My life right now!

OK so you may be wondering why I have John 15:2 up at the top.  Well that is my favorite bible verse.  It really defines my life I think.

 "He cuts off every branch of mine that doesn't produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more."

So many thing have happened in my life over the past 7 years since I accepted Jesus as my Savior and not matter what it is or what happens, I can always bring it back to this verse.  It seems that every couple years my life makes a sudden stop and I tend to drop everything I do and start fresh.  It really makes me look like a person who starts things and doesn't finish but really, I see it as God is showing me that I am not longer producing fruit with the things I am doing.  So I listen to God and I stop what I'm doing and follow God's lead and turn a different direction.

I'm actually at that point again in my life.  I think for older people you could call it a mid-life crisis but I'm only 28 and I'm not even close to being at the middle point of my life.  I want to live to be 101 at least because my husband and I are planning to celebrate 80 years together so that means we need to each live to be 101.  I knows silly but I think it's romantic!  Anyway, back to my point!  So I am now in the process of weeding through the things in my life that don't belong and are not producing fruit.  This is probably the 2nd time I have done this and it makes me feel like a horrible person because I feel like I let people down.  That is one of my biggest downfalls right there!  I always let other people's feelings and thoughts make my decisions.  I have to keep my focus on God and this time he has been telling me to stop what I'm doing for about 6 months and I have refused to listen to him.  He has brought our family to the bottom just to make us see that we are looking to earthly things for satisfaction instead of looking go God.  So having finally listened to him and looking at the things in my life, I see that I was WAY off track.  I apparently made my own trail and found a dead end and little did I know the right trail was just on the other side of the trees.

So now that I have made the decision to trust in God again, I have a sense of peace about things that I could never explain to anyone.  It's very comforting!  I know I need to follow my heart because God is the one who leads me and is pruning my branches to keep me on the right trail.

Huge stepping stone!

Ok so this is def not something I would normally do, meaning putting my thoughts into words and sharing them.  Some ppl may think I'm a bit crazy!  I am actually excited about it and to see what I can learn from it!  So this will probably be my way of sharing how God is pruning my branches.  Hope you enjoy!