Gratitude

We are half way through the week and I am encouraged. This morning I woke up with the conviction of gratitude.  After yesterday's post, I couldn't help but think more into the choices and decisions that I make. And size up my gratitude.  The Lord has done so much in my life and I don't ever want to forget that or not be a good steward over what he has done.  This blog is one of the gifts that was given to me by the Lord. I am able to be a tool that the Lord uses to continue to display his power.  Had I not surrendered and engaged in an encounter with the Lord, my life would have never begun the transformation process and I would not be living out a reformed life.  So when he gave the release to bring about this blog, it came with his terms and conditions, not mine! So I can't take lightly his instructions of being transparent and also delivering his message in a timely manner.  Yes, I post daily, and yes, I do my best to always be transparent, but, he doesn't move on my time. So for me to post when it is convenient for me, causes me to be in Error. He is not going to accept that I am not a morning person, and there is no leverage available to do things on my terms. The Lord was not flaky when it came to my deliverance, and he makes sure that I am a priority in his life. I have to continue to remember that I am not in the driver's seat, and the day I feel like I don't need him to steer the wheel anymore, he will kindly step aside.

This blog was one of the many things that I had to measure on the gratitude scale. My family and job where also other units.  Yesterday, I posted about my chaotic mornings and the effect that it takes on my family.  The Lord found me fit to be the wife that I am to my husband and the mother that I am to my children. His word states that our children are an inheritance from him! So I need to do better with my time management and make sure that I am creating moments and not roadblocks; preventing my family from having all of me, by not being a good steward over time. There are things that they need from me and they can't get those things if I can't even recognized that I am being selfish and taking for granted all that the Lord has trusted me with.

My job is no exception to the rule.  The Lord has blessed me with a wonderful job that is attached to my purpose; and, I can't handle it, or the lives involved with it, loosely. I remember the times when I was unemployed and was begging the Lord to give me a job, but,not just any job, a job where he could use me for his glory.  I have held jobs that came with sizable paychecks and a high-level of credibility. But, you know what, I was miserable! Stressed out and depressed...they didn't have any purpose!  So, to wake up every morning to a marriage that has purpose, 3 beautiful children who are learning what their purpose in the Lord is, and go to a job that has purpose, YEAH, I need to be more grateful than what I have been and be a good steward!!!

The Lord doesn't owe me anything; and matter of fact, as an individual who has received so  much from HIM, it's not acceptable to give HIM half, when he has given me everything. Let's us live life as no one owes us anything, but, live to give HIM everything!

Remember, surrender all ...
Tynisha