BLISS

This past weekend I took a trip from Seattle to Utah and back with my aunt and a few cousins. An all girl trip and some family time. It’s supposed to take 12 hours each so no big deal ROOOAAADDDD TRRIPPPPP!!! So we drove and it had been smooth sailing. No issues, no drama, the kids are getting along great, and everything is just STUPENDOUS!

Now, on the way back turns into a completely different story!

We stop at a rest station and we get out to stretch and just simply get some fresh air. I attempt to lock my car doors with the key fob and the horn doesn’t beep. I keep trying and trying and trying and nothing works. So I just forget it and move on. Go to start the car and IT WON’T START! It appears as if the alarm has gone off and my key is disabled and no longer recognized because of my actions. I am in the middle of nowhere with a bunch of kids and an important meeting to get to *insert panic mode* What am I gonna do?? I don’t know anyone and nobody can rescue me at this hour.

So, I call the tow truck and get a room in the closest town and come to find out I’m in a town called Bliss Idaho. What are the odds *sarcasm* I’m supposed to be in bliss but it seems everything but. This trip was supposed to be short and sweet and I can get back to business but clearly God had other intentions.

He told me to STOP!!!!

And that is exactly what I did. I stopped!

I met some incredible people who were able to help me and showed my family incredible hospitality. They helped with my car and gave some excellent guidance.

Sometimes God just wants you to reflect and enjoy your journey. Just STOP! He puts us in a spin cycle because we become so normal with our daily routines or situations we become so normalized with our dysfunction where God or actions don’t seem to move us out of this place. We become so desensitized because everything around us is normal so we won’t make any moves until we think things have calmed down.

But God said NO! I’m creating these situations and these dysfunctional scenarios because I want you to move! He wants us to take action so we can get out of this spin cycle and get into formation.

I am simply asking, do we want normal or do we want our blessing??

I have been wanting to give up. The dysfuction and chaos in my world led me to not want to give consistently. But I am constantly asking God to bless my business and bless my message but how can he bless what I got going on if he can’t trust me? I’m doing things because I am in the mood to do it not because God gave me the word.

So, GET OUT YOUR FEELINGS!!!!!!

Show God he can trust you with his blessings and not just do things because we want to.

Constantly live in bliss!

Boldly

Living

In

Success                                                                                 *and*

Solitude

Whatever place you are in learn to be content and confident. God has a plan. We are in this spin cycle because God is forming something. Success is a journey and not a destination. Give up who you used to be so you can become who God called you to be!

To finish my impromptu pit stop in Bliss Idaho, I made it home on Monday and was able to make it to my meeting (which was a success) and I kilt it DUH!! I was able to receive this message simply because God wanted me to stop. SLOW DOWN! Moving too fast and not hearing him speak to me. He does that from time to time and he still got me on my way.

 

 

I love ya’ll

Raye

Life goes on, no matter where you are! — Gen