Comments on: “Nothing that you have not given away will be really yours.” The Breaking and Blessing of Dreams https://anitamathias.com/2012/02/09/nothing-that-you-have-not-given-away-will-be-really-yours-the-breaking-and-blessing-of-dreams-2/ Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art Thu, 14 Nov 2013 01:12:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Anita https://anitamathias.com/2012/02/09/nothing-that-you-have-not-given-away-will-be-really-yours-the-breaking-and-blessing-of-dreams-2/#comment-17203 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:23:38 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2012/02/09/nothing-that-you-have-not-given-away-will-be-really-yours-the-breaking-and-blessing-of-dreams-2/#comment-17203 Thanks much Emma and Jennie.
Blessings on the next stage of your journey, Jennie, and blessings for many more bestsellers, which will be blessings to many, Love, Anita

]]> By: Jennie https://anitamathias.com/2012/02/09/nothing-that-you-have-not-given-away-will-be-really-yours-the-breaking-and-blessing-of-dreams-2/#comment-17202 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:12:24 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2012/02/09/nothing-that-you-have-not-given-away-will-be-really-yours-the-breaking-and-blessing-of-dreams-2/#comment-17202 I have just walked through s period like this, and it was intensely uncomfortable. My husband took a new job that was obviously a gift from God, and we moved. Prior to even finding the job, God had gently removed our not-for-profit's donor-sponsored office space in an affluent part of the city. We packed the entire office up and it still sits in a tiny room of our new church home as I consider what is next.

During all the transitions of our family, I decided to wait on God for new direction, setting aside a nearly finished book and devoting myself to my family. But I often struggled with those feelings you mentioned. “What was all that research for? Have I been traveling down a path just because of inertia? What do I do today if I don't write? Am I being lazy or irresponsible?”

Now I am beginning to see fruit from these days, as if I cut a plant to the ground and new life now is beginning to spring up. I am still wary of my own ambitions. Yet God is gently beginning to recreate what was there before, providing new vision and goals, and a sense of new peace, so welcome in a woman with an anxiety disorder. (I so agree that self-promotion is exhausting and stress-inducing!)

Again, my spirit rejoiced to recognize that I am not alone in this pursuit, and it is worthy. Wow. Thank you, Anita. Another bull's eye. (:

]]> By: Emma Major https://anitamathias.com/2012/02/09/nothing-that-you-have-not-given-away-will-be-really-yours-the-breaking-and-blessing-of-dreams-2/#comment-17201 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:09:11 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2012/02/09/nothing-that-you-have-not-given-away-will-be-really-yours-the-breaking-and-blessing-of-dreams-2/#comment-17201 This resonates with me in so many ways, such truth is in “handing it over”. I have never felt more relaxed about life than now I try to not be in control, but it's certainly not as easy as it sounds.

Thanks for the reminder. I'll be handing it over to God and seeing what He has for me next.

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