MOVE! 2013

It is 2013...has been for 10 days. It doesn't feel any different than 2012 and if it goes like 2012 went I would have no complaints.  But I suppose the idea is to improve on the year before and that is why so many make resolutions for the new year.  The last several years I haven't made new year resolutions but rather made a theme for the year.  "More than Me" was the theme when I started writing this blog.  That year I realized that amazing things happen when you put feet to your faith and are aware of more than your own little world.  Last year my theme was,"Make It Count." I was focused more on making every decision, every day, every word, every minute of every day count.  Some days this was the furthest idea from my mind because I was just focused on making it through the day!  I remember one day in July when I had three large assignments due and two boys wanting and needing my attention. I was stressing just a bit and I remember quietly repeating, Make It Count, to myself. I was refocusing my mind and it helped guide me through this moment where I was being pulled in so many directions.  I had to make it count in order to give my best.
Now, I am ten days into a new year with no theme.  But tonight it hit me.  Have you thought about just how patient God is with you?  Where I am at in my life at this very moment is due to taking some steps though doors that took me awhile to recognize as the door that was open.  I'm sure we all have had times when it takes us awhile to recognize what God is providing, nudging us towards, and preparing for us.  It's like we sit at the door waiting for God to open it without even realizing He has ripped the door off the hinges, and hung a huge, flashing neon arrow over the doorway with a sign saying, "MOVE! ENTER!" Wow! Was this a powerful thought for me!  So this year I will be "Moving."  Not in the literal sense necessarily.  It's more about being aware of where the big neon sign is point to.  It's acting on those thoughts of, "Oh, I wonder how so and so is?" Instead of just wondering and thinking about them, call them, text them, email, send a smoke signal...just DO something that shows them they were thought of.  Maybe in your job you have been feeling like there is a change needed but the thought of walking through that door is just to much to wrap your head around. These are the times when you have to trust in the One who hung the neon sign for you.  I can think of a way to MOVE in every aspect of my life and I haven't been moving like I should. 

I have faith in a God that can MOVE mountains but yet I struggle to MOVE for Him....Move 2013.

Mark 11:23-24   
Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.