I have always been an advocate of love. I love love. :) It is a gift from the Lord that I can love. I love that He made me to love.
People say that love is an overused expression... but I couldn't disagree more. When God said, "Love unconditionally... Love as I love the church... Love your neighbor as yourself... Let love never leave you... Love must be sincere... Without love, you are nothing... Without love, you gain nothing... LOVE NEVER FAILS", I think He meant it.
We, as Christians, are blessed with God's peace. When we are going through trials; When we are scared; When we are lonely; When we are nervous or anxious.... we have God's peace to hold on to. His peace comes in and comforts me like warm towel, fresh out of the dryer. (only a billion times better..lol.) :) Non-believers around me can see that peace... but they can't experience it without God.
As Christians, we are blessed with God's joy! His joy is available to us 24/7. The troubles of this world can't keep us down when we look to the Lord. When I hope in Him, nothing can shake me. Non-believers around me can see that joy... but they can't experience it without God.
As Christians, we are called to LOVE... and I believe one of many reasons we are called to do so is because it is the ONLY way that non-believers can experience GOD without actually knowing Him. We may not be able to give our friends His joy or His peace without their consent... but His LOVE can be force fed into them. It shines through us and they can feel it without asking for it.
God, I pray that you help me to see everyone around me through YOUR eyes. I want to think like you, see like you, be like you. But I need you to make me more like you. Help me not to be judgemental... I know I was called to love, and judging isn't loving. Fill me so full of your LOVE that I can't contain it... and it overflows into the streets, into my workplace, my church, my friends, and my family. Thank you for your unfailing, everlasting love. I love you. :)
Monday, September 21, 2009
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
God,
I am not worthy of you. Of your love. Of your forgivness. Don't ever let me forget that. I, in myself, am not worthy of anything that's of you... or from you.
Thank you for being so gracious as to give yourself to the undeserving.... even when we foolishly think we are deserving. You don't have to do what you do for me, and you do it anyway. You do it because you love me. You want me. You are jealous for me. You want my full attention. You desire for my heart to run towards nothing less than your Secret Place. Help me to find that in you... Help me to desire truth in my inmost being. I don't want to look like a Christian... I don't want to just read Your Word.... I want to walk in Your Word and speak the words of Jesus. When I speak, I don't want people to hear me - let them hear you, God.
Help me to step aside and let you shine, Lord. Your heart is so much bigger than mine (if gargantuouser was a word... I'd use it to describe your heart in comparison to mine..... and it still wouldn't suffice.) I want to love like Jesus. I want to be His hands and be His feet. Help me to humble myself enough to make it about You and not me. I am not "better than thou"... and I don't want to ever convince myself that I am... or ever could be. Please, just help me to show your love to the people around me in a real, believable, and tangible way. Give me the strength to be a fisher of men for you, God.
I almost prayed for confidence to be bold enough to share you with people.... and you said, "If your experience with me has been real, you won't need confidence. You shouldn't be able to contain me in your little heart... it has to overflow. Just open your mouth and let me do the talking. I've got this... thanks for the vessel."
I am not worthy of you. Of your love. Of your forgivness. Don't ever let me forget that. I, in myself, am not worthy of anything that's of you... or from you.
Thank you for being so gracious as to give yourself to the undeserving.... even when we foolishly think we are deserving. You don't have to do what you do for me, and you do it anyway. You do it because you love me. You want me. You are jealous for me. You want my full attention. You desire for my heart to run towards nothing less than your Secret Place. Help me to find that in you... Help me to desire truth in my inmost being. I don't want to look like a Christian... I don't want to just read Your Word.... I want to walk in Your Word and speak the words of Jesus. When I speak, I don't want people to hear me - let them hear you, God.
Help me to step aside and let you shine, Lord. Your heart is so much bigger than mine (if gargantuouser was a word... I'd use it to describe your heart in comparison to mine..... and it still wouldn't suffice.) I want to love like Jesus. I want to be His hands and be His feet. Help me to humble myself enough to make it about You and not me. I am not "better than thou"... and I don't want to ever convince myself that I am... or ever could be. Please, just help me to show your love to the people around me in a real, believable, and tangible way. Give me the strength to be a fisher of men for you, God.
I almost prayed for confidence to be bold enough to share you with people.... and you said, "If your experience with me has been real, you won't need confidence. You shouldn't be able to contain me in your little heart... it has to overflow. Just open your mouth and let me do the talking. I've got this... thanks for the vessel."
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Did you know that an eagle knows when a storm is approaching long before it breaks?
The eagle will fly to some high spot and wait for the winds to come. When the storm hits, it sets its wings so that the wind will pick it up and lift it above the storm. While the storm rages below, the eagle is soaring above it.
