Be Okay With ‘Not Now’

If you’re anything like me, you want what you want and you want it YESTERDAY.  Waiting appears as No and no one likes to be told no.  Well, I’ve come to learn that waiting isn’t necessarily no, it’s more like ‘Not Now‘.

Often times we desire a certain thing.  It could be that we desire a larger home, a foreign vehicle, more money, or even an intimate relationship.  We’ve prayed and asked God, Life, the Universe for it over and over again.  Yet, we still don’t have what we say we want.  We begin to assume that we will never have it.  We assume that the answer is no.  When in fact, the answer is just……. not now.

I think it would behoove us to inspect what we expect (got that phrase from my sister).  We are expecting bigger and better, but are we BEING bigger and better.  Have we taken great care of what we have already been blessed with.  Do we care for our minds by reading and gaining knowledge?  Do we care for our bodies by eating properly and exercising?  Do we care for our spirits by praying and meditating?  If not, perhaps that is why the answer to your desires is……. not now.

There have been so many times that I thought I was ready for my blessing(s).  I thought I could handle my desires.  Then I realized, I was asking for two scoops of ice cream when I had just dropped one scoop (got that one from a friend).  So, I worked on myself.  I prayed, meditated, read, and did some introspection and realized there was much work to be done.  Once I did the work, I looked up and found that my blessing(s) was/were right there waiting on me.  Once I learned to be okay with ‘Not Now‘, I realized that the answer was never no.  I just needed that time to prepare myself AND my surroundings for what God had in store.

So, learn to be okay with not now.  Continue to go within so that you will not go without.

In love,

J-licious

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