God is in the Tired Moments

Pay attention to your late night and early morning thoughts. They often reveal the truth about your situation and your feelings..

Sometimes I draw as a form of therapy. I just start with a line or a shape and let it flow from there. This particular woman came to me on a late-night sketching session. I didn’t mean for her to look like this. She was supposed to be cute, celebrating her mane of gorgeous, curly hair and feeling quite at peace. But she looks tired, doesn’t she? I think I tried to fix her eyes twice, but she still looked tired.

Then I realized this woman was me. Tired of the responsibilities of Life (though necessary). Tired of the news. Tired of not being able to make the time for what I really enjoyed. But most of all, tired of regret, not for what I did but what I didn’t do. I have much unfinished business to work on. Part ot it is this blog I’m writing. I’ve wanted to do it for a long time but just couldn’t find the “right” time or the “right” format. If there’s one thing this Life is teaching me it’s that the only time we really have is right now. So, here I am. Writing…right now.

I hope you join me on this journey. I hope it blesses you as I share my revelations and my own growth. I hope you grow, too. God has amazing plans for us but far too often we let Life get in the way. Reaching that tired state of mind was a blessing for me. In my hardest times, when I feel a bit (or a lot) low, I look up.

That’s where I find God. And in Him I find peace, healing, value, strength and so much more. My greatest journey isn’t to a place. It isn’t to the achievement of a goal. My greatest journey is in intimate relationship with the One who created me. As a creative being, I so value the time and care God took in crafting this world - and us. As I sit in my creative space I often zone out. I imagine what I would like to make - how it would look, and feel. I imagine who would take it as their own and how it would bless them as they enjoyed it. I don’t just create for me, I create for you, too.

Amalya is a creative outlet. But more than that it’s God’s work on the inside of me, manifesting in what you see as and encouraging word in a blog, art, an accent pillow, or a tote to carry your stuff around.

Amalya is me passing God’s blessing on to you.

I pray you receive every blessing He meant for your Life.