Scattered?

Hello, Gentlemen.

It’s me, again. Sheryle.

I wanted to just say “Hiya/Bonjour/and Howdy” (that is, if a lady from Minnesota is “allowed” to say “Howdy.”

You Gentlemen have been on my heart.

And can I be real?

My heart has felt like it’s been stuck in second gear, when it’s not in messy smithereens.

I’m experiencing a weird transition right now.

I’m not quite here…or there.

Maybe I’m scattered?

I have been dealing, with, sometimes arguing with, and flipping out on a…smidge, concerning The Most High.

As a wanna-be “Daddy’s Girl,” with “Daddy issues” up the wazoo, this transition period has looked like a bad Three Stooges Movie.

Just a lot of flailing, slapping, and weird “nuck-nuck” sound effects going on.

But seriously, this has been a difficult time for me. (Prayers are appreciated; thank you).

Scattered.

“And when they had eaten their fill, He told his disciples, ‘Gather up the leftover fragments, that nothing may be lost.’”

John 6:12

I’m feeling like some leftover fragments lately, and not the good kind of leftovers, either.

I’m feeling like that weird lime Jell-O mold, with the carrot shavings in it, kind of leftover.

Yeah, no one is raiding that thing in the fridge.

You may be shifting in your seats, wondering what my problem is.

Well, in short. Several.

That is my problem- problems.

Scattered fragments, neither here nor there.

It’s requiring some jackhammers, some black tar, and some bungee cords right now.

He is gathering. It is messy. But it’s working. He is working.

How scattered do you feel right now?

Do you feel like you are neither living your familiar life, or the newer, promising life “everyone” keeps on ya about?

What are your fragments? What are your leftovers?

You have more that He is using than you realize.

Again, you are marked…

“…‘Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine.’”

Isaiah 43:1

You are not “too far gone.” You have not “ruined everything.” You are still someone of Purpose and Calling.

Yes, you.

Even if it looks like all you are doing, is “just doing time.”

No.

He is up to your calling, right now.

What has He placed in you, that only you can bring, even with jagged, fragmented, pieces?

You are being gathered right now.

Think about it. You are gathered here today. Whether you wanted to be or not.

He is gathering, fitting the broken shards back together again.

He has already decided about you. And He does not change His mind.

And, if it looks like absolutely nothing is coming online with His Decision, how about this?

“As it is written… in the presence of Him whom he believed—(The Most High) God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did.”

Romans 4:17

I am trotting this verse out several times a day on several unappetizing Jell-o Molds.

He knows how it all turns out. He knows EXACTLY how you will turn out!

Nothing is wasted, especially not you.

You are not, and have never been, a waste of anything: time, grace, love, money.

You are worth more to Him because He loves broken hearts and broken spirits the best.

As you feel the pain of your scattering, please remember. He is The Almighty of “The Long Game.”

And He always wins.

In your scattered brokenness, He is gathering you, fusing you into who you were always supposed to be.

He’s like “The Terminator.” He absolutely will not stop.

I think I, however, should probably stop, for now.

I warned you all that this is a scattering kinda message from me right now.

Hope I didn’t bore or irritate you.

Love you, Gentlemen! Proud of how you still survive the scattering stuff that took many others out.

You are still meant to be here. He needs you.

Love and Scatty Thoughts, until…next time?

Your Sister, In Him,

Sheryle

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