Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
- Proverbs 3:5-6
Today I did not want to write this verse or think about the reality that's found here but this is where God is working on me at this moment. The truth is that right now I want my own understanding...or at least to feel like I have some. I do trust the Lord but I struggle with my own feelings. This is where God calls to me from.
God does not call me to understand or develop the best strategy for a situation. He doesn't promise that I'll know the path or its end goal or that I'll even realize that I'm on the right one. What He does do is tell me to trust Him completely and to give Him glory for the road I'm on and to know that straightness to Him might look different than I think it should. The truth is that my understanding is always always going to be limited by the finiteness of my thinking. I am never going to be able to understand the different pieces that God creates and uses and that's why I can't spend forever trying to lean on my own thoughts.
Even when it's exceptionally hard, I long to trust only Him and not be driven by my thoughts and feelings no matter how strong they might be. I want to be able to say that this verse defines my actions and thoughts no matter how strange they might look to those who are watching. I'm not there but maybe each day brings me a little closer.
Quote of the Moment
The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
~Henry Ward Beecher
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~Henry Ward Beecher
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2010: Focus Defined!
- Faithfulness in all God has given.
- Compassion towards all.
- Prayer and other spiritual disciplines.
- Cultivation of artististic ability.
- Purposefulness in relationships.
- Living a life of risk!
A Song To Sing
How Great Thou Art
By: Carl Boberg, 1859 - 1940
O Lord my God! When I in awesome wonder
Consider all The works Thy Hand hath made.
I see the stars, I hear the mighty thunder,
Thy power throughout The universe displayed.
Refrain:
Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee;
How great Thou art, How great Thou art!
Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee;
How great Thou art! How great Thou art!
When through the woods and forest glades I wander
I hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees;
When I look down from lofty mountain grandeur
And hear the brook and feel the gentle breeze.
And when I think that God, His Son not sparing,
Sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in;
That on the cross, my burden gladly bearing,
He bled and died to take away my sin:
When Christ shall come with shouts of acclamation
And take me home, What joy shall fill my heart!
Then I shall bow in humble adoration,
And there proclaim, my God, how great Thou art!
Previous Songs
By: Carl Boberg, 1859 - 1940
O Lord my God! When I in awesome wonder
Consider all The works Thy Hand hath made.
I see the stars, I hear the mighty thunder,
Thy power throughout The universe displayed.
Refrain:
Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee;
How great Thou art, How great Thou art!
Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee;
How great Thou art! How great Thou art!
When through the woods and forest glades I wander
I hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees;
When I look down from lofty mountain grandeur
And hear the brook and feel the gentle breeze.
And when I think that God, His Son not sparing,
Sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in;
That on the cross, my burden gladly bearing,
He bled and died to take away my sin:
When Christ shall come with shouts of acclamation
And take me home, What joy shall fill my heart!
Then I shall bow in humble adoration,
And there proclaim, my God, how great Thou art!
Previous Songs
Who I Am (Briefly)
- Jennifer Lill
- In some ways I'm just your average girl making my way through the world. Along the way I've seen love and heartbreak, good times and bad, and found that through it all, my relationship with the Lord is what carries me through. I don't claim to be all that wise but I hope that through my writings, you'll see more of who God is and draw near to Him. So that's me, a little light shining in the darkness, pointing to the One who makes all the difference.
What I'm Singing Along To
Copyright - Jen Smith - 2010
1 comment:
praying for you during this time. Keep your head up girl....I know this seems like a big valley but know that God ALWAYS has something great in store...whatever that might be. Take care.
Lindsey
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