Sounds Like Life To ME

So there is this country song out there called sounds like life to me. It is pretty much about how life circumstances come at us and there are so many at once and they seem like the end of the world. Yet they are not. It's just life. The sad thing is that the song doesn't talk about the true purpose of life and the fact that there is hope when these things come at us. I lost my wallet today and other things have been going on in my life my initial reaction was oh well it will show up somewhere in my house but it didn't. So then i started to get frustrated (mind you there are plenty of other BIG things going on right now in my life that a wallet should really not matter that much) So i continued to be focused on the fact that i lost my wallet. I then began to realize that it wasn't as big of a deal i made it out to be...and neither are the other things going on in my life. Jerimiah talks about how God knows the plans HE has for me. So i need to be trusting that this life HE has me living is for a purpose. But also that i need to not only just trust that what HE has me doing is for HIS purpose but i need to be laying down every day to HIM. Letting HIM guide me and not planning every moment out and asking HIM to be part of what i have left over...but rather surrendering all of me every moment of every day...all i am is for HIM. HE created me and i want to live for what HE purposed my life for!

Wait One Minute...you want me to wait?

So I decided to read My Utmost for HIS Highest tonight. The passage I read talked about waiting...

I began to read it like I do most devotionals just something to read and learn but I rarely put things into practice. So as I began to read about waiting it talked about God's timing and what the time of waiting could do...As I was reading I was thinking ok this is nothing i havent heard before. People always say God is teaching something through this or through that...and yes HE is (I know that) but i was really just like so whats the point why does this devotinal have anything to offer that 100 others dont... As I continued to read it said to not busy yourself in your time of waiting...i thought WAIT ONE MINUTE!!!! what am i suppose to do then...And thats when I realized i dont know if i ever have truly waited!
These might seem trivial but they have a point
Waiting in line at Disneyland - its not waiting when i busy myself with talking to friends playing games, etc
Waiting in traffic - Not when i have my cellphone...i can talk/text anyone i feel like
Waiting at the Dr. Office - no i will busy myself with reading or again the cell phone (even though it says to put it away :)
Waiting on GOD's Timing - Do i really wait or have I just been filling my life with things to do in the mean time...why wait when i can fill my life with 100 other things...I should wait becuase that is what God has called me to do. I Should wait so that I can learn what HE wants to show me... I should wait in order to draw closer to HIM...

This year my New Year's Resolution is to WAIT