Psalms 18:32-33

God arms me with strength,
      and he makes my way perfect
He makes me as surefooted 
      as a deer,
   enabling me to stand on
      mountain heights

This is so comforting to me.  Today I'm filled with anxiety and not really sure why.  I really feel God is making me deal with an issue in my life that constantly keep creeping in my life.  This scripture says "he makes my way perfect"....MY WAY? PERFECT?  OK time for my definitions ...I once defined "perfect" because I hated the word. But can't find my previous notes on this so I'm having to totally redo and redefine.

DEFINITION:

PERFECT  - polish, cultivate, improve, complete carry through, finished, whole
CULTIVATE - nurture, polish, promote, encourage, advance
ENCOURAGE - confidence, give courage, urge advise
IMPROVE - upgrade,, enhance, refine make better
ENHANCE - boost, upgrade, strengthen, increase
REFINE - purify, gracious, pure, clean polish
POLISH - become smoothe, refine, improve, accomplished, sparkle, gleam
SUREFOOTED  - never stumbling or making a mistake, confidence
ENABLE  - to make possible

God is telling me something here because this scripture is LEAPING literally off the page...never mind that it's in red..Hahaha!!! but it gives me comfort.  As long as I have GOD to give me strength, He will polish me into a confident person to handle or make anything possible.  Going through the definition process, the word polish was what spoke to me.  God is still polishing me and I will need his strength while going through this polishing process so that I can do or have confidence for any obstacle sent my way. 

Right now the biggest obstacle in my life is my lack of confidence.  My lack of confidence to get the things I want out of life, friends, family and love ones where I can find peace and joy.  Confidence where I feel I don't ALWAYS have to compromise ME as a person.  To be able to be ME and love ME the way God does.  God obviously has a plan for me that he is polishing me for because this obstacle is a BIG one for me!!  One that keeps pressing on me when I thought it was gone.  But it is back pressing down on me and this time I have to deal with it.  I can no longer put on a back burner.

Dear God,
With  your arms of strength, you will make my way perfect, surefooted to enable me to do anything for your perfect will.  Take your strength and lift me up so that I can do what you have set for me to do.  This way you can finish your polish of my life to give me your perfect gleam.  In Jesus name I pray....Amen