We overcome by the blood of the lamb and the word of our testimony (see Revelation 12:11) Freedom is in the truth; of my struggles and God's grace. This is my eye witness testimony.
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I am a pretty tough piece of work sometimes. I argue with God and cry over spilled milk. I pout and sneer when life doesn't look the way I want it to, but when those moments are over I realize that the hand of the most wonderful creator is God. God is an artist creating beautiful works of our lives in order to show his love and glory in the earth. Who am I to question what God has spoken over me or written in my epistle. My life was meant to be a love letter from God to the world, and especially to me. It amazes me how often I find myself spiritually and emotionally in better shape when my life is falling apart then when everything seems livable. I have two guesses at why. I think that when I pull together substandard opportunities for myself and manage to eek by with them I get stuck in a place that is better than where I was but nowhere near where I belong. Being out of purpose is not only boring and wasteful, but it is detremental to my natural man and almost intolerable to my spirit. Self effort without the leading of Holy Spirit is exhausting and disappointing. The second reason why I think I become irritated when things seem to be alright is because I am not doing something that I should be doing. When I dig my heals into a season in my life I get so busy that I forget to listen for the voice of God. It's like I get stuck in quicksand. God says go and I stay. It almost always ends in God allowing my circumstances to get so unpleasant that I can't help but run! I say all of this to say that God does what we need him to do to get us where he knows we should be. His touch is firm but loving and his skill is unmatched by anything or anyone that we would prefer to be scripting our lives. It never fails that when I look back at a time in my life where I thought I knew better that God showed me something amazing that I was missing in all of my self righteousness. Thank you God for creating me with such skill that even I get to enjoy my unfolding as a witness. I've taken a liking to adding songs to my thoughts and God is such an artist that he brings me music to help me understand what is going on with me. Thank you God for that.
So I find that there are certain things that when done make for a much better day than when I don't do them. As a single mom sometimes it gets hard to do these and then everything seems to be a bigger ordeal for me. Lord help me to do better with that. I would tell you don't judge me, but I know you are going to do it anyway so I will say please be gracious toward me. 1. Start the snowball of positive thinking : For me this means prayers of thanks, reading my Bible, listening to positive music, writing a letter to God or to myself, even watching some Veggie Tales (what do you know about those Veggies?) with my son sometimes. The reality is there is enough negative that comes at me; why would I invite anything other than a flood of positive truth into my mind and my life? This is the day that the Lord has made I will rejoice and be glad in it...or else!!! haha just kidding (sort of) 2. Wash up!: Remember when I said be gracious?...
As I get ready to celebrate Memorial Day when we remember the veterans who have served in the armed forces I can't help but think about Ephesians chapter 6. I think of those who have armored up for not only this country, but for God's country. We should be eternally grateful to these people, and as we remember them for their bravery not just for America's sake but also for the sake of the people of God. Some of us have stood in the gap for others, and many people still are standing in the gap for us. Many men and women have risked their lives, and some given their lives, to protect/prevent us from disaster both physically and spiritually. The Kingdom of God is real, and we Christians have residency there. Just as the veterans of our country there are veterans of the Kingdom of God. Paul was a veteran for example, and he gave up his life for the sake of the gospel. Every person who has stood up against evil in this world and held up the b...
People often times think of charity cases as people who are pathetic and desparately in need of someone to preserve their existance with some act of giving. Some people pull out a check book or say a quick prayer, and trust me when I say those things are helpful, but charity is much more than that according to the Bible. Charity can suffer for a long time and still be kind. Charity is humble and honest. Charity is everything that Christ did for us with his life, death, and resurrection. Charity is something that we all need. I need for people to be kind to me when I get on their nerves. I need people to appoach me with humility when they see that I am going through something. I need people to not rejoice in evil things, but to rejoice in the truth. I need people who will bear with me, and believe in me. If we were all honest I think that we would say that we are in need of people like this in our lives. We need charity, a...
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