Something New!!!

"Eclectic - deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources.”
Wow, what a life! I don't quite know where to begin. Every day I wake up to a new day that will be different than the day before. If there is one thing that is certain in my life it is the uncertainty of each day. 

Someone I considered a friend once said to me "you're so electric. You never stick with anything.” It wasn't meant to be a compliment. So I meditated and prayed on that thought for some time, wondering if something was wrong with me. Why can't I stick with something?

I came to the conclusion that being eclectic didn't mean that there was something wrong with me. It meant that I view life through a lens that there is so much to see and do and learn and experience in God's world that I want to experience as much of it as I can while I'm on this earth. My soul is not satisfied, as someone else’s would be, to do the same thing each day. 

During the years when there have been seasons of wandering in the wilderness, where it was hard to see and learn and embrace all the newness in each day, it caused me to have to work hard to still see. To see God's hand, even if I didn't understand it. To know He's there, even if it didn't seem like it. To trust Him no matter how hard life was because there was nothing else certain in life that I could trust in. To never give up because I knew God would see me through. And He always has. There was always a sliver of His glory peaking through and I’m so thankful for those slivers that kept me going and kept my faith in God.

And so I love being eclectic. I love that I am in a new season of life. I love the newness that each day is bringing. Every day is filled with so much "new" that by the time I want to write a post I've already had a hundred new things that I've done or learned, and it's hard to go back when there's so much going forward.

I love learning new things. I love meeting new people. I love watching each of my unique children learn and discover what drives and motivates them. I love discovering how to run a different type of business than the one before, or a non-profit for the first time. I love experiencing different cities and states and towns and countries and the amazing people in each of them.

So for however long this new “eclectic” season and this new journey take me, I want to learn everything my Creator has for me so that I can use it for His glory. 
Colossians 3:23 says, "Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men..." Berean Study Bible.

I pray that verse for each of you reading this today. Whether you are just getting through the day with your sanity, or you are needing to slow down long enough to smell the roses along the way, or raising little ones that zap every ounce of energy you have, or teenagers who cannot appreciate your sacrifice, or trying to figure out your purpose in life, whatever your days may bring, I pray you will work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men, knowing that there will be a season when you look back and see all the ways He used each and every new thing in your life. 
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Well... that was random and not at all what I was planning to post today. I guess someone needed that reminder today. I know I did. Have a blessed week!