Open Windows

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When God closes a door, somewhere he opens a window

-Sound of Music

Closed doors can be discouraging. Especially when the door closes to a place where we once found security.With new-found liberation we see several more doors ahead of us and we regain hope. But as we jiggle on the locks of each door...one by one...in succession, and they just don't open, we begin to wonder why.

For me these were the doors of opportunity...well, more like change. I was willing to change my ambitions and dreams for the doors that stood before me. I began to convince myself that I may be meant for causes that maybe I just overlooked before. For me, as long as the door stood there, I was the perfect candidate for each opening presented.

And so doors remained closed. I had a lot of questions for God yet I looked around me and realized that I had my health, my relationships were still intact, and I had the opportunity to sow into others in a way that I hadn't when specific doors were open.

God was working in the wood works for me. In the midst of a volunteer opportunity I had taken rather seriously, a window opened. As I looked up at the window, I began to wonder how wide the opening could really be. I mean, you know, it's just a window. Could it possibly be to me as a door could be?

Well, this window has opened wider than any door! Not only will I be providing professional services for a program that is near and dear to my heart, but they are sure not treating me like a volunteer! They've made me feel like a professional and that feeling of dignity allows me to raise my head higher. God has made it so that I will love my work and approach it with zeal.

Have doors closed for you? Are you tempted to change just to fit in to any door? Trust in God. He is faithful who called you. And don't underestimate that window. It may open up into great things.

I Thessalonians 5:24:  Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.

-Lyrics by tia 2013