The eagle does not escape the storm. It simply uses the storm to lift it higher. It rises on the winds that bring the storm.
When the storms of life come upon us - and all of us will experience them - we can rise above them by setting our minds and our belief toward God. The storms do not have to overcome us. We can allow God's power to lift us above them.
God enables us to ride the winds of the storm that bring sickness, tragedy, failure and disappointment in our lives. We can soar above the storm.
It is not the burdens of life that weigh us down, it is how we handle them.
The eagle will fly to some high spot and wait for the winds to come. When the storm hits, it sets its wings so that the wind will pick it up and lift it above the storm. While the storm rages below, the eagle is soaring above it.
The eagle does not escape the storm. It simply uses the storm to lift it higher. It rises on the winds that bring the storm.
When the storms of life come upon us - and all of us will experience them - we can rise above them by setting our minds and our belief toward God. The storms do not have to overcome us. We can allow God's power to lift us above them.
God enables us to ride the winds of the storm that bring sickness, tragedy, failure and disappointment in our lives. We can soar above the storm.
It is not the burdens of life that weigh us down, it is how we handle them.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
He Doesn't Call the Qualified...
The bible says, "The harvest is plenty, but the workers are few...".
It is time to rise up new leaders in the church. I'm tired of sitting in a chair and being ministered to every Wednesday and every Sunday... it's killing me. It's time for an overflow of God's mercy and grace. I am not anywhere near perfect... so for the longest time I have had the hardest time understanding the idea that I was capable of leading someone to Jesus. But God doesn't call the qualified to do His work... He QUALIFIES the CALLED! :) I am a child of God, with a great mission ahead of me. I know I am called to the mission field.... but I have never been sure where. Africa? Iran? America? Pensacola? Le'San? Northridge...?
I have trusted God in every aspect of my life... why am I just now coming to the realization that my battlefield has been set RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. It is my everyday life... there are so many people that I see every single day that are so hungry for something. So hungry for something REAL. So hungry for something valid and TRUE. They just don't know where to find it. I am that light. God is going to use me to reach people that I never thought could be reached. I am speaking that truth over my life. I will start to allow God to take TOTAL control over my life... over my body and my mind. I give Him full authority over me.. and my family.
God, USE ME. I'm SO ready. I'm tired of being poured into. Help me pour out!! I want so much of you, Jesus, that I can't hold in ANYMORE... you HAVE to overflow into my workplace... you HAVE to overflow into my marraige... you HAVE to overflow into my family and my friendships... and to the person that skipped me in the Walmart '10 Item's or Less' checkout line with 30 things in her cart. :) lol.
I thank GOD for what He is doing with our Young Married Couple's Group.... He has HUGE plans. :) It's gonna be AWESOME!!!!
It is time to rise up new leaders in the church. I'm tired of sitting in a chair and being ministered to every Wednesday and every Sunday... it's killing me. It's time for an overflow of God's mercy and grace. I am not anywhere near perfect... so for the longest time I have had the hardest time understanding the idea that I was capable of leading someone to Jesus. But God doesn't call the qualified to do His work... He QUALIFIES the CALLED! :) I am a child of God, with a great mission ahead of me. I know I am called to the mission field.... but I have never been sure where. Africa? Iran? America? Pensacola? Le'San? Northridge...?
I have trusted God in every aspect of my life... why am I just now coming to the realization that my battlefield has been set RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. It is my everyday life... there are so many people that I see every single day that are so hungry for something. So hungry for something REAL. So hungry for something valid and TRUE. They just don't know where to find it. I am that light. God is going to use me to reach people that I never thought could be reached. I am speaking that truth over my life. I will start to allow God to take TOTAL control over my life... over my body and my mind. I give Him full authority over me.. and my family.
God, USE ME. I'm SO ready. I'm tired of being poured into. Help me pour out!! I want so much of you, Jesus, that I can't hold in ANYMORE... you HAVE to overflow into my workplace... you HAVE to overflow into my marraige... you HAVE to overflow into my family and my friendships... and to the person that skipped me in the Walmart '10 Item's or Less' checkout line with 30 things in her cart. :) lol.
I thank GOD for what He is doing with our Young Married Couple's Group.... He has HUGE plans. :) It's gonna be AWESOME!!!!
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
He is the potter.
You may think that I'm just fine. You may think, "How could anything even be out of line?". Well, even though I've got the lines rehearsed....a picture only paints a thousand words.
Things aren't always what they seem. Don't you realize you're only seeing part of me? There's more to me than you could ever know. I'm incomplete... and I'm undone. But I suppose, like everyone, there is so much more that's going on behind the scenes.
