Trusting to open the windows wide, wide, wide

So - Tuesday, we meet again.  Yesterday I was still in denial that the weekend is over.  But today, and on each Tuesday, I am reminded of all the tasks that need to get done in this glorious week ahead.  And the weekend seems so far away.  Tuesday.

Does anyone else feel this way?  For some reason, Tuesdays are my days for self-doubt.  They are the days I question every change in my life.  Tuesdays I absolutely LOVE familiarity.  If you have something mundane for me to do, most likely, I'll cherish doing it on a Tuesday.  It's like I want to be in "robot mode" on Tuesdays.  Did I mention all the self doubt on Tuesdays?  I don't know if it is because I am making lists in my head of all that I need to do -- and I realize there's not enough time in the days ahead to do it all -- that I doubt and fear.  But that seems logical, right?

And this is why on Tuesday I have to be extra tenacious to keep plugging through to the ever-changing end game, digging pretty deep to walk forward midst all the doubt.  And how?  Only one way -- TRUST.

Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.  

My favorite poet, Ruth Harms Calkin, wrote this lovely poem about a time when she just opened up her heart and the Lord filled her heart with so many truths.  I can only imagine that she was bogged down by doubts, stress and an endless to-do list.  And I can imagine she stopped her running around, opened up her Bible and she prayed.  I absolutely LOVE it.

You Did All The Rest
O Lord God!
I did what You asked me to do:
I just opened the windows
Wide ...
Wide ...
And You did all the rest!
You poured into my heart
A blessed, blissful contentment.
You saturated my mind
With gigantic thoughts of You.
You struck an artesian well within me
Until sheer joy sprang forth.
You led me out of the valley of despair
Into a succession of incredible happenings.
Problems which seemed insurmountable
Melted like wax before my eyes.
Fears faded away like threatening clouds.
You startled me
You amazed me
With the glory of Your revelation.
It is true
Gloriously true --
I have literally walked and breathed with God.
I just opened the windows
Wide ...
Wide ...
God, You did all the rest!


Peace!
amylee

it's a tenacious tuesday!!!

My word for today is: tenacious.

te·na·cious/təˈnāSHəs/

Adjective:

Not readily letting go of, giving up, or separated from an object that one holds, a position, or a principle: "a tenacious grip". Not easily dispelled or discouraged; persisting in existence or in a course of action: "a tenacious legend".

It's a sick day for me today.  My head is full, I'm super dizzy -- and I feel awful.  But I'm at work today.  I'm being tenacious!  Why, you ask?  Because I've been MIA so many times here.  And right now, I've made a commitment to be the best I can be at all jobs.  And there are a lot of them right now in my life.

So I sit here, with my sniffles and sneezes and head pounding -- re-reading one of my favorite verses ... Lamentations 3:22-41.  It is, to me, the definition of tenacious.


The Lord's love never ends; 
       his mercies never stop. 
They are new every morning; 
       Lord, your loyalty is great.
I say to myself, "The Lord is mine, 
       so I hope in him." 

The Lord is good to those who hope in him, 
       to those who seek him. 
 It is good to wait quietly 
       for the Lord to save.
 It is good for someone to work hard 
       while he is young. 


He should sit alone and be quiet; 
       the Lord has given him hard work to do. 
He should bow down to the ground; 
       maybe there is still hope.
He should let anyone slap his cheek; 
       he should be filled with shame. 


The Lord will not reject 
       his people forever. 
Although he brings sorrow, 
       he also has mercy and great love.
He does not like to punish people 
       or make them sad. 


He sees if any prisoner of the earth 
       is crushed under his feet; 
he sees if someone is treated unfairly 
       before the Most High God;
the Lord sees 
       if someone is cheated in his case in court. 


Nobody can speak and have it happen 
       unless the Lord commands it. 
 Both bad and good things 
       come by the command of the Most High God.
No one should complain 
       when he is punished for his sins. 


Let us examine and see what we have done 
       and then return to the Lord. 
Let us lift up our hands and pray from our hearts 
  to God in heaven:

I hope you, too, have a hope in your heart that you won't give up on.  Remember His words ... it is good for someone to work hard while he is young.  Persist.  Be tenacious!

Peace!!!
amylee