Lift your eyes up

Ok today I'm miserable again. It's happening a bit lately. And ok today I'm gonna be personal. This is about my journey and today my journey is tough, sorry folks. So I'm nearly 28. I'd love to settle down sometime soon, have kids, buy a house, get married... you know, that kinda thing (not necessarily in that order)! The truth is that actually I'm a wee bit sad because all of these things seem to be happening to everyone else but me. We aren't even 2 weeks into 2012 and already I've got 2 wedding invites (which happen to be the same weekend!). Already loads of my friends have recently got engaged. I need more that 2 hands and two feet to count off the number of weddings I've been to in the last 10 years. Today my housemate bought a house... The list goes on. I get sad. What is God playing at? Thing is, this isn't a sob story. This isn't a plea for sympathy or an attempt at a personal ad. No. This is actually pretty cool.

In Genesis 13v14 God says this to Abram after his nephew Lot left him and set off for pastures new... 'Lift your eyes up from where you are... All the land you see I will give to you and your offspring for ever'. Wow. Seriously, this made me think. How often do we look down at what we have and become dissatisfied. We get jealous of what we don't have instead of being thankful for what we do have. And we forget God's promises in the meantime. Look at what I do have - a great job, a roof over my head, a nice car, friends, family, a wealth of experiences, my amazing coffee pot that makes amazing coffee, my awesome fluffy animal print slippers with bows on top. No God hasn't blessed me with certain things yet. But I am blessed. He has a plan. And heck, if I was settled down with a husband and kids, I definitely wouldn't be writing this and being so inspired!

So let's take time to 'lift up our eyes' and be thankful for what we do have, not what we don't.