It starts with an ending

Happy Wednesday everyone!

How are you all doing this evening? Anything new happening in your world? Shoot me a text or drop me a comment, you know I love hearing from you all.

I wanted to take a quick moment to thank you for your continued support here at Love Life With Dawna. I am so grateful to each and every one of you. I wanted to apologize to you though for being not as active in reading your posts. Life has me on the crazy train and just when I think I might be able to come up for air, I sink again.

Life is full of challenges, and it’s been said time and time again, God gives you only what he knows you can handle. John reminds me too that my challenges might be of great plenty right now, but together, we’ll rise above and be even stronger.

My dear friend Jan said to me that the storms I face will pass, just like all the others. She sure has a kind way of reminding me that the storms in my life have only made me stronger. They’ve made me into who I am today and while it’s hard for me to say out loud, I’m actually beginning to really like myself. One thing I know for sure, I’ve got a little self-confidence going on and that’s a good thing.

Today I realized that letting go of certain things along with expectations, wants, desires and dreams doesn’t make those things any less important. Those things might not be what is in my best interest.

Letting go and letting God means just that, I need to let go of what I have no control over and let Him lead me. He’s never led me down the wrong path and I suspect he won’t start now.

I love this quote:

“When God gives you a new beginning, it starts with an ending. Be thankful for closed doors. They often guide us to the right one.”-A Woman of Faith.

It’s taken me awhile to fully grasp and understand what it means to let go and let God. What it means to have one door closed so another will open. We do indeed spend so much time focusing on the doors that are closed that seeing the door at the end of the hallway that is wide open, well it so much of the time becomes cloudy and dim.

Instead of focusing so hard on what’s ending or the door that’s closed, I can honestly tell you from experience, I’d rather learn my lessons in patience and walk towards the light where the door might not be fully opened. Maybe it’s only cracked at the end of the dark hallway and that’s okay. I know as I approach the cracked open door, I’ll be able to push it open and walk right through into His plan for me.

To fully accept things in life means we need to do just that, accept it. We cannot dwell in what isn’t there. For example, when we say we accept that we didn’t get a certain house, but we continuously search for ways to get it or pray something will happen, so we get it, then we haven’t accepted the circumstances at hand. We are living in the want, instead of living in the let go and let God mindset. This doesn’t mean we won’t get it; it just means we’ve accepted it’s not ours for whatever reason and if He sees that it’s His will, then it’s up to Him to change things, not for us to hold on so tight.

Focusing on the closed door doesn’t allow us to see the miracles behind the open doors or the doors cracked waiting for us to walk through.

Below is a prayer that is so calming. I hope if you have been struggling with something, I pray you find comfort in it.

I love knowing that each ending starts with a beginning, a new beginning. When one chapter is finished that doesn’t always mean we’ve come to the end of the book, it merely means, we begin the next chapter, so too with life. When we complete one chapter, we begin with a new one.

Wherever my next chapter takes me, wherever my challenges land me, I have no doubt it will be most appropriate for my soul.

My dear friends, here’s to wishing you all a goodnight sleep at the end of this day and as you close your eyes, know that tomorrow will bring about an opportunity for a new beginning.

Until next time, don’t forget, Love Life++ Hugs