Turn my eyes from worthless things,
      and give me life through your word.*
    38 Reassure me of your promise,
      made to those who fear you.

Psalm 119:37-38

We get so fixed on things of little to no value in life. When real issues come up we end up freaking out because it is REAL. The word above says to turn our eyes from worthless things. That is something we all need to learn to do. The things that are worth  nothing that keep our attention keeps us from the things that really need our attention. The things of no worth take life from us and sometimes can lead to death: spiritually or sometimes physically. We get life through the word of God! God is the only one who can give us true life, and true meaning to our lives. We need to stop focusing on the things that don't matter and think about the things that really do: eternal things matter! Are you too focused on the little things that are worth NO value and don't put enough focus on God and His will and His word? do you need to readjust your focus and look to God for help in times of trouble? 

I added verse 38 because God has some amazing promises in His word for those who love, fear and obey Him! I encourage you to look through the Bible and find those promises. Remember those things and hide them in your heart! God loves us and wants good things for us. Sometimes we just have to get through the storm to get to the calm on the other side. Maybe we just need to refocus and get our attention on HIM again! What ever it may be, God is there waiting! I want to leave you with a verse! 

"8 And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise."

Phil 4:8

wait on HIM

But those who wait on the Lord
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint."
Isaiah 40:31


Sometimes we want God to move and work NOW! We have a way we think God will work and move. We think God is going to do things the way our human minds think that He will. Most times, what we think will happen doesn't  and other things do. Sometimes, God doesn't deliver immediate results and we feel like things will never go the way we want them to. Some times we need to wait on the Lord! like the verse above says! The verse above is very encouraging, because at times when we are waiting, God is renewing our strength, he is mounting us up like eagles! It says we shall run and not grow weary and walk and not faint! Going through things can be hard, and when prayers just don't seem to be answered in a time when we think they should be, waiting can be hard! Those are the times when God promises to renew our strength  to mount us up like eagles, that we will not grow weary or tired, and we shall not faint/fail. God's promises are always there for us, and we need to trust God and what He is doing more than any plan that WE may have in place for ourselves. 
We have been in many waiting places. A lot of the times we didn't know what to do, or how God was going to use certain experiences or certain hard times. We didn't at times see how the trials would work out to being anything good... But then God! Now we see what God was doing, where God was leading, and what He had in place for our lives! Now that we are seeing more of HIS plan we see how God lined everything up to get us to where we  are right now! We are right in the middle of His plan and His will, and we are blessed to know that what we went through wasn't in vain, but will be used for HIS glory! Don't worry, just wait on the Lord, and HE WILL renew your strength and get you through! The word says, "Don't be anxious about anything, but through prayer and supplication, bring your requests to God!" 

15 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. ² He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes^[a] so that it will be even more fruitful. ³ You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. ⁴ Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.

⁵ “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. ⁶ If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. ⁷ If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. ⁸ This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.

⁹ “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. ¹⁰ If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. ¹¹ I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. ¹² My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.¹³ Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. ¹⁴ You are my friends if you do what I command. ¹⁵ I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. ¹⁶ You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you. ¹⁷ This is my command: Love each other.