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Everything profitable comes through effort.  I was thinking earlier today about the process of " re-inventing myself", and what a popular catch phrase it has become.  The phrase has been made popular primarily by women in their forties and later who after years of raising a family, or embracing the corporate life and their career, are rounding a corner, so to speak, and finding themselves at a crossroad.  I see more evidence of women my age and a bit older, who are now worn out by the "I can bring home the bacon, and fry it up in the pan"syndrome and "I can do it all and have it all" nonsense.  They are now realizing what is important to them and what they can live without for the sake of fulfillment.  They, like me, are in a place of examining themselves; what they enjoy, what they are good at, what their gifts and talents are, and how to maximize those things so that they not only bring financial, but also mental, emotional and spiritual satisfaction.

I hope and pray, that if anyone finds themself in this place, they remember to seek God for the answers to these questions.  "Every good and Perfect gift is from above". All of my gifts and talents, skills and limitations are from God.  "Apart from Him, I can do nothing".  God is an expert designer!  He is an excellent Lifecoach!  He is all about making things "new again", and He knows me more intimately than I know myself.  I could not imagine facing the re-invention process without Him.

I am finding, as I walk through this process, that I meet resistance at every turn. I am also finding that I am growing stronger in Spirit as I press against the resistance I face.  The enemy of my soul would love for me to cower and run away, but it is not my desire to simply visit my Calling, but rather  to live in it!  For the first time in my life I am thriving in my hard places!

The Bible says of Samuel, John the Baptist and Jesus, that they "grew and became strong in Spirit."  They worked at it.  They allowed themselves to be disciplined.  They were obedient.  They cultivated in themselves a place for the Spirit to dwell. They did not coast through life, they pressed against the resistance.  So can I, and so can you!   One of my most favorite Scriptures is Habakkuk 3:19 The Lord God is my Strength, my personal bravery, and my invincible army; He makes my feet like hinds' feet and will make me to walk, not stand still in terror, but to walk and make spiritual progress upon my high places of trouble, suffering or responsibility.(Amplified) 

Regardless of the season of life I am in, or how things change, He is my Source. It may seem that it is time to re-invent myself, but the truth is,  He created me, and short of my willingness to obey, I don't have much to do with the calling He placed on me.  I am His to use; however He sees fit.  He, who began a good work in me, is faithful and able to perfect it and bring it to completion.