For a simple night out with the loved one.

I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

John 10:10

Life is meant to be lived! Yes, we have goals, dreams, and adventures to undertake, but never forget to embrace the simple luxuries life affords us each day. Usually, it's in these moments we get to recharge and rebound. These simple luxuries can be savored by each of us and we can create our own, whenever. The quality rather than the quantity is what allows life's simplicities to rejuvenate our soul and propel us further into our goals and dreams. So in the midst of the daily grind set aside the space and time to feed your soul. Here are 5 ways that I make this happen in my life.  

A simple and classical design. A few things that these lovely chairs and sofas have in common. Enjoy the inspiration.

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
    I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.

Psalms 32:8 

I sat at my desk and finally decided that I'm going to leap forward and start living the life I secretly dream about daily. The life with me as the owner of my own little business, lunch meetings, tea, and a lot of passionate work. The next day my boss offered me a promotion. I found myself at a crossroad. Of course I was grateful, but just the previous day I made up my mind to take the calculated risk. Now, I had to ask myself, Marie, what do you want to do? I had no answer, so I turn to the One who knows exactly what I should do. So that's what I'm doing, following His instructions. Although it feels like I'm pushing my dreams further back, I trust in His timing and know that wherever He's taking me I'll get there at the exact time I need to be there. Trust and believe that. 

At the moment my life seems to be split into thirds. I'm conflicted between accepting a teaching position, going to medical school, or leaping into a more creative endeavor.  The first two paths offer long-term stability and positions in which a lot of good can be done, the third path, what can I say about it, it makes my heart flutter, my soul roars, I mean it's the thing that has always been consistent in my life. There's relatively little risk involved in pursuing the first two paths and a seemingly unknown black box of risk in the third path. What makes this decision particularly difficult is something many of us can identify with, uncertainty. 

So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

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Luke 11:9-10 

So I turn to God. I'm in the process of deep prayer for discernment and direction as to what the Lord wants me to do. When we feel lost or uncertain we must remember that there is someone who has the answer for us. God wants us to seek Him. He's promised to be there with and for us. There's no need for us to stress alone, or at all. This past month has truly been teaching me about trusting God, His timing, and His purpose. He will align things in His time. I have to trust His process and know that each step is imperative. So go ahead, pray, ask, seek, knock and when the door opens be courageous and walk-in with faith.  

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Marie