Ok so today I'm going to share this blog via e-mail and FB. Was too scared of failure with it for a few days. Woke up this AM and realized it can't fail because if for no other reason it serves a purpose in my life. It allows me to think out loud, to be transparent, to be real. When I am weak, He is strong. Join me on this journey I call my life, my life I am choosing to live fully praising and acknowledging my God who loves me.
This AM I awake to the rest of my life ahead of me. The same way I wake up each AM... to 3 alarm clocks :) I'm not naturally a morning person but it's getting easier. The quiet of the AM and getting to shower as I can tell the sun is rising from the sky light in my shower is awe inspiring. For the record said skylight seriously leaked in my closet and bathroom right after I moved in and I was thinking it might not be such a blessing? I was wrong. It reminds me each day I know my God personally, passionately who is with me daily.
I love music and the song of my heart today is Rich Mullin's "Hold Me Jesus" but actually a version by Big Daddy Weave that I heard the other day. I hear the words "Hold me Jesus 'cause I'm shaking like a leaf" and I know I must be fully reliant on God. I know that the lies of this world have held me back on that for too many years. I know in my heart and mind that God is faithful and trustworthy. I feel blessed to have made so many great friends in the last few months who have prayed me through this time and who I know continue to pray for me. But if they should fall away and life's paths lead us different ways I know God will never leave me and I have to be challenged to stay strong in his arms. Amidst the turmoil I call life right now I have this peace like never before. A peace I can't explain.
John 14:27 "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not LET your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid."
So the challenge remains: What if you (and I both) stopped believing the lies of this world? What if we "stood upon God's promises and stormed hell's rusty gates" (What if His people prayed? Casting Crowns)?
Just thought of Psalm 91 that a friend sent me the other day. Check it out for yourself. That's where I want to live my life "in the shelter of the Most High".
May God bless you with enough...
I propose a question back to you.....how do you know which ones are the lies and which are not?
ReplyDeletePerhaps this challenge is too broad for my tiny brain to wrap around?
Do you mean, turn off the TV? Do you mean, don't listen to Satan telling you it's okay skip church? buy another pair of shoes I don't need? over indulge in food?
Just my random thought......
Phillipians 4:8 "Finally brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, wahtever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is admirable -- if anything is excellent or praiseworthy -- think about such things."
ReplyDeleteI pray and read God's word.