Follow-Up to Yesterday's Post

I hope that I didn't come across as Super-Lisa in my previous post on choosing joy. Although I'm certainly trying to focus on what God has done and is doing in my life rather than focusing on the trial that I'm going through, I will be the first to admit that it's a struggle. I have to constantly refocus and stay in prayer that my will and desire will align with God's will, not the other way around.

Waiting on God is not something that comes naturally to me. It's easy to become discouraged when nothing seems to be happening. The key word here, of course, is seems. Just because I can't see what God's doing right now in this situation, that does not mean that He's not at work.

This is what I refer to as a "faith-building time". I can definitely recognize that God is shaping and molding my heart right now, removing some dross and refining me in areas that I didn't know needed refining. I know that I will come through this stronger in my relationship with God and more useful to Him.

But it's still a daily struggle. I'm not perfect in this struggle. But He is.