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Hope for When God Closes a Door

May 1, 2015 by betsydecruz Leave a Comment

Closed doors disappoint us, but we can always trust God's leading. If He never closed any doors, we wouldn't know which ones to go through.Have you ever been disappointed when it seems like a door closes? It’s hard to trust God and wonder what He’s up to at the same time, isn’t it?

Recently my family received disappointing news. My son dared to apply to a highly competitive university, number one in the nation for his field of study. He worked hard to take the tests, write the essays, go to an interview, and fill out the application. We were crushed when he received the notification that they’d be unable to offer him admission. It seemed so unfair. He’d worked for nothing. I asked the question, “God, what are you doing?” The next day I told my sob story to a friend over coffee. Her response caught me by surprise:

If God didn’t close doors, we wouldn’t know which ones to go through.

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Filed Under: Real Life, You and God Tagged With: Dealing with Disappointment, God's Leading, Open and Closed Doors, Trusting God

Real Rest for Tired Superwomen

March 20, 2015 by betsydecruz Leave a Comment

Real Rest

Do you ever wake up on Monday morning to start a new week even more tired than you were the Friday before? It happens to me all the time. My son must feel the same way because every Tuesday morning at breakfast he prays, “Oh God, thank you that it’s not Monday anymore!”

God planned for the Sabbath to be a day of rest, but I often fill my Sundays with housework, chores, and errands, so that I sabotage the Sabbath God intends for me. God ordained a healthy rhythm of work and rest, so that we could be refueled, but we refuse that rest in so many ways: we fill our days with back-to-back activities, we work at night from home, and we stay up late, all in an effort to get more done.

My word for 2015 is REST. I want to learn from Jesus how to take a real rest.

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Filed Under: Self Care, Simple Disciplines Tagged With: Enjoying Life, Rest for Tired Superwomen, Sabbath Rest, Trusting God

When God’s Plan is Different than Yours

March 13, 2015 by betsydecruz 49 Comments

When God changes your plan, how do you move forward? Here's encouragement and 4 hopeful steps to help you handle unplanned and unwanted circumstances.

Friend, I’m glad you’re here. I’ve updated and refreshed this post, and you can find it here at this new link: How to Handle Life Better When God Changes Your Plan 

So sorry about the inconvenience of having to double-click. If you’re here from Pinterest or a Google search, I wanted to make sure you get the encouragement you need right now, so I didn’t want to take this post down because people continue to visit it.

In my new post, you’ll find some hope and help for your unplanned and unwanted changes in the form of 4 scriptures and 4 steps to take to keep moving forward with God.

Hope to see you there!

Betsy

 

Filed Under: You and God Tagged With: Attitude, Flexibility, God's Plan, God's Sovereignty, Trusting God

Rest Assured: There’s No Hurry

January 30, 2015 by betsydecruz Leave a Comment

The Lord is My Shepherd

I think there’s got to be more to life than running around like a chicken with its head cut off, don’t you?  But that’s what I end up doing a lot of the time.

If your life is like mine, you sometimes compare your to-do list with the clock and think, “These don’t measure up. I don’t have enough time for all this!” [Read more…]

Filed Under: You and God Tagged With: Attitude, Enough Time for Everything, handling stress, The Lord is My Shepherd, Trusting God

You're No Grasshopper, Girl!

September 2, 2014 by betsydecruz Leave a Comment

grasshopper girl

Do you ever feel like a grasshopper?

Sometimes our circumstances make us feel small. Like when everyone at your new job looks qualified and competent, but you have no idea what you’re doing. Or when all the other mothers bring well-groomed kids and healthy snacks to play group, but your kids arrive with bed head and McDonald’s French fries.

Grasshopper thinking results when we compare ourselves with others. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Simple Disciplines, Uncategorized, You and God Tagged With: Beautiful You, Believing God, Faith, Trusting God

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