07 11 / 2011
SHIFT
Sometimes when a shift in thinking and life happens we forget to record it. In these last few months I’ve been shifting all over the place! One of my recent shifts is a part time teaching position at a middle school. *Insert deep sigh here. It’s money in the bank and it’s the middle school Bailey attends so I can keep an eye on her. And I know God put me there so I should be jumping up and down with joy…I’m trying. When their assistant principal pursued me, I didn’t want to listen. Shift: when I left MO, I was finished with teaching in the public schools. I’m still ready to cash in the retirement for Evolve Church to get off the ground. My prayer was if you want me there, I’ll be offered the position, if you don’t want me there I won’t get it. I got it, so God is in it. Well Shift.
I think my spirit shift comes when I think one thing and God does another. I’m trying to recover from a major physical shift of moving almost 900 miles away from my family and home and then to create a home for my husband and kids. So I shift my expectations. Another major shift, I’m from Stoutland, Missouri population 212. I now reside in Albuquerque, New Mexico population over 545,000 and is the 6th fastest growing city in America. Crazy Shift.
In all the shifting, I have a tendency to lose sight of my real purpose. Am I truly bringing glory to God? That goes back to an everyday day item. (Go back and read some my “Everyday” posts) Everyday is a shift. I wake up and choose to be satisfied with what God is doing in my life. Oh I dream big! And I’m full of expectation for the future. BUT I want my shift to coincide with God’s big picture. God is the Shift.
