Be Still...

I get so carried away and caught up in the busyness of my life sometimes that I don't take enough time to just be still and listen to the Lord. I know so many times He is wanting to tell me things and show me things and I don't let Him. I was driving home the other night and really just thinking about the past year and how much the Lord has blessed me. All of the friendships, opportunities, and blessings have been more than I could ever ask for. This time last year I thought I was on the right path for Nursing and was working at Children's in the NICU. I really liked my job, but that was the problem I didn't LOVE it. I knew there was something missing in my life and that I wasn't using talents that the Lord has blessed me with. Starting Aveda last July has been by far the BEST decision! I am SO thankful for this journey! I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE what I do! Hair, makeup and beauty has always been a huge passion of mine. I get to not only make people feel beautiful about themselves on the outside, but on the inside as well. What I do is so much more than hair and makeup and beauty, it's a ministry and that is probably my favorite part. I have had the honor in many different situations with different women to be a light in their lives and share the Lord with them. How stinkin cool:) I have gone back and fourth about where I want to start my career. I have prayed and prayed and prayed and as I have read a book called Just Do Something, I have learned that no matter where I am, as long as I am walking with the Lord and being obedient to Him that I am in His will. I got offered a job here in Birmingham about 2 months ago and it is a GREAT opportunity! I am truly blessed to be where I am. I still have a huge heart for Nashville and feel deep down a great peace that the Lord has a plan for me there one day, but as for now I will be here in Birmingham awaiting what He has planned. You see if we obey the Lord, in return He blesses us! I cannot believe I have a little less than 2 months left at Aveda. I am making it a goal to be still more and focus on what the Lord wants to show me and teach me as I continue to grow with Him! He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” Psalm 46:10