Joyful Transformation

Have you ever felt like you have lost a week of your life? That is where I am. Everything has stabilized. Diana’s blood pressure has normalized, her protein is barely positive, and her contractions have mostly stopped. I told her she had a lot of people praying those babies stayed in there longer. I think she would like to respectfully request that you pray that they would go ahead and arrive, but healthy of course.





You know last week I was feeling like the one discipline I lacked in my life was a time of solitude and silence. It is amazing how the Lord can humble you. He can MAKE you be still if you refuse to do it on your own. I have even been journaling with PEN AND PAPER!! Can you imagine? Sometimes it seems the thoughts flow freer when I am actually writing; it is just that my hand can’t keep up with my brain. Not that I am that great a typist, but I can type much faster than I write. It seems that I don’t stop and “muse” as much either at a key board. Knowing that you can go back and delete or reword that last sentence makes it easier to type than to put it down in ink!

I have thought a great deal about friendship during my time alone. It seems to be the new reoccurring theme in the books that I am reading. I have a great quote to share with you and some great thoughts, but my book is in the car and I may need something to share later.

However, I am struggling with several things. As part of my “Transformation” I want to be sure that I am not being carried around with every wind of doctrine. I am studying, I am praying and I am asking for wisdom. Yesterday I read this passage, and since then I have read it repeatedly.

James 1: 5- 8 (NLT)
If you need wisdom--if you want to know what God wants you to do--ask him, and he will gladly tell you. He will not resent your asking. But when you ask him, be sure that you really expect him to answer, for a doubtful mind is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. People like that should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. They can't make up their minds. They waver back and forth in everything they do.

I need wisdom. I have asked God and I am sure that he will show me an answer. But if you don’t mind, remind me. Sometimes I get caught up in this day-to-day life and forget to diligently seek his will and his answers. I don’t want to be like a wave of the sea!