Is God Done With Me?

For those of you who have been “following” this blog for a while know that the five of us who contribute/write do so weekly on a rotating basis according to a predetermined schedule written out a year in advance.  The week of Christmas 2012 was my “turn” but I did not “post” anything…..and trust me….it was not because I had forgotten—I remembered.  It was not because I didn’t try to write— I tried.  I really did try.

It was not because I didn’t have anything to say—I had lots to say! 

I wanted to share with you that I just didn’t have it “in me” this year to drag all of the Christmas decorations out of our attic--yet our home looked beautifully Christmassy—using greenery and candles instead.  I was even going to be OK with not putting up the Christmas tree—but my husband brought it in from the garage—assembled it—lights were already attached and so we had a beautiful, mostly naked tree!  No ornaments from the attic—only ones that were given to us this year or ones the kids made or things that never made it to the attic last year--you know--the after Christmas sale items :).  Simple.  Beautiful.  Easy.  Crazy if you knew me and how I love to decorate for Christmas!

I wanted to tell you that my husband and I purchased no Christmas presents this year for any member of our family.  Not for our kids, not for our grandchildren, not for each other.  In fact, we did not give any birthday presents this year either.  Crazy if you knew me and how I love to give gifts!!  (More about this later!!)

 

 

I wanted to tell you our kids made the best snowman ever!!  His name was Tom and he looked in at us every day through our window with a silly carrot grin on his face!!  His cucumber eyes smiled at us and he stood tall and strong for days in his snowy wonderland.  (More about this later).

I wanted to tell you that I stepped away from teaching the ladies Sunday school class and am now helping with first graders.  Crazy if you knew how much I love those ladies and how much I love teaching them!!  (More about this later)

Yet I could not write and I felt so guilty.  I was not following through with my responsibility.  Did I need to step away and let someone else do it?  Then I wondered….was the reason I couldn’t write because God was done with me?  Was God finished with me? 

There are a lot of things I don’t know!!  Lots!  And it is hard for me to always know when I need to step away from something and do something else….but one thing I do know....and He had to gently remind me....God is not finished with me!  I will know He is finished with me when I breathe my last breath!! 

 

You too, my friend!!  If you are discouraged, feeling defeated or if God seems far away or silent….He is not done with you!!  Don’t be like me and forget that!!  He is not done with us!