Clearing the Cobwebs

There is a female Christian singer on the radio whose music I have enjoyed immensely over the years. Recently she came out with a new song that hits home for me as well. Seeing how it is super silly sing song Saturday, I feel moved to share the lyrics and then share how and why this message hits home for me.

Unfinished

Mandisa

Not scared to say it
I used to be the one
Preaching it to you
That you could overcome
I still believe it
But it ain't easy
'Cause that world I painted
Where things just all work out
It started changing
And I started having doubts
And it got me so down

But I picked myself back up
And I started telling me
No, my God's not done
Making me a masterpiece
He's still working on me

He started something good and I'm gonna believe it
He started something good and He's gonna complete it
So I'll celebrate the truth
His work in me ain't through
I'm just unfinished
I'm just unfinished
So I'll celebrate the truth
His work in me ain't through
I'm just unfinished

I know His history
And the kind of God He is
He might make it a mystery
But He's proving I can trust in Him
And yeah, I believe it

So I can pick myself back up
And keep on telling me
No, my God's not done
Making me a masterpiece
No, my God's not done

He started something good and I'm gonna believe it
He started something good and He's gonna complete it
So I'll celebrate the truth
His work in me ain't through
I'm just unfinished
(Yeah)
I'm just unfinished
So I'll celebrate the truth
His work in me ain't through, no

Still working
Still, still working on me
He's still working
Still, still working on me
Oh

He started something good and I'm gonna believe it
He started something good and He's gonna complete it
So I'll celebrate the truth
His work in me ain't through
I'm just unfinished
I'm just unfinished
(I'm just unfinished)
So I'll celebrate the truth
His work in me ain't through
I'm just unfinished

Still working
Still, still working on me
He's still working
Still, still working on me
Oh, yeah
I'm just unfinished

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Data from: LyricFind

Just like her, when I was on fire for God, nothing seemed to slow me down, but we live in a world where evil exists. The enemy is real and when you start shinning too bright, he really does come gunning for you. In the last few years, I have lived in the desert, I have lived on a mountain that was 10, 500' in elevation, and from there I spent 10 days on an island only to return to Indiana once again. To say I was feeling defeated in my purpose is an understatement. I had completely stopped blogging about God and how knowing Him changes things for the better. While I still went to church and often shared my faith with others, you could say I was operating at a bare minimum.

Mandissa has a great point in how easy it is to stay positive when things just seem to effortlessly work out, but when a gigantic war is waged against you continually without ease for months on end, it is easier to allow doubts penetrate. Mandissa openly admits this took place in her life. Obviously it took place in mine.

I was so ready for God to grant all my dreams and when that didn't happen right away I figured it was due to things or even more honestly a certain someone was blocking me. When that too was removed and yet I was still unable to rise up fully, the doubts came full force. Perhaps I wasn't meant to become a famous author after all. But that didn't resonate fully with me. I didn't make up those talks as a child where God and I made plans for hours upon hours.

Recently I began going to a new church and something began fanning old thoughts and old dreams and as I contemplated them, I was given a book. As I read that book, I came face to face with the truth that my biggest dream hasn't changed since I was a kid and that dream was discussed in depth with God. So here I am once again believing it's just unfinished. I am on a roll currently. I have written down my 3 biggest goals and I am sticking to them. Blogging keeps me accountable to God and working out and paying attention to my diet reminds me that I am a temple.

I don't know when that tipping point in readers and book sales will take place, but I know this round, I am going to keep asking Him what I need to do next and even when everything begins I'm still going to ask Him what's next. I know that God can move mountains and nothing is too big or too hard for Him, so I am asking for massive blessings in my life that are so abundant everywhere I go people find themselves being blessed. I want to live a life that draws others to God. I have always wanted to be that writer who inspired hope and gave people reason to turn to God and seek their own relationships. I am certain my book is one of many paths to that destiny. With that being said, I beg you to purchase just one copy. Read it and pass it on. Also, if you would, be kind enough to go back and leave a review so that others may take a chance on purchasing a copy for themselves, this writer would be forever thankful.

Father, thank you for stirring the fire within me once again. I feel stronger every day. I feel more committed and more resolved to see my dreams through this time. Only you know how things will play out, but I am here, fully dressed and ready for battle once again. Count me in for the long haul. I want to run the good race. I want to be a champion for Christ. Bless me Father. In Jesus name I pray. Amen.

(c) Wendy Glidden, walks with God, mom of many