Life on delay

Hi there,
Well after yesterdays sweltering hot lovely day, I got home and made some mocha sorbet.
So I hope that we get another day, like yesterday for me to enjoy it.
I had to laugh to myself this morning.
I was joking with my friend at MacDonald's mc cafe ( their maple walnut muffins are really nice, along with their Carmel coffees, thanks to Nestle I'm so adicticted to their flavored coffee)
I joked about how we live, like using washing machines, ( disclaimer now, I do wash my clothes, and I do hang out the washing every day, I iron my dad's shirts every weekend.)
And a good bacon buttie, sadly Dad's still waiting for his long promised buttie.
Today I wanted to talk to you about,  being delayed.
Now it might be for that meeting, that you got held up.
Perhaps you're without a car, so you can't go anywhere.
Well today I laughed to myself, because I put all my washing in the machine, and i pushed start, not knowing that Mum put it on delay.
It went beep beep beep, I thought it was a new thing, but then I looked at the washing was on delay for an hour.
My friend Emma flats, I was a sub flat mate for a week, and I really loved it,  I did washing, in fact, I can't make it out, why people do separate washing, I was like an old washing lady, knocking on all the doors asking for washing,  I caught one person on the phone, and I heard, "Wow that's a good girl friend you have there.)
So yes, I do love washing.
But sometimes it does feel like we're living our lives on delay.
And if that's you, and if you're just waiting for something to come your way,  keep hoping, keep searching, because good things come to those who persist God.
But sometimes we can just leave it alone, for a while, and we struggle to get back into things.
Because we lack the inspiration, and we can't always  cheer people on, if they aren't willing to do somethings themselves.
So what does it say, about living in God?
What does he want you to do?
And how do you know it's from God?
If we think and go back to the bible, what does it say there?
Well many things, but today I want to talk to you about Job, because if he listened to his friends, and not be as strong in his faith, in God, he would be a nervous wreck, he had so many trials, he was a man who helped the people, in society, that needed it, he was a leader in his own town, he helped people and went out of his way. And we're called to do that too.
He carried on with his life, and then God spoke to him on a violent storm, God really tested him, he really put him under fire, if anyone see's God, they feel like they are dead.
That is how powerful God is.
Job was committed to see God in everything, he didn't listen to his friends, which by the way, only did 1 good thing, at the start, they sat with him for 3 days, that was it, the rest wasn't so good.
So we have to be careful on who we listen, and what we agree with, and not to be weak on important issues, and not let people brain wash us into things that are wrong.
This especially happens if someone like our boss is away, and people have tall poppy syndrome.
It best to not listen to it, and do the task at hand.
Wisdom is far above any riches in the world, no one can pay you to have it.
So get wise advice, and if you're feeling tired, get someone who understands, and help you steer you in the right direction, if you are feeling a bit wary, and you're not going to groups, or going to church because it feels like no one cares, go and take a walk with someone and talk about it, because there will be signs there that God wants to help you.
Don't take on the thing that I had been doing, don't take on more, or come up with ideas,  to prove to God that you're there, when sometimes it feels like God has walked past you.
Don't take on more church things, because you have to prove yourself to God.
God didn't have to prove himself to anyone, and all of us are worthy of God's love.
Now love now days is displayed in a very open manor,  it's fleeting love, it's in our songs, and we even sing about love in songs, or songs about love in other different ways.
We are starving ourselves to get famous.
God hasn't put the pause button on your lie.
He's not like a tape player, when he thinks he should answer prayer, he hits pause.
Jesus died for our sins, he died for all the imperfections, all the flaws to make you flawless, and it's a journey.
When we are on the edge of our seats saying it's too late, God says never.
God wants you to enjoy good things, and i know that's hard, it's hard to accept, when you're going through pain, it's hard to see that, when you have secretes, that no one knows about, it's hard when sometimes you're life feels like it is on delay.
I was on delay, when I younger, I had a server brain bleed, when I was younger, and part of my brain wad damaged, and sometimes it does feel a bit to late, and it is, my brain can't be made new, I'm not writing this for sympathy, but sometimes it's not too late.
God takes our humanness and turns into something that you can't even think possible.
That's what God is so good at it, rethink about your life, if you think it's too late, to get going again, make a choice today, to smile, to say today is a good day.
Today I have another go, no matter what others may say.
Today I have a day before that is filled with good things, even though it feels like it's pouring down with rain.
Today is a day that God has made, and I may be on delay, but I will rise with the life of God in me everyday, and he'll give me the strength to do the things I need to do today, the rest is up to him.
Chloe