Wednesday, October 20, 2010
the waiting room
i received this blog message from a friend in GA a couple months ago. i think at one time or another we all go through a season of waiting. it's frustrating. dissapointing. and sometimes does not always turn out how we expect. but god's grace is enough. we have to believe that in our unbelief.
"There’s so much I want to blog about! But let’s take things one at a time…
I had a realization last week about WAITING.
Like a lot of people I know, I’m not a huge fan of waiting. I’ve become more patient the last few years, but waiting still isn’t on the top of my list of favorite activities. Waiting is tough. Sometimes waiting makes me excited, but more often than not, it makes me confused, lost, tired, weary, depressed, anxious, lonely, doubtful, paranoid…in other words, no matter what it is that I’m waiting for, waiting doesn’t always bring out the best in me.
But here’s what I realized. I often forget that God’s timing is perfect. He has already seen all things from beginning to end. He knows all our needs and He knows when to provide them. All of the wonderful things that God has in store for us are already marked down in His datebook.
Let me say that again.
All of the wonderful things that God has in store for us are already marked down in His datebook.
So we can twist and turn and beat ourselves up, trying to manipulate God’s timing, but it won’t work. We can try to make ourselves “more ready” or push ourselves to places where we think we ought to be, in the hopes that we’ll get to our “promised land” sooner than later, but all our efforts will be in vain. The appointment is already marked. And the date that God marked is perfect.
Here’s an illustration: I love Christmas. I love choosing gifts for my loved ones, and I love receiving gifts as well. I love all the parties and the food, I love the weather, I love the red cups at Starbucks. But no matter what I do today, December will not come tomorrow. I can write down my shopping list, prepare my budget, and buy Christmas wrappers, but tomorrow will still be June, and Starbucks will still have white cups. So what do I do in the meantime? I can’t live every day of June, trying to convince God and everyone else around me that it’s December. Not a good idea. I just have to remember that June is June, and there will be a lot of great blessings that will come with this month and this season, and I have to live in the moment and keep my eyes, ears, and heart open for what God’s going to do today, this week, this month, and this season.
How blessed are we, that He who holds our datebooks is faithful, loving, and all-knowing! And He reveals bits and pieces of His good, pleasing, and perfect will today, tomorrow, and each and every day of our lives. :)
“He has made everything beautiful in its time.” – Ecclesiastes 3:11"
"There’s so much I want to blog about! But let’s take things one at a time…
I had a realization last week about WAITING.
Like a lot of people I know, I’m not a huge fan of waiting. I’ve become more patient the last few years, but waiting still isn’t on the top of my list of favorite activities. Waiting is tough. Sometimes waiting makes me excited, but more often than not, it makes me confused, lost, tired, weary, depressed, anxious, lonely, doubtful, paranoid…in other words, no matter what it is that I’m waiting for, waiting doesn’t always bring out the best in me.
But here’s what I realized. I often forget that God’s timing is perfect. He has already seen all things from beginning to end. He knows all our needs and He knows when to provide them. All of the wonderful things that God has in store for us are already marked down in His datebook.
Let me say that again.
All of the wonderful things that God has in store for us are already marked down in His datebook.
So we can twist and turn and beat ourselves up, trying to manipulate God’s timing, but it won’t work. We can try to make ourselves “more ready” or push ourselves to places where we think we ought to be, in the hopes that we’ll get to our “promised land” sooner than later, but all our efforts will be in vain. The appointment is already marked. And the date that God marked is perfect.
Here’s an illustration: I love Christmas. I love choosing gifts for my loved ones, and I love receiving gifts as well. I love all the parties and the food, I love the weather, I love the red cups at Starbucks. But no matter what I do today, December will not come tomorrow. I can write down my shopping list, prepare my budget, and buy Christmas wrappers, but tomorrow will still be June, and Starbucks will still have white cups. So what do I do in the meantime? I can’t live every day of June, trying to convince God and everyone else around me that it’s December. Not a good idea. I just have to remember that June is June, and there will be a lot of great blessings that will come with this month and this season, and I have to live in the moment and keep my eyes, ears, and heart open for what God’s going to do today, this week, this month, and this season.
How blessed are we, that He who holds our datebooks is faithful, loving, and all-knowing! And He reveals bits and pieces of His good, pleasing, and perfect will today, tomorrow, and each and every day of our lives. :)
“He has made everything beautiful in its time.” – Ecclesiastes 3:11"
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
"you can trust in Me at all times and pour out your heart to Me. may you live a life of love, just as Christ loved you and gave Himself up for you as a living sacrifice. when you give whole-heartedly to Me, I'll bless you so much that your life will overflow to others."