God, THANK YOU for making my life so beautiful. Mercy reached in and saved me. You took a woman so repulsing and turned me into something... breath-taking. I am so unworthy... and OH-SO GREATFUL.
You are all I need, Jesus.
Things aren't always what they seem. Don't you realize you're only seeing part of me? There's more to me than you could ever know. I'm incomplete... and I'm undone. But I suppose, like everyone, there is so much more that's going on behind the scenes.
God, THANK YOU for making my life so beautiful. Mercy reached in and saved me. You took a woman so repulsing and turned me into something... breath-taking. I am so unworthy... and OH-SO GREATFUL.
You are all I need, Jesus.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Something Stinks?
Oh my.. I've been SO busy lately. Tonight was the first night in probably 2 weeks that I actually turned on the TV and watched it... for an hour! I know that sounds... well.... lame. But seriously, I feel like I haven't even been home long enough to turn on the TV, much less watch an entire show... Or write a blog... or Shower!? Seriously, it's been 6 days.
My laundry has managed to pile itself up (I hate when it does that.. rude.). Everything has Baxter hair on it. Speaking of HAIR, my hair is SO dry... I'm seriously gonna have to SLEEP with conditioner on it or something (don't know if that will help or hurt? But I do know I will wake up one hott, crispy mess.). OH.. and my car, considering the fact that I've practically LIVED in it for a week, is TOE UP! I'm TOTALLY getting up BRIGHT and EARLY (like noon..) and washing my car. That will make me feel a little better.
OH! On a good note (finally) I'm TOTALLY getting my hair done tomorrow! I'm gonna have to cut like, an inch or so off... but I'm staying blonde-...ish. AND Matt comes home tomorrow.. He's been at work for 2 shifts in a row.. and I'm cranky tonight because I miss him. Tomorrow (after my hair appointment, ofcourse) we are going to Orange Beach to meet up with lots of Matt's FAMILY... and FRIENDS... for FOOD... and FELLOWSHIP... and F...-ARTS? It should be a ... FUN FAMILY FUNCTION. On FRIDAY.
OH.. I gave blood on Tuesday... and something went wrong?... check it out...:.
My laundry has managed to pile itself up (I hate when it does that.. rude.). Everything has Baxter hair on it. Speaking of HAIR, my hair is SO dry... I'm seriously gonna have to SLEEP with conditioner on it or something (don't know if that will help or hurt? But I do know I will wake up one hott, crispy mess.). OH.. and my car, considering the fact that I've practically LIVED in it for a week, is TOE UP! I'm TOTALLY getting up BRIGHT and EARLY (like noon..) and washing my car. That will make me feel a little better.
OH! On a good note (finally) I'm TOTALLY getting my hair done tomorrow! I'm gonna have to cut like, an inch or so off... but I'm staying blonde-...ish. AND Matt comes home tomorrow.. He's been at work for 2 shifts in a row.. and I'm cranky tonight because I miss him. Tomorrow (after my hair appointment, ofcourse) we are going to Orange Beach to meet up with lots of Matt's FAMILY... and FRIENDS... for FOOD... and FELLOWSHIP... and F...-ARTS? It should be a ... FUN FAMILY FUNCTION. On FRIDAY.
OH.. I gave blood on Tuesday... and something went wrong?... check it out...:.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Stupid Girl Scouts....
So... today... was... a day...?
I slept until 10:00am..... then I got up and ate cereal... then an hour later... ate lunch... then an hour later, I ate an entire roll of THIN MINTS (all the while... I'm watching these stupid soap operas cause that's all that's on with our stupid digital converter box...). Then, at 2:00pm, I got out of my PJ's and into the shower... where I brushed my teeth for the first time of the day.
I drove to work for one client (who, Praise God, put BIG smiles on my face)... then drove home while talking to Nikki (one of my FAVORITE people in the whole wide world... who ALSO put a BIG smile on my face...!).
Feeling guilty for wasting 93% of my day... I ate grapes for dinner, and now I'm going to bed.
Goodnight. :)
I slept until 10:00am..... then I got up and ate cereal... then an hour later... ate lunch... then an hour later, I ate an entire roll of THIN MINTS (all the while... I'm watching these stupid soap operas cause that's all that's on with our stupid digital converter box...). Then, at 2:00pm, I got out of my PJ's and into the shower... where I brushed my teeth for the first time of the day.
I drove to work for one client (who, Praise God, put BIG smiles on my face)... then drove home while talking to Nikki (one of my FAVORITE people in the whole wide world... who ALSO put a BIG smile on my face...!).
Feeling guilty for wasting 93% of my day... I ate grapes for dinner, and now I'm going to bed.
Goodnight. :)
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