I remember a couple of years ago, I heard someone preach a sermon about a hallway. She was comparing the times that we come across in our lives when it seems that all the doors are closed, to a hallway. She went on to say that the bigger our hallway is, the bigger our blessing will be.
Fast forward four or so years. I was talking to my husband about this sermon. I was in a “hallway” of sorts at the time and was trying to encourage myself while talking to him. “The bigger my hallway, the bigger my blessing!” I told him. I thought I was saying something. I said it with so much passion, you would’ve thought that I came up with it by myself. My husband very calmly replied with this: Stacie, if you’re in your hallway, you have a house.
Don’t you hate when they say something so profound with so little effort. He could’ve made me sick that day but, he was right. We pay so much attention to the situation that we are in that we fail to see the bigger picture: The situation itself is a blessing. God has trusted you to be exactly where you are for exactly the amount of time that you are there. He has also bestowed the exact amount of grace that you need to withstand.
So, look around. Forget the hallway. You have a house, love!!!