Abundant blessings,
Your God of Refuge
Abundant blessings,
Your God of Refuge
Thursday, September 16, 2010
love rhino :)
have u ever been lucky enough to have such an awesome person in your life that you think back to before you met them and are just in awe of how you made it??
my very best friend a couple wks. ago asked me to be her maid of honor and i couldn't be MORE HAPPY!!! and WOW has the wedding planning started haha
meg is by far one of the sweetest gifts jesus has ever given me in my life--i am soo encouraged by her zeal and love for life and ppl :) i can't tell you how many times a day when faced w/a situation or conversation i ask myself, how would meg handle this? it's funny- sometimes i feel like i should make my own rubber bracelet that says WWMD ;) not to put her higher than anyone else, she's not perfect, but someone that really models the love jesus has for me :)
i am encouraged to make every encounter with someone special/memoriable.
so, naturally as a maid of honor i have been thinking of my lil speech...i can't even sum up in 2 mins. all this girl means to me but, i have a pretty good start :)
my very best friend a couple wks. ago asked me to be her maid of honor and i couldn't be MORE HAPPY!!! and WOW has the wedding planning started haha
meg is by far one of the sweetest gifts jesus has ever given me in my life--i am soo encouraged by her zeal and love for life and ppl :) i can't tell you how many times a day when faced w/a situation or conversation i ask myself, how would meg handle this? it's funny- sometimes i feel like i should make my own rubber bracelet that says WWMD ;) not to put her higher than anyone else, she's not perfect, but someone that really models the love jesus has for me :)
i am encouraged to make every encounter with someone special/memoriable.
so, naturally as a maid of honor i have been thinking of my lil speech...i can't even sum up in 2 mins. all this girl means to me but, i have a pretty good start :)
Saturday, August 21, 2010
thanks Joyce :)
i really like listening to/reading things from joyce meyers...sometimes i check out her daily devos. and i really liked todays :)
But as for you, the anointing (the sacred appointment, the unction) which you received from Him abides [permanently] in you; [so] then you have no need that anyone should instruct you. But just as His anointing teaches you concerning everything and is true and is no falsehood, so you must abide in (live in, never depart from) Him [being rooted in Him, knit to Him], just as [His anointing] has taught you [to do].
—1 John 2:27
Sometimes we give more consideration to what people tell us than to what God has said to us. If we pray diligently, hear from God, but then start asking everybody else what they think, we are honoring people's opinions above the Word of God. This attitude will prevent us from developing a relationship in which we consistently hear from God.
The verse above confirms that we can trust God to instruct us without needing constant reassurance from others. It isn't saying that we don't need anybody to teach us the Word. Otherwise, God wouldn't appoint some to teach in the body of Christ. But it does say that if we are in Christ, we have an anointing that abides on the inside of us to guide and direct our lives. We might occasionally ask somebody for their wisdom, but we need not go constantly to other people to ask them about decisions we need to make for our lives.
But as for you, the anointing (the sacred appointment, the unction) which you received from Him abides [permanently] in you; [so] then you have no need that anyone should instruct you. But just as His anointing teaches you concerning everything and is true and is no falsehood, so you must abide in (live in, never depart from) Him [being rooted in Him, knit to Him], just as [His anointing] has taught you [to do].
—1 John 2:27
Sometimes we give more consideration to what people tell us than to what God has said to us. If we pray diligently, hear from God, but then start asking everybody else what they think, we are honoring people's opinions above the Word of God. This attitude will prevent us from developing a relationship in which we consistently hear from God.
The verse above confirms that we can trust God to instruct us without needing constant reassurance from others. It isn't saying that we don't need anybody to teach us the Word. Otherwise, God wouldn't appoint some to teach in the body of Christ. But it does say that if we are in Christ, we have an anointing that abides on the inside of us to guide and direct our lives. We might occasionally ask somebody for their wisdom, but we need not go constantly to other people to ask them about decisions we need to make for our lives.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
closer to love
what are you willing to give up in order to be closer to God?
are we all one phone call from our knees?
mat kearney has a song called "closer to love"-- here are some of the lyrics:
If every building falls
And all the stars fade
We'll still be singin' this song
The one they can't take away
I'm gonna get there soon,
She's gonna be there too
Cryin' in her room
Prayin' Lord, come through
We're gonna get there soon
[Chorus:]
Oh it's your light,
Oh it's your way,
Pull me out of the dark
Just to show me the way
Cryin' out now
From so far away...
You pull me closer to love
Closer to love
i know God will do what is necessary to bring us closer to Him, to remind us that He is all we need- if everything/everyone was stripped away from us, would we still know we are loved?? hard to imagine??
i had to make some pretty tough desicions the past couple wks. but i know God is soo good :)
my best friend reminded me that God knows my pain, He promises to go thru the pain with me.
Romans 8:26 says just that: "In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words".
so even though my heart breaks when things are taken away, i know God has a plan far greater than anything i could ever come up with.
are we all one phone call from our knees?
mat kearney has a song called "closer to love"-- here are some of the lyrics:
If every building falls
And all the stars fade
We'll still be singin' this song
The one they can't take away
I'm gonna get there soon,
She's gonna be there too
Cryin' in her room
Prayin' Lord, come through
We're gonna get there soon
[Chorus:]
Oh it's your light,
Oh it's your way,
Pull me out of the dark
Just to show me the way
Cryin' out now
From so far away...
You pull me closer to love
Closer to love
i know God will do what is necessary to bring us closer to Him, to remind us that He is all we need- if everything/everyone was stripped away from us, would we still know we are loved?? hard to imagine??
i had to make some pretty tough desicions the past couple wks. but i know God is soo good :)
my best friend reminded me that God knows my pain, He promises to go thru the pain with me.
Romans 8:26 says just that: "In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words".
so even though my heart breaks when things are taken away, i know God has a plan far greater than anything i could ever come up with.
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