Belief is a Beautiful Armor...

Help me to live like I really believe You are trustworthy. Help me to abandon my
mythology where I believe I am more trustworthy than You, and so I live like I
believe in myself instead of like I believe in You.

“I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!” Mark 9:24 (NIV)

I believe, help me trust like I believe.

“Living a life of faith means never knowing where you are being led. But it does mean loving and knowing the One who is leading. It is literally a life of faith, not of understanding and reason – a life of knowing Him who calls us to go.”

This is what I read today, at the end of the day, just when I needed it the most. I do believe. I do. I know the plan is right there. I'm just in the hurrying stages to want to hurry and see that it's working the way I want it to. And that not happening is a scary thing. But I do have faith. And I do believe. It's just really hard to do fully sometimes.

I...Am...Number 1

I heard a quote yesterday that totally hit me. I don't know the exact wording of it, but the general message was "God made one of you. You are unique as you are, so don't give up just because you're outnumbered."

I'm surrounded by a number of different people and personalities on a daily basis. And to be totally honest, it's a constant struggle to not...conform, I guess is the word. This business is a Catch-22, especially as a female, in that you need to show that you're your own person (which I definitely am), but also that you can "hang with the big dogs." Some times are more difficult than others, but there's a very fine line between the two. Don't get me wrong, I clearly love my job and the business I'm in. I think within every profession or industry there are always these types of struggles. Regardless, that quote completely struck a chord with me at just the right time, and gave me just the right motivation to know that just because I don't do or say or act the same way as everyone else all the time, it's ok. I know that I'm great at what I do and that God put me in these positions for a reason, and I have to make the choice to learn from them. So there's my soap box for the day. :)