Ok so I’ve now got so much to talk about I’m not sure where to start!! First, I’ll begin with the ever asked question, are you still singing? What’s up with your music? When will you have some more out? Well, the answers are: yes, not sure, and working on that!!! I’m in a waiting mode right now, but that’s not an inactive, idle state of being!!! I’m actively writing and working my voice. I’m also preparing mentally and spiritually for whatever’s ahead AND I’m being a wife to a busy entertainment industry guru and mom to three very busy kiddos!!! You know what that means? NEVER A DULL MOMENT!!! However, it can be frustrating to see others moving forward in their callings while I sit and wait. My friend Beth, whom I like to call, Dr. Beth, is a born teacher!!! She reminded me of the definition of “waiting” in the Bible. This is taken directly from our earlier facebook chat where she just encouraged me to continue onward!
We all love the Scripture in Isaiah 40:31 Yet those who wait for the LORD
Will gain new strength;
They will mount up with wings like eagles,
They will run and not get tired,
They will walk and not become weary.
Look at the literal translation of the word "Wait"...
"A straining of the mind in a certain direction with an expectant attitude...a forward look with assurance."
Waiting is not passive AT ALL.
It is very active!
While you wait for God's PERFECT timing in your music ministry, and you feel weary because you see others achieving what you believe He has called you to do, and you need new strength, Scripture tells you what to do: wait.
Don't wait like you may have thought about previously waiting--sitting around doing nothing. (Can't see YOU sitting around doing nothing, but this is how most people envision waiting!)
Wait like Scripture tells you to wait. Strain your mind toward God with AN EXPECTANT
ATTITUDE, and looking forward with assurance!

This is the BEST description I’ve heard in a while of how to wait on God’s direction!!! Sometimes we just need to really look at the meaning of the word He wrote to really grasp the rubber-meets-the-road application of it in our lives!!! Many of us are also aware that while we wait the enemy will come at us with all sorts of craziness and ways to pull us off course: sickness, fatigue, time-zapping situations, energy-zapping people (no joke, right?!), and even our own emotions will work against us!!! The key to overcoming this part in the waiting is the “straining our mind” part! The devil wants us to be straining our mind for sure on things that will keep us off-balance and out of focus on what God’s designs and plans are for our lives! However, if we can purpose in our hearts, and thus in our minds, to NOT be affected by the devil’s schemes; if we can recognize such schemes for what they are—a distraction, then we can remain focused on putting our mind on God and having an expectant attitude!!! God WANTS to give us the desires of our hearts, especially when those desires are HIS desires and not just selfishness!!! So, therefore, I HAVE to believe that God has my best interest and those of my family at heart during this waiting. And I have to TRUST not in my feelings but in my faith in Him! Jesus never said it would be easy but he’s always promised that we’d have his presence along the way—I’m never alone in Christ!!! So, any of you out there in the waiting land? Any of you have dreams that have yet to be tested? Hold on cuz this is the preparation to what lies ahead!! Take the opportunity to ask yourself and ask God, “am I ready for what you have for me?” He’ll let you know exactly what you’re to do!!! I always like to ask God to not let me miss it; “in my busy-ness and crazy schedule, let me not get so crazed that I miss what you’re saying to me, Lord!!” What about you? Do you need encouragement today? I’m happy to pray with you if you do!!! Let’s get active in the waiting game together!!!!