Messy

Life is messy... And when we are fed lies and have situations where people allow cheating to occur because we "don't know how to stop it," life stays messy. Protocols and expectations go out the window. Things are left to slide because we might offend someone.

What happened to consequences? What happened to telling people no?

I get it - telling people, "no" is not fun. And... sometimes people have to suffer their own consequences for their actions.

It just makes life messy.

We are human. God works in our lives in different ways. We are not all on the same level of processing actions. All of these things cause life to be messy.

Some days it is easier to live in the mess than others. Some days it makes me tired. Some days it energizes me to try and make a difference.

Lately I have been more tired. Tired of the lies. Tired of the cheating. Tired of people with no desire to try.

My prayer always is - Father, help me know Your voice and what You want me to do. Give me the strength to speak Your words when You want me to speak. Give me the strength to stay silent when You want me to stay silent.

Proverbs 30:7-9

[God,] I have asked two things of you;

    don’t deny them to me as long as I live —

keep falsehood and futility far from me,

    and give me neither poverty nor wealth.

Yes, provide just the food I need today;

for if I have too much, I might deny you

    and say, “Who is Adonai?”

And if I am poor, I might steal

    and thus profane the name of my God.

If I can keep my eyes focused on Him, and not the messy around me, He can use the messy to make something beautiful.

Love and blessings -

Rose