Stacy Navarro's Blog - Posts Tagged "joy"
What are YOU smiling about?!
"Crazy how I often find myself full of joy while climbing the most challenging hills. I'm pretty sure it's because that's usually when I'm begging God for help the most!" ........here's how I finally put that thought together.
It's been one of those mornings where I bounce out of bed and slide across the wood floor BEFORE I have my coffee.
(Ok all you non-morning people who just rolled your eyes, hear me out)Surely you've experienced those moments when you're uncontrollably hyper and happy, (hopefully)...one time of the day or another.
Anyway, feeling this peaceful excitement that I can't contain has made me recognize the fact that it had been missing!!!
While I wondered how this usually Tigger-like loca had started fading, there was a bigger question to answer.
The quest was on; I desperately wanted to know what had caused this ecstatic joy to return.
After racking my brain, I was sure I had the answer!
I'd just been on a writing tangent; a crazy one even. Finishing a book that's only halfway done in four days so you can enter into a contest is silly.
Welp, I set my mind to it anyway; wore headphones to drown out my four teens, allowed them to live on leftovers and frozen pizza, kept my hubby awake by jumping out of bed every five minutes to jot down another brain storm, and prayed like a mad woman.
Guess what? I did it! In reflection I figured writing was my calling I'd been neglecting to do it on a regular basis...being unfulfilled was probably the cause of my Eeyore-like demeanor.
I'm happy to say, later when I was on a walk; automatically praising my Lord for the sun on my face, the truth hit me. I realized the ACTUAL reason for the return of my uncontainable joy, I already said it once...I PRAYED LIKE A MAD WOMAN.
While trying to make the deadline I'd been begging God, "Help me, show me what you want me to write, Help me, guide me to what you want, help me." AND He has!
Hard to admit I sometimes need a reminder not to give in to the temptation to put God on the back burner or even look away from Him for a second.
If I keep Him first, I have no need to take the easy way out; rather push myself to do the hard things in life. If I cling to God while I do it there's no doubt I'll get where HE WANTS ME & have a few people asking; "what are YOU smiling about?"
"Crazy how I often find myself full of joy while climbing the most challenging hills. I'm pretty sure it's because that's usually when I'm begging God for help the most!" So why not cling to Him like that ALL the time!
#seekHimdesperately
#livelifebrave #withajoyfulheart!
It's been one of those mornings where I bounce out of bed and slide across the wood floor BEFORE I have my coffee.
(Ok all you non-morning people who just rolled your eyes, hear me out)Surely you've experienced those moments when you're uncontrollably hyper and happy, (hopefully)...one time of the day or another.
Anyway, feeling this peaceful excitement that I can't contain has made me recognize the fact that it had been missing!!!
While I wondered how this usually Tigger-like loca had started fading, there was a bigger question to answer.
The quest was on; I desperately wanted to know what had caused this ecstatic joy to return.
After racking my brain, I was sure I had the answer!
I'd just been on a writing tangent; a crazy one even. Finishing a book that's only halfway done in four days so you can enter into a contest is silly.
Welp, I set my mind to it anyway; wore headphones to drown out my four teens, allowed them to live on leftovers and frozen pizza, kept my hubby awake by jumping out of bed every five minutes to jot down another brain storm, and prayed like a mad woman.
Guess what? I did it! In reflection I figured writing was my calling I'd been neglecting to do it on a regular basis...being unfulfilled was probably the cause of my Eeyore-like demeanor.
I'm happy to say, later when I was on a walk; automatically praising my Lord for the sun on my face, the truth hit me. I realized the ACTUAL reason for the return of my uncontainable joy, I already said it once...I PRAYED LIKE A MAD WOMAN.
While trying to make the deadline I'd been begging God, "Help me, show me what you want me to write, Help me, guide me to what you want, help me." AND He has!
Hard to admit I sometimes need a reminder not to give in to the temptation to put God on the back burner or even look away from Him for a second.
If I keep Him first, I have no need to take the easy way out; rather push myself to do the hard things in life. If I cling to God while I do it there's no doubt I'll get where HE WANTS ME & have a few people asking; "what are YOU smiling about?"
"Crazy how I often find myself full of joy while climbing the most challenging hills. I'm pretty sure it's because that's usually when I'm begging God for help the most!" So why not cling to Him like that ALL the time!
#seekHimdesperately
#livelifebrave #withajoyfulheart!
