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Miscalculation

Think back to when you were younger and the expectations you had of what your life would be like when you were a grown up. Maybe you sit there and you wonder where you have gone wrong or you feel like you are not worth enough because you “aren’t successful enough.” What about the expectations you have of God and what He should be doing for you? Have you ever been so frustrated because maybe what you had expected of God didn’t turn out as planned and because it did not go that way it led you astray? What about the expectations you had of what your husband would be like or even what motherhood would turn out to be? Have you ever really thought about how our expectations can hinder our present. How somehow this magical list of things you thought life would be is robbing you of your present joy. It isn’t that your expectations were wrong, but if you keep expecting these expectations instead of living in your moment of present joy you are only robbing yourself. No, it isn’t wrong to still have expectations of what…

Facing Reality

This morning while I was on my run I was listening to the Vous Church podcast by Rich Wilkerson Jr. He was talking about things that we need to breakup with in order to live and have the best relationship possible. There were four things that he talked about: 1. Breakup with fairytales 2. Breakup with your feelings. 3. Breakup with fate. 4. Breakup with your failures. As he went through this and talked about them, it really spoke to me. I am hoping it does to you too, and once you read this I really encourage you to go listen to it. How many times have you wished that your love story would just be like The Notebook? I know I can’t be the only one lol. I can remember so many times even as a little girl watching Cinderella or The Little Mermaid, and dreaming of the day my prince charming would come sweep me off my feet. Maybe you spent your time wishing and hoping for this fairytale because what you witnessed growing up wasn’t what you wanted for yourself. Just like Rich says in this podcast, “What you watched is what…