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It's hard to believe it is already 2017, last year went SO fast!

Before the end of 2016, I made a list of eleven things that I needed to keep moving forward with, one of those, on my list, was this blog. Life can get really hectic and too much time can be spent in areas that don't really need the attention given to them.

I have, however, spent the time needed towards the goal of self-publishing my first book, "So Thankful! Life Behind the Posts". Unless there is another glitch, it is now ready for publishing. The copyright, and hopefully sending it to publishing, will happen this week.

I am well into the writing of my second book titled "I am". I started this book at the beginning of last year, the first chapter which I am currently working on is titled, ~getting to know Him~. I find it interesting that God is taking the journey of my life with all its trials, (that I am now looking at as),"stepping stones" in the learning process toward what God has called me to do. Prior to acknowledging the trials in my life as "stepping stones" I felt as though every trial was just something I needed to deal with, that they were simply a part of life and that's the way it was. I am now learning to look at these "stepping stones" for what they are, trying to be mindful of each step and the lesson I need to learn on my journey. I also try and look at them as, if God didn't have something really good in my future, the enemy, would not be working overtime in my life trying to delay it. Then I rejoice, sometimes with tears in my eyes, but I still rejoice.

Years ago I was explaining something to my spiritual mom, breaking down a situation that I was going through in a simplistic way. She told me that God was going to use me to teach people in that same simplistic way. I did not know then, nor do I know now to the fullest the many ways He has chosen to use me. I believe this blog and the books He has placed on my heart to write are only the beginning.

My husband and I sold our home in the summer of 2015, the market was not ideal for buying another home because it was a seller's market. Also, the real estate inventory was really low, which left us renting two storage units for our belongings and a room at my spiritual mom's house. Since renting that room we have moved two other times. We are now living in a house we purchased on Christmas eve, 2016, to fix up and sell. But again, the real estate market is not ideal. However, moving this third time was not a hard decision since the house has been remodeled like new. But, I did not want to unpack all of the boxes, I left them neatly stacked in a designated room, because, in my mind, if they were all unpacked that would mean this was a permanent residence.
But, my husband had other plans, having built shelving for some of the boxes in the basement. Therefore, ninety percent of the boxes are now unpacked. The room I designated for my office? I felt I was supposed to go through it, organize it, and empty a huge storage bin full of the materials I needed to prepare for my beauty school. Put them on a book shelve next to my desk and in the file cabinet, then to pick up where I left off in preparation to open my Beauty School and daycare. As I spent about four hours cleaning and organizing my office, I could see the reasons I felt I was supposed to get my office in order.
One reason is so my material won't be out of "sight out of mind", the second reason is because I don't work well with clutter, and third, reason, I believe, is because it is moving me in a forward direction towards the list I made in 2016 for 2017. God is not the God of chaos, and my office was a bit chaotic.

Before thanksgiving 2016 I moved my laptop out of the office to a more comfortable place, or so I thought. But along with the comfort, there were many distractions which made the comfort, uncomfortable. About a week ago I sensed God telling me to move back into the office, so I did, but with the move I also sensed Him telling me to unpack and organize, so I did. I have been taught, and have found to be true, that with each step of obedience, it leads to an open door. I am looking forward to seeing what's behind the door.

Thanks For Reading
Blessings!

Tammie