Analysis Paralysis

Is it just me? I know that God has given me this dream, this calling, these gifts and talents. He’s cultivated me to fulfill what he has put in me. So, why am I so worried? God knitted us in our mother’s womb. He’s planted seeds, dreams and desires in our heart. Yet, we worry and we fret. Sometimes We never pull the trigger on the seeds He has planted or the dreams He has given us. It took me a while but I realize that those seeds, those dreams, those desires-those are my calling.

From a a very very young age I knew I wanted children and I wanted a family. I had a great desire to be a wife and a mother. But, I didn’t feel like that was enough. There had to be more to me than just being a wife and mom, right? As if those aren’t incredibly hard jobs. But, no. I had to want to be more. God is so amazing and because He called me to be a wife and a mother eventually that’s exactly what happened. Not only did I become a wife, I became a mother five times over (including one by adoption).

God allowed me to go to college and gain additional skills and talents that I now use in ministry for children, marriage and families.

Looking back at how God weaved all the events together I can now see the miracle of His work and how His hand was guiding me the whole time.

As women, God has given us our personality, our desires and goals and dreams. So when the Holy Spirit prompts you to work towards what He has shown you how do you react? If you're like me you may question, doubt and even worry. You may have to take time to took back and see the hand of God like I have finally done. You may delay and decide "not now". That seems to be the common response among wives and mothers.

But I challenge you to heed to the calling that God has on your life. Do the work of being obedient in whatever it is that God has shown you. Be careful to not overthink and analyze the calling so much that you talk yourself out of it. Don't allow your thoughts and insecurities to keep you from going after what you know that God has shown you. Be sure to prayerfully seek His guidance and direction. Be certain to lean on Him more than yourself. You can't see where this is going. But, God is already there.

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