Yowza!

Ok, I'm not trying to sound like I'm bragging or anything, but I had an amazing prayer time this morning! No really!  Lately I've spent more time focusing less on me and more on the people around me in my prayers and the difference is so different ;) haha

This morning I was thinking about something a patient had said about not looking forward to winter.  That got me thinking about the seasons. I drew a parallel between the seasons of the earth and the seasons of my life.  I feel like I just went through a long season of nothing. Or atleast a season where nothing fun happened.  In other words, my summer was a bust.  I didn't go to the beach, or take time off.  I worked all summer, and spent weekends cleaning my apartment and going through everything.  I got rid of things I don't use, rearranged furniture, and cleared out my paperwork.  Is my work done? NOPE. I still find myself clearing out junk.  Just last night I was cleaning out my closets and organizing my junk boxes.  Its insane how much I've done this summer and am still now doing! When will I ever get a break?? UGH.  But even as I read that I am reminded of animals and bugs that spend their summer working.  They are busily getting ready for the cold seasons when there won't be any food.  Maybe my summer of working is God's way of preparing me for a time when I'm not going to get a minute to do any of this.. or maybe I'm getting it done now so I won't have to rush to get it done later.  I'm not really sure.  I've got a million theories, but one thing remains; I have this crazy desire to continue to work.  I'm focused on organizing and pulling myself together.  I'm doing my best to create budget's that work for me, and get my spending under control. 
I just know God is doing some major work in me right now, every day I can feel it.  And lately I've got this drive to just pray.  I pray about EVERYTHING.  I've got big and small things going on, and I've been talking to God about them.  Telling Him what I plan, why I'm worried, what makes me happy, and my hopes for the book He had me write. (I know that sounds like it's me-centered, but really a lot of those things are worries about other people in my life.)  And now I have this desire to pray for Spring.  Why? I don't know.  But for all this work I'm doing, I figure this winter is going to be a doozy, and in the Springtime He's going to not just bring the life back into nature, but He's going to bring the life back in me.  No, I'm not dead.  Spiritually I'd say I'm waiting.  I've been waiting on God for a long time it seems, and I wasn't really sure why.  Now, it seems, He's dropping small hints into my life that point towards plans that are coming together for a life I couldn't have dreamt up on my own.
He's got plans, and He wants me praying for them.  I don't think I could put into words the anticipation I feel in my heart at this moment.  But there is a scripture that sort of explains it...
"I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in Him.  Then you will overflow with the confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit." Romans 15:13NLT
The reason this verse is on my heart is because God used this verse in my life before.. it's the verse I wrote about and studied in a specific chapter of "Dating God".. Chapter 11: Hope & Faith...  in order to get the full understanding of this verse I dug up the Greek meanings of the word "hope".  I found this description; favorable and confident expectations.  It describes the happy anticipation of good. Yowza!
So let's read that together, shall we??
~~~I pray that God, the source of hope; favorable and confident expectations, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in Him.  Then you will overflow with the confident hope; happy anticipation of good, through the power of the Holy Spirit.~~~

Yeah.  I feel pretty confident at the moment that God wasn't just whispering words to shut me up.  He's giving me a hope to count on.  And the best part? He's doing it in my Church too!  Such AMAZING things are happening! And I can see the same good things working in our Church!
I think I'm getting that "overflow" feeling.. and it's a GREAT one.

So stay tuned!  And watch out in your own life, too.  Have you felt the same?  Are you getting those "God's gonna do something good" goosebumps too?  Well, HAVE FAITH.   "Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see." Hebrews 11:1NLT

So hold on.  Keep waiting.  Keep working. Don't lose hope, don't give up.  Everything is in God's hands, and on His timing.  And His timing is ALWAYS PERFECT.