Trust The Process

This year has been a particularly challenging one.  Whether the challenges came personally, professionally, spiritually or emotionally, this was a trying season.  But if I were to summarize it all the phrase, "Trust The Process", is a perfect fit.

I was blessed to have people strategically placed in my journey by the creator who helped me get to the next step either through kind words or not so kind words, but three lessons stood up.

The first lesson was purpose.  Everything that has life has purpose. Our goal is to find that purpose and spend every moment actualizing that purpose.  There are no wasted steps on this journey.  The issue is we tend to think we know it all, but we do not.  Allow God to order your steps.  He holds an elevated perspective of the journey.  Where we only see our next step, God already knows the destination.  Not every detour is a deterrent.  Trust His judgement, wisdom and guidance.  He has not failed and will not start now.

The second lesson was pursuit.  It is fine to want to improve the quality of your life and want to live out your dream, but a big step we miss is we do not specify our wants and needs.  I equate it to a wive who tells her husband she is hungry.  When he asks her what she wants her constant response is "I don't know". Nine out of ten times with that approach she is going to go home hungry.  I am very guilty of doing that. I pray and pray for breakthrough but when something comes up that doesn't fit what I think is right I reject it. But when I reflect on what I specifically want I cannot plainly say. I learned to be direct and intentional in my goals.  All these dreams and feelings were placed in us to be acted on not suppressed.  But we must lean on He who placed it in us for direction to better maximum it.

Lastly I learned patience.  I was told to embrace the bad vibes for they are the support system for the good ones.  Mornings are brighter after the darkest of nights and life is the same.  This period has been a refining period and even though it has been seemingly long and arduous it has its purpose and I must be patient.  If I was not valuable then I would not be undergoing such change.  The purpose to refine gold, or any fine gems is a similar purpose.  The old has to be strip away to give way to the beauty of what is underneath.  But we cannot fight the process because it has its purpose.  Yes it is uncomfortable and at times unbearable but it will all make sense in the end and benefit us immensely.  We must just Trust The Process.