Sometimes we want things out of life that we can't have! I won't even say that we can't have but that God has not intended for us to have.  There are so many times we want things for ourselves and when we don't get them we think that it has something to do with the fact that we're not trying hard enough or that this isn't our time.  We never really stop to think that maybe GOD said No!  No matter what we do or what we say it's not for us so He's not going to give it to us.  I'm a firm believer that what God has for you it is for you! 
     The other side of that is that sometimes God has a plan for your life that you just refuse to follow!  The funny thing is that we ask God to do things for us and when He says move we don't move.  It's so hard to understand how people can be stuck in the same spot and blame God for not having made any progress.  He can lead you, he can guide you but if you don't move, who can you blame?  
     No matter what God has planned for your life it is up to you to be doers of his word and not just hearers of his word.  As my pastor said today; what is the purpose of taking all this in if you're not going to do anything with it?  It's like going to the doctor, getting a prescription, picking the medicine up at the pharmacy and taking it home only to leave it in the medicine cabinet!  How is that medicine going to help you if you're not taking it.  It's the same with the bible and the church.  Why go to church Sunday after Sunday and not take anything from it?  Why read the bible everyday if you're not going to do what God says.  
      This seems to be the simplest way to deal with this; ask God to show you yourself first!  If you can't see where you are and where you need work than how will you ever be able to move forward?  How will you ever be able to receive His blessings?!   Think about it!    
 ---Anita