Comfort Zone
Can I be honest with you? I don't like change. I logged onto my blog today and my template had gone black! The company that I got the background from had changed its format! I couldn't figure it out so I'm just using a basic one until I can muster the patience to relearn the new page layout.
Speaking of change, earlier today I went to an appointment and my regular gal was still not back. I asked the woman, "What's up with the change in office staff?" This woman tells me about offices closing, people losing their jobs, etc. So now I'm feeling quite petty about being a bit put-out, so I begin to chat about my flaws, one of which is a low tolerance for pain, and the conversation unfolds from there.
This woman tells me she lost her four year old son the year before and her marriage is falling apart. I was able to share that my parents lost my brother at age sixteen and how it put a stain on their marriage, but that they will be married 60 years this September.
I told her the advice my dad shared with me about marriage, when I wasn't sure I could hang in there any longer, "You have to go back to the time when you fell in love and remember why you loved that other person and then remember that at any given time one of you may fall out of love and hopefully the other one will be in love at the time to help hold it all together." She liked that advice and told me she'd tell her husband about it when he came to pick her up. I told her I would pray for their marriage.
I was in tears later as I retold this story to my husband, a story that would not have been, if I hadn't regrouped and remembered that the day is the Lord's and if I remain open to being out of my comfort zone, He can move in miraculous ways.
Speaking of change, earlier today I went to an appointment and my regular gal was still not back. I asked the woman, "What's up with the change in office staff?" This woman tells me about offices closing, people losing their jobs, etc. So now I'm feeling quite petty about being a bit put-out, so I begin to chat about my flaws, one of which is a low tolerance for pain, and the conversation unfolds from there.
This woman tells me she lost her four year old son the year before and her marriage is falling apart. I was able to share that my parents lost my brother at age sixteen and how it put a stain on their marriage, but that they will be married 60 years this September.
I told her the advice my dad shared with me about marriage, when I wasn't sure I could hang in there any longer, "You have to go back to the time when you fell in love and remember why you loved that other person and then remember that at any given time one of you may fall out of love and hopefully the other one will be in love at the time to help hold it all together." She liked that advice and told me she'd tell her husband about it when he came to pick her up. I told her I would pray for their marriage.
I was in tears later as I retold this story to my husband, a story that would not have been, if I hadn't regrouped and remembered that the day is the Lord's and if I remain open to being out of my comfort zone, He can move in miraculous ways.
I had not made these little cups before and it was a challenge, but perseverance paid off!
James 1:4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
James 1:4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
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