Upset Stomach
I don't know if its the hot wings from last night or if its what I've been thinking about but my stomach is upset. At times like this I wish I had a blog nobody knew about. Then I could safely vent to the world without people involved having to hear about it. I guess I'm just posting hoping for prayers, kind thoughts or words of encouragements. I can't share details this time but I feel I'm at a crossroads.
A quote by Yogi Berra seems apropos, "When you see a fork in the road, take it!"
Of course he also said, "If you don't know where you're going, you might wind up someplace else."
I've prayed and prayed the indecisive man's prayer, "God show me what to do." (Which I'm afraid translates, "God, make this decision for me.") God keeps coming back with "Trey make your own decisions." I wish it was more clear cut.
I guess I'll keep asking God. I need some tums.
Oh, and Maddox can say Sanjaya!
posted by Trey Laminack @ 10:39 AM
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8 Comments:
I'm sorry your belly is aching. Been there, done that. It sucks.
And I'm sorry you're facing some tough decisions--that usually means you're in a tough situation, and that's tough. Been there, done that. It sucks, too. I hope you get to a resolution quickly, and as painlessly as possible.
P.S. Have you noticed that the word "tough" stops looking like a real word after the second time you write it?
I make most of my decisions by indecision...thats why I went to grad school, thats why i'm staying in my apartment for awhile instead of moving....but then again thats probably not the best solution. :)
Just remember, whichever decision you make, you'll look back on it later and know it was the right one. They're probably both right and you'll be happy with whichever. Unless its a choice between having cake or flan for dessert. Then there is only one right choice.
THE ROAD NOT TAKEN
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Robert Frost
Steve and I are currently in a situation as well that we are looking for some clear direction and it is so hard to wait and be patient on the Lord's perfect timing. But we know that He is faithful to the plans He has already made for us. I will be praying that He makes that plan clear for you! And that the road you take will draw you even closer to Him.
Generally, I think that, if God would just spell it out for us, he'd tell us that down one path we'd get all kinds of success and money and followers but fail in our efforts to be who he wants, down another we'd get trials but they would make us better people, down a third we'd never get what we wanted but we'd find the people who need us the most, and down a fourth we'd die in obscurity but be immortal in print or paint or music. I guess the trick is not choosing the first one.
Russ Bartee taught this in a class at church:
Sometimes we ask God to show us His will in making a decision. We expect, and maybe want, His answer about that decision to be ONE THING. A dot on a map, so to speak. We don't hear a clear, definite answer, and we worry. Maybe it's because, in that instance, God doesn't have just ONE CHOICE that would be in His will for us. Perhaps instead of a dot, there's a whole area of things that would be fine with him. A circle instead of a dot.
I know that doesn't make making a difficult choice any easier. But it has, at least, given me peace of mind on many occasions. I hope you can, at least, reach some peace.
Alice McD
I think that if you pray about a decision, and the answer doesn't soon 'hit you between the eyes', then it is one of those times when God is only worried about your following Him. In other words, He isn't particular for or against anything you are looking at right now.
Maybe this is one of those. So follow YOUR heart...(which is following God anyway)
I love you, kid.
turns out it was just bad shrimp
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