trust

Trust in the Lord your God with all your Heart, Mind and Soul! where is your trust?

Romans 12:1-2

Here is some words from the Word, in the form of The Message by Eugene Peterson. Romans 12:1-2 So here's what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life- your sleeping, eating, going to work, and walking around life- and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don't become so well adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You'll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well informed maturity in you.

Great passage! I love the embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for Him. How awesome is that! I feel like sometimes I wear myself out thinking if I doing the right things and if God is pleased with me. Pleased with how I am raising my kids, being a good wife, getting into the word, all that.... but how great that this passage is saying when you embrace what things that the Lord does for you and recognize Him in every aspect of your life, that is what is pleasing to Him. Nothing fancy, nothing hard... just embracing the Lord your God.

 So today take some time and sit and think in quiet about the things that God does for you. Embrace Him, cling to Him for answers when you have questions, turn to Him and not the cultural norm when you have troubles. God is there for you, ALWAYS!

been a while...

yes it has been a few days and i have been aware of it each day. just been having a hard time sitting down to type my feelings and thoughts. ok so let's talk about what i heard at church on sunday. it was all about the inner self. no matter how great of an education you have, if you don't change the heart, the inner self of who someone is... you have nothing. you be the smartest person yet if you have no heart, then who are you as a person. i think there is so much stress over education and choices between what is best to do with your children but something extremely important to remember to focus on is how are you shapping and molding your children's hearts. How are you investing in your children to help them develope a sense of care and love for others... think about this today and pay attention to this. When you hold the door open for someone.. they see that. That is showing them how to care.. lil things like this make a big difference in how your kids will reflect your actions. and these actions will help define them as a person. who do you want your kids to be.. what kind of hearts do you want them to have?

Matthew 16:23

But He turned and said to Peter, " Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me; for you are not setting your mind on God's interests, but man's. "

Matthew 16:23

What are your stumbling blocks? Satan is always pulling at us to get God out of the picture. And sometimes He succeeds in doing this and we have to turn away back to the Lord and focus on His guidance, not Satan's. Try to be aware of when Satan is leading you astray.

Try to jump over your stumbling blocks!

Romans 2: 1-2

Therefore you have no excuse, everyone of you who passes judgment, for in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things.

And we know that the judgment of God rightly falls upon those who practice such things.

Romans 2:1-2

So when you begin to judge someone for the wrong that they have done, you are sinning. God calls us not to judge. We are no better than any one else, especially when you are judging them for their wrong doing. When you feel like you are beginning to judge someone, Stop! Be encouraging, be helpful, and pray for them. This will help them and yourself.

Don't go around judging others.... you are no better than them! You sinner...

Psalm 62:5-6

My soul, wait in silience for God only,
For my hope is from Him.

He only is my rock and my salvation,
My stronghold; I shall not be shaken.

Psalm 62: 5-6

Isn't it awesome that when you trust in the Lord and have Him in your heart, you shall not be shaken. You shouldn't worry, you shouldn't stress; God is your stronghold and He is going to take care of you. Even when we question where in the world He is, He is there. Holding you up; and he always will be. So put your trust in Him, and wait in silience for Him to answer you.

1 Corinthians 13:4-8

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends.

WOW, I think that these verses are so easy recited by people and are never really put into thought. Never taking the time to really dig deep into what it is saying. What God is telling us that love it?

I think that love can so easily be just taking for granted and thought to be this warm fuzzy bear. The fuzzy bear is so cozy, there when you want it, doesn't talk, isn't annoying, doesn't disagree if you want to take it outside and throw it in the grass. This is not love.

Look at all the harsh words used to describe what love is not: envy, arrogant, rude, irritable, resentful... and what love is: patient and kind.

What is your definition of love? Are you representing patience and kindness with those who you love? You should be- because that is what God calls you do be doing.