Gods voice or mine?

Last year over the summer I discovered through a friend of mine that my name Mimi means ears in Japanese.Yet ironically I have what you call selective hearing I take bits and pieces of a conversation and come up with my own conclusion.

Isn't that the same mistake we make with God as well we don't take time to really hear from him so we immediately commit irrational decisions.We summarize what we think the Lord wants for us.Maybe there's something you've been rushing for to happen whether its relationships,a job,or a transfer school you have to choose.Through all the noise of traffic on the roads,media,and friends on campus your ability to listen becomes tuned out from distractions.Isn't it possible that we mislead ourselves to a place God didn't plan for us to be in all because we didn't take the time to really listen in.As some of you may remember there are some radios that you constantly turn the knob until a station is heard clearly

frustration for not receiving what we want is a feeling we start to grasp.Be encouraged that Our blessings maybe delayed but not denied.What he has promised The Lord will fulfill.

I will climb up to my watchtower and stand at my guard post. There I will wait to see what the lord says and how he will answer my complaint. Then the lord said to me, “Write my answer plainly on tablets, so that a runner can carry the correct message to others. This vision is for a future time. It describes the end, and it will be fulfilled. If it seems slow in coming, wait patiently, for it will surely take place. It will not be delayed. (Habakkuk 2:1-3 NLT)

Who's your company?...

In America I've had one active biological family member.Which as a young child made me complacent with having any company.I was in a vulnerable state where any friendship was fine even if it wasn't edifying.Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.” (1 Corinthians 15:33 NIV).We begin to rectify the actions of our unhealthy friendships what seems okay is actually unjustified.

.Surrounding myself around the wrong people was blinding the direction I should have being going in which was pursuing righteousness..Anxious to just have people around me so I wouldn't feel lonely.The reality is no matter how increasingly great the number of acquaintances around me grew I still felt alone.Desperation to cover up the emptiness of not experiencing a sense of family would cause me to cling on to the wrong people.Moving from city to city,church to church,school to school the instability of not staying in one place caused confusion in understanding who I was in personality and character.Morphing myself in any setting to assure my acceptance.My pastor has a saying that when you find your people you find your purpose.

Finally it all clicked when I gathered around those chasing after the same purpose my mindset expanded that elevated the faith I had on the inside that was ready to burst out.After years I've searching I have found a spiritual family that has called me up to leadership,prayed over me during difficult moments,challenged my faith,uplifted me,and have celebrated all my victories with me.