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"You...enlarged me when I was in distress." Psalm 4:1 AMP

Did you know that the hermit crab looks for a shell that fits him, then lives in it till he outgrows it?
At that point he has to scurry along the ocean floor and find a bigger one; it's a process that repeats itself throughout his entire life.
Are you clinging to something that no longer fits you, just because it's easy and familiar? David said, "You...freed me when I was hemmed in and enlarged me when I was in distress." To develop and grow spiritually you must be willing to move out of your comfort zone and deal with a little 'distress.'

What worked for you yesterday may not work today.
Maybe it's a job you've outgrown, a relationship you need to reexamine or a behavior you need to change.
Regardless of what it is, never become so 'settled' that you can't let go and move on when you need to.

Patience and persistence are admirable, but they won't work in situations you've outgrown.
Instead of hanging in and trying harder, at certain points you have to stop and ask yourself, "Is this situation good for me?"
If you're not sure, ask God for "an understanding mind [to]...know the difference between...right and...wrong" (1Ki 3:9 TLB). His Word says, "If you need wisdom...ask [him], and he will [gladly] give it to you" (Jas 1:5 NLT).

When God says it's time to move on, it's because there's another shell out there that will fit you even better.
But you can't take occupancy till you vacate the old one.

So how about it - am I ready for bigger things?
You bet I am.
Those who know me, know that I usually step up with confidence in most areas of my journeys.
There is a supposed journey in my near future that comes with a promotion and the availability to get in a closer vicinity of family for more frequent visits.
Yes, yes, I am so ready for that in this season of my life.
I sometimes feel that tug of impatience pulling at me but I know it is a test to see if I can handle what is being put on my platter.

Lately, with the different transitions of management,doing anywhere from 12 to 16 hr days, I am so ready to step out of what I have been doing for the last yr and a half in being the one to keep picking up the pieces at work and holding everything together with spit and glue until they can get a permanent manager in the facility.

Well, folks, he is supposedly here.
I am ready!!

I have outgrown what I am doing, I am ready for more.

I don't want to settle for what I am doing.
Oh, don't get me wrong, I love what I am doing, I would just rather do it in an area closer to the kids.

I am so ready to stop being by myself in most everything I do.
Now that I know Larry is never going to give up his lustful ways.
Now that I finally done with the emotional abuse I accepted from his life.
I will agree to what he wants, a divorce.
I am not paying and/or doing it by myself.
We got into this together, we can get out of this together.

I need to get a life other than work.
I am missing out on so much.
If I can get there from here..
I will be able to be within reach of kids, sisters,and Mom.
Someday all will be within reach of a hug.
Hmm, imagine that.
Won't have to drive 8 or better hours.

While talking to Julz, she was taking pictures on her phone of the kids to send me.
She kept telling them to stop being goofy so she could get a decent picture.

Wait..what is wrong with letting me see goofy.
I want to see goofy.
I want to see the real thing.
Be yourself, please.
You are going to have to let me see who you really are when I get there
so you might as well start now.

In saying that, I was introduced to the kids "MySpace" pages...
LOL...all I can say is...kid's will be kids.