Running Circles: Reminding yourself of your purpose

I'm sure we've had those days sometimes even weeks where we just feel like we are running circles and getting nothing done. Today is one of those days. The fact that I am even able to sit down and type this post is amazing me as I do it. Part of it is getting done on adrenaline and the other part of it is getting done because I am taking a lunch break. So bare with me if it seems a little different than usual.

In the past week I have had more things piled onto me than I think the laundry basket has had clothes piled on it (and trust me that can be alot). Though this morning I woke up with scary news (only later to find God's healing in a scary situation) and had multitudes of people of vast differences calling me and texting me wanting to know answers, wanting to dump information on me, wanting to vent, wanting counseling, and yet here I am with my almost 1 year old beagle who won't stop chewing all her toys to shreds looking at me almost as if to say "Mom, your kind of scaring me."

Sometimes we go through these days and weeks and we wonder, "Am I even doing anything?" "Do they even care?" "If I disappeared would anyone notice?"

Today, I get it.

One thing that we have to remind ourselves in those moments is what God sees in us, that God would notice every single detail of us from a scratch on our hands thanks to a beagle who is behind on grooming, to a crazy hair out of place thanks to a chaotic morning. God notices and sees all of it, and He is there through it with us in the trenches running the circles with us, consider him the coach yelling "You got this." "Keep going your doing so well!" "I am so proud of you."

How do we remind ourselves of this? What are some safetys we can put in our path to remind us? Below I have some suggestions:

1.  Worship Music: I have a speaker with an ipod in my kitchen which is open to most of my house, I have it all set with TONS of worship music that all I have to do is hit play and my house is being flooded with worship music
2. Scripture of the house: We have a gorgeous turquise blue chalboard at the entrance of our home and next to the bathroom that states "Faith The Size of a Mustard Seed can move mountains." this is a scripture my husband and I have applied to our relationship, and things that have come our way many times so we felt it was the best scripture to keep as the "Motto" of our house. By seeing it in such a central location it is ingrained in our minds and our hearts. 
3. Scripture Everywhere: I am not obnoxious but I am obvious on the fridge we have a bigger sized magnet that reads "Hope for things unseen", In our office/dinning room we have the "Marriage Prayer" (lovely gift from someone that attended our wedding) In the bedroom above our bed we have 4 chalkboard with marriage advice from spiritual people in our lives. Having them everywhere helps us to keep the word of God central in our lives. 
4. Scripture Journals: I keep a journal with my Bible in my living room that I write the date, scriptures I've read with notes on how they stood out to me or the meanings I found within them, and worship songs that day that really helped me through the day, I also keep any notes of ministry videos I had watched and somethings that were said in them that stood out to me for instance the other morning I watching Joyce Meyer (one of my all time favorites) and I wrote the title of her message and the things she said that really I felt was a blessing to hear and a blessing to share
5.  I have a support system: I have friends though I don't see them all the time I know I can talk to and hear spiritually sound advice that will guide me through, moving out of town the hardest part was my entire safety net was gone, I didn't have Pastor Jamie on speed dial for a frappe run, I didn't have grammy in the living room to talk to, or Pappy to vent to and watch westerns, or my Aunt to make homemade hot cocoa and go shopping, or my nephew to love and cuddle and be distracted with. I lost all of it, most of them kept in contact but some of the people who were major parts of my safety net backed out completely I was out of sight and out of mind. That hurt's so it's important to be there for the friends who do stick around and come into your life so that you do have some sort of support! 

I am hoping this helped, and if you read the whole way through thank you so much! I know part of this was probably a little bit of a venting release, but I really pray that you walk with God in your journey and that you find peace within yourself and purpose within God.