Complications Are Chewy

THRIVE Day Sixty-One

I've come to the conclusion that I must be nuts.  Not certifiably, but just generally speaking in the way that some people are laid back and others are strictly regimented.... I seem to have a knack for overdoing everything.  I haven't quite mastered the middle of the road 'doing'.  I feel like I either live in the land of "NOTHING DOING" or the land of "EVERYTHING ALL AT THE SAME TIME IN THE MOST COMPLICATED WAY POSSIBLE - DOING."

Sigh.   It must be my personality that I love to go above and beyond.  I'm all about that 'beyond'!  If someone needs me to do something, I want to do what they need plus three other things that they never saw coming.   I have been experiencing TONS over these past few days that have my head spinning a bit.  If I had to use an expression to explain the scenario, the best option would be:  biting off more than you can chew.

So here's what's happening in my life right now....

Here are the pieces to my life's puzzle.   I've recently joined our church's worship team.  This happened very suddenly and has taken all of us by surprise.  It's a small team and we've only been singing together for around a month.  I play the keyboard and sing.  Our worship leader plays the guitar and sings.  Then we have a singer who completes our team with her beautiful harmonies as well.  Lastly we have a percussion guy that completes the team and adds so much with his playing.  I am absolutely loving this experience and being a part of what God is doing through us in our church.  It's fantastic.  I love it. 

The next 'piece' is in regards to my experience with THRIVE.  I've had such amazing results from these products that it was a no-brainer to me that I should become a brand promoter and begin selling Le-Vel products.  Because my interactions with people have been gaining momentum and I'm starting to gather more interest from friends and family about what it is that I'm doing... my husband and I decided that I needed to go ahead and make it official and become a promoter.... Yesterday.   So, to reiterate, I started a business...yesterday.   It's fantastic.  I love it.

Another 'piece' is also sudden and happened... yesterday.  We've been caretakers of my parent's home for the past four and a half years and I've been wanting to close that chapter and move on for quite a while now (probably two years now).  Due to less than desirable circumstances, finding a house of our own has been in the ball park of 'impossible'... then 'difficult' ...and lately it turned to "who knows?!"  Scott and I have felt an urgency to increase our praying about this situation and asked friends for help praying about this need.   All of a sudden, out of nowhere, a house became available.  It's a lot of "exactly what we asked God for" and some of 'we'll have to figure out how to make this work.'   Anyhow, we're thrilled to report that we've decided to lease this home for the next year in order to position ourselves for the future.  We are super excited but haven't quite wrapped our heads around the fact that our move-in date is November 1st.  As in eight days from now.   We have NOTHING packed.  But it's happening.   It's fantastic.  I love it. 

Here comes the next 'piece'... Scott has been blessed with an excellent business contact and friend who has been able to open many doors for lots of work.  We mean LOTS of work.  We are currently in a season of so much work (and it's all out of town work, by the way) that Scott's body is having a hard time keeping up.   **Side note** I look forward to getting him all set with taking THRIVE (hopefully) in the near future to help with his body's aches and pains.  It will help him SO much.  Anyhow, back to the story... he's out of town a lot now and I'm home with the three kids, trying to juggle everything.   I do hope that this is not coming off as complaining.  That is not where my heart is or where I am going with this blog.  All of the work is a clear answer to our prayers for steady and greater income.  It's fantastic.  I love it. 

There are other pieces, but I'm sure you get the point.  LOTS going on.  The bottom line is that life is so 'delicious' that I have been taking big, huge bites out of it and now I've got a mouth full good stuff that will take a lot of chewing to manage it all. 

So what does this mean.  What happens next?  What needs to change?   Eh... not a whole lot.  It's just the circumstances that we are in right now.  Life is complicated.   There's a lot going on and it takes extra effort to manage everything.  Thankfully, we recognize that many of these challenges are temporary.  Once we move, for example, that challenge ceases to exist.   

So how do I proceed with all these challenges.. all these complications... all these opportunities... all these situations?   Well, if the saying goes, "Don't bite off more than you can chew"... then I suppose my task at hand requires me to "CHEW, CHEW, CHEW" because I've got a mouthful right now. 

Not all of these pieces of my crazy puzzle are complications.  Some of these pieces are huge blessings that we've been praying for.  It becomes complicated, though, when I have SO much happening all at the SAME time. 

Therefore, I press on.  I choose to chew.  I ask God for help (because I know I can't do it on my own).  I work hard and keep focused.  I choose to Thrive.  Here we go...