Monday
29Jun2009
Walls and Doors
Monday, June 29, 2009 at 1:28PM 
I just read a quote on Twitter that made me think...
"Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door." - Coco Chanel
How much energy and effort have I wasted on things that were not in God's will for my life. Begging, pleading, making celestial deals with my Creator...trying to convince Him that the wall in front of me needs to open up somehow.
I have to accept that the wall is there for a reason...creating a boundary...or a lesson...or a barrier to something that might hurt me.
Sometimes the answer is no and I have to accept it.
Anybody else's hands hurt like mine?
BV
Reader Comments (3)
Totally with you on this one!
Sometimes it's hard for me to take no for an answer. Call it tenacity or stubbornness but it's something I've felt God trying to break me of for a long time. Sometimes it's hard for me to remember that God's plan for my life is better than what I think is best for my life.
Great post!
It's tough because of SO MANY voices are saying "don't give up - keep going - it will happen." I've had a ministry dream in my heart for many years. I see it. Taste it, yet... I ask over and over, "God is this from You... or from me?" I SO don't won't to pull up short and miss the best, yet how much time... how much energy... how much focus... is enough? When 'should' the dream die? AND... can it really be killed? Great post Brian - thanks!
Wow! You must be reading my mind. When do you know it's not for you or not the time for it. It would be so much easier if we could just walk up to him ask and he would tell us what is right for us. I would not be wasting so much time doing the wrong thing. The wrong thing can sometimes look like the right thing.
Thanks for posting this.