Psalm 13

I was recently reading someone's blog post on Psalm 13 which sparked me to read it myself and this is what I found:

"How long, LORD? Will you forget me forever?
How long will you hide your face from me?
How long must I wrestle with my thoughts
and day after day have sorrow in my heart?
How long will my enemy triumph over me?

Look on me and answer, LORD my God.
Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death,
and my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,”
and my foes will rejoice when I fall.

But I trust in your unfailing love;
my heart rejoices in your salvation.
I will sing the LORD’s praise,
for he has been good to me. "

Recently I have the same feelings as David that God is hiding His plan and His face from me. In looking for a job and moving sometimes it's hard to realize that God's plan is perfect. David begins this passage honestly saying this is how I feel and then ends with what he knows to be true of God and how God works. The Message translates the last few verses this way:

"I've thrown myself headlong into your arms—
I'm celebrating your rescue.
I'm singing at the top of my lungs,
I'm so full of answered prayers."

So here I am "throwing" myself "headlong" into the arms of my father and celebrating His rescue and knowing that the prayers for a job and the prayers for my future will be answered. This verse was sent straight to me!!!! :) Even when I feel that things aren't going the way they should and God seems no where to be found I will continually through myself into the arms of God and trust that His plan is perfect. Until then I will continue it what He has called me.

Loving well,

Paula

I'm Back

Here I am back at this blogging thing. I am trying to make some changes and make it look a little better than it used to. Now that things are winding down with school I should be able to find more time to write and share some thoughts. So tonight I had something on my heart to share however after editing the blog it's getting late and I should get some rest. So I will just tell about the change of title and will give you my other post for tomorrow.

Loving Well. That's something that as a woman in this world God has given me the desire to do. I recently read the book Captivating by John and Stasi Eldredge with a group of women from the church that I have been attending here in NYC. Toward the end of the book Stasi writes about relationships and this is what she says:

"No one can be to the people in your life who you can be to them. No one can offer what you can offer. There are many things God calls us to do, but loving well always comes first. The relationships with the people in your life must be fought for."

This section of the book really resonated with me in that I have been miles away from some of the people that I love most this year and Loving Well is something that must be fought for. I realize that no matter how close you are to people in proximity loving well can be difficult. So in light of reading this book and having a desire to LOVE WELL I am going to write here about my journey to loving well. I am also hoping that through this process I am able to recognize the first part of this quote and how important it is to the heart of a woman. That we are irreplaceable to the people that love us...WOW!!!

So my prayer is that I be able to Love Well in all situations and to love with a love that only God can give.

Loving well,

Paula