#delay #immeasurablymore #flipyourfocus #waterwalkinggirls

When parts of my life seem to be stuck in a delay I find that waiting is hard. What about you? As I wait it seems some days go by so quickly. Other days seem to drip away as slowly as molasses. I know in my heart that God’s timing will be perfect but the wheels in my head keep spinning the questions: When, what if, why, how long? If I am not careful I could allow myself to slip into a tornado of questioning and doubting. However, in my delay God has taught me to rely on Him and to flip my focus.

For example, just last night I learned something that was upsetting and frustrating to me. With burning tears in my eyes I texted my dear friend who is my accountability partner. She sent back praying hands which helped me change my focus. I clicked on Facebook with a plan to mindlessly scroll and change my attention yet God stopped me in my tracks when one of the first things I saw was a meme that said, “God’s plans will always be greater and more beautiful than all your disappointments.” WOW! GO GOD! The scripture that God has given me in my delay and that I write in my journal almost every day is Ephesians 3:20-21:

“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.”

Just like that God flipped my focus but only because I allowed Him. I could have continued my focus on the “woe is me” train of thought but if I had I would have given Satan satisfaction and I would have surely wrecked. A God wink on Facebook helped me flip my focus. God keeps reminding me that what He has planned for me is “immeasurably more than I can ask or imagine.”

God blesses me every day I am in this delay. I have found new beauty and new joys. I have learned to appreciate the slowness of molasses days. So today I ask you, what blessings have you found in your delay?

I had several battles of the brain this week. When I woke up this morning I wasn’t sure what I could possibly share with you today. Yet God always provides. Sunday I shared the picture of the lily bud in my flower bed. When I began writing this morning it was still dark and one thing after another delayed my completion of this post. In fact now the sun is out and at first that was upsetting to me because I was still struggling to complete this. And then God reminded me to go look at the lily outside. There in the newness of the day was the lily beginning to open. It still has a ways to go to show off all its glory, but the beginning of its blooming was a God wink to me. Once again God showed me that blessings can always be found if I am willing to look around.

Have you been open to letting God flip your focus through a God wink? Do you have your eyes and ears open to see and hear the blessings in your delay? Are you appreciating the slow as molasses days or are you wishing them away? I encourage you to allow God to flip your focus. If you do I know He will show you all the blooms in your path!

“Delays are just the beginning of grand adventures.” Kathy Carlton Willis