of an already busy day. I ask myself if anyone would miss my ramblings? After all I’m just one among a million minions all trying to be heard in this noisy world.
Does God really have a plan to use my pain for His glory? Will I really encourage healing in others, or influence others for good?A gust blows in, my flagging sail billows and I receive just enough wind to continue on.
God answered this question through a comment I received on a post I wrote about anger and wrong thought processes.
I include it here because I want to encourage you…to continue fighting on in the work and faith of the Lord Jesus Christ no matter what your trial. There is purpose.
In the future I may have to cut back on the amount of blog posts, but I know I cannot give up on what I believe God has told me to do. The following comment reinforces this decision. Written in broken English, I include this with a few edits for readability.
“After searching through the world-wide-web I have to show my thanks to the writer for rescuing me from this type of condition. After coming across things that were not pleasant, I figured my entire life was over. Being alive minus the answers to the issues you have resolved as a result of the posting could have been devastating, in a negative way which may have damaged my entire career if I had not encountered your blog post. Your personal know-how and kindness in handling this subject was so important. I am not sure what I would have done if I hadn’t discovered this information. Now I believe its possible to relish my future again. Thanks very, very much for the reliable and results-oriented guide. I won’t hesitate to propose your web page to anybody who would like direction about this issue.”
We do not, nor ever will understand how God intends to use our most painful situations for His purposes. But if He has appointed a work for you to do, then do it to the best of your ability.
He has promised you healing... believe and hang on to this following promise.
Jeremiah 17:14 “Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for you are the one I praise.”
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About the author
Blossom Turner is an award-winning novelist, and a free-lance writer published in Chicken Soup and Kernels of Hope anthologies, and former newspaper columnist on health and fitness. A Word Guild semi-finalist for Anna's Secret, Katherine's Arrangement, Amelia’s Heartsong, and a Word Guild winner for Best Romance for Lucinda’s Defender. She has found her home in the writing of historical fiction but is open to wherever God leads. The many 5-star reviews attest to the power of love and romance authentically woven into the Shenandoah Bride Series about five sisters and their five love stories.
Blossom lives in British Columbia, Canada, with her husband, David, of forty years and their dog Lacey named after Lacey Spring, Virginia, where this series takes place. A former businesswoman, personal trainer, and mother of two grown children she is now pursuing her lifelong dream of writing full-time. A hopeless romantic at heart, she believes all story should give the reader significant entertainment value. However, her writing embodies the struggles of real life. She infuses the reality of suffering with the hope of Christ to give a healthy dose of relatable encouragement to her reader. Her desire is to leave the reader with a yearning to live for Christ on a deeper level, or at the very least, create a hunger to seek for more.
Co-author Suzie Zanewhich
Suzie is a certified life coach, leader of emotional health, and resource specialist. She has found her niche as a soul coach.
Suzie finds purpose in empowering individuals to move towards growth, healing, and alignment with their authentic self. Suzie is driven by a calling to live authentically, as the person God created her to be, to reach her fullest potential and lead others to do the same. Her passion is to help others find meaning through discovering their strengths, gifts, personality, temperament and core values.
Suzie is a life-long learner, continuously immersing herself in new courses to learn more about human behaviour, relationships, psychology, child development, emotions, trauma and healing. Because of her craving to always learn more she has earned the title of resource specialist in the area of self-discovery.
Suzie Zanewich lives with her husband in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She has a patchwork family of four grown children, two daughters, two sons and three granddaughters.
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