Have you ever felt stuck in a season of your life? The answer is probably yes and more than likely you've felt this way more than once. I have too, more than twice- actually on more occasions than I can count. I would love to be a go-with-the-flow type of person, but I am not. My biggest struggle is not being able to live in the moment. I am constantly thinking about the next season of my life and I often feel stuck in the current one. I've been told over and over again to focus on the here and now, but I've always found it difficult to focus on the present when there's so much to think about for the future. I am a dreamer and I am a planner and sometimes I lack appreciation for the day I'm already blessed with. I am wrong for this. It's not wrong to dream or to plan or to even look forward to the seasons to come, but it is wrong to worry about it at the extreme that I tend to. God already has a plan for my life and who am I to question the greatness He has in store?

Matthew 6:31-34 says "So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself."

If you seek God first everything else will follow. It's okay to chase your dreams but it's important to chase God first, because He will lead you to where you need to be. You need to chase God on a daily basis, every hour, every minute, and every second. Be so caught up in running after Jesus that you forget about tomorrow. Chase him so much that you forget that you ever felt stuck, and have joy in your heart knowing that you have a God who is holding your hand every step of the way. Now and forever.

These words from Joyce Mayer spoke to my heart- "God gives us hopes and dreams for certain things to happen in our lives, but He doesn't always allow us to see the exact timing of His plan. Although frustrating, not knowing the exact timing is often what keeps us in the program. There are times when we might give up if we knew how long it was going to take, but when we accept God's timing, we can learn to live in hope and enjoy our lives while God is working on our problems. We know that God's plan for our lives is good, and when we entrust ourselves to Him, we can experience total peace and happiness."

I want to live by these words and trust me most of the time I fail to do so. It's beyond difficult for me to live in the moment and just hope that things will work themselves out without my intervention, but God says "For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." HE ALREADY HAS THOSE PLANS. So I pray that God allows me to have patience with the timing of them and have peace knowing that He put me in the season I am in now for His own perfect reason. After all, Matthew tells us to pray "Give us this day or daily bread," not a weeks worth of bread, or a months worth of bread. Pray for Him to provide you bread today and trust that He will do the same for everyday to come. I don't have to have the burden of worrying about tomorrow because He's already taken care of it. I pray that I can let go and let God. I pray that I can rest and relax today knowing that my future is in the hands of the Creator. He's blessed me with this moment right now, and who am I to not love every second that He has so graciously given to me? Thank you God... for every season of my life.