Focus!

I have no focus today!  Our annual women's conference is coming up in a few weeks and I'm teaching one of the sessions.  Can I just tell you how much this freaks me out?!?  I've never done anything like this before...teaching in that kind of setting, putting together that kind of talk...none of it.  But I believe it's something that God has called me to do so He is going to have to do it through me!

Parker's napping right now so I'm trying to get some study/writing time in and I seriously cannot focus at all.  I have ideas of what I believe God wants me to share and of the direction I'm going to go but I've written basically two paragraphs in two hours.  Not a lot.  I keep thinking about Parker's allergies or going to Africa or what's for dinner and on and on and on.  Everything BUT my talk.  I'm so distracted!

What am I doing about it??  Allowing myself to be distracted and writing a blog, obviously!!

I want to share something from the Bible study I'm doing that really spoke to my heart yesterday and I have a feeling I'm not the only person who could use these words right now.  This is from Beth Moore's Living Beyond Yourself:

"Today some of your who are trying so diligently to complete this study, to stay focused, to be victorious in the face of ever-increasing odds, are completely exhausted.  My heart aches for you.  I have been there.  You keep working and trusting and still you don't see any change in your husband, in your teenager, or your circumstances.  The striving is exhausting.  Please hang in there and remember two things:

1.  God brings results from your obedience; you do not.  Let Him do His job in His "proper" time.  He'll do it, all right.  His name depends on it and He cannot lie.  Keep waiting because:

They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and, not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint (Isa. 40:31, KJV).

2.  You have everything you need by virtue of the Holy Spirit within you to bear your load.  If He had energy enough to speak the worlds into being according to the Father's will and the Son's Word, He has the energy to carry your through your burden.  You've got the Father's will and the Son's Word on it.  Keep in mind, when we power walk in the Spirit, it is He who carries the weights."  (pg. 49)

Isn't that good??  And haven't we all been there?  There is always some kind of burden in life, whether it's a trying relationship, financial difficulties, depression, loss...the list goes on and on.  If I'm not the one suffering at this particular time, I probably know someone who is.  Isn't it amazing to know that we do not have to bear the burden on our own and that if we are faithful and obedient to Him, He will bring results in His own time??

So that was not really where I intended to go when I first started typing this post but there it is!  I hope it blesses someone today.