Such a great God!! I am thankful for His grace, sunshine, peace, love, music, and everything else on this earth !
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
His Glory
Such a great God!! I am thankful for His grace, sunshine, peace, love, music, and everything else on this earth !
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Hang In There...
"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:6-7
Rejection hits me again.
I want to run away and cry. But I hold it in. I fake the strength of a good girl.
That's still not good enough.
I have to give it to Him.
Peace. A peace I cannot even completely comprehend. How lovely!
Oh, and He guards my heart and mind!! Thank you Lord! I need that!
All I have to do is pray and be thankful.
Amen.
Rejection hits me again.
I want to run away and cry. But I hold it in. I fake the strength of a good girl.
That's still not good enough.
I have to give it to Him.
Peace. A peace I cannot even completely comprehend. How lovely!
Oh, and He guards my heart and mind!! Thank you Lord! I need that!
All I have to do is pray and be thankful.
Amen.
Monday, March 12, 2012
My Life Shouldn't Be This Silly
I was wearing my light-blue jeans the other day. I was reminded of a story that happened to me a few years ago.
These jeans had a very terrible hole in a terrible place. I was at school that day, and was sitting cross-legged on the ground when I noticed said hole. So I politely asked if I could go upstairs to the office and get a sewing kit. I ran to the bathroom as soon as the kit was in my hands, and locked myself in stall. (I promise this isn't going to be an awkward or TMI kind of story; it's really just embarrassing) so I attempt to sew up the nasty little hole. I did a pretty good job! Thing is....I didn't take the pants off to sew them. I was determined to keep them ON while I fixed them. Can you guess the result of this foolishness? I bet you saw it coming. Yes, I had unintentionally sewed my jeans to my underwear. Feel free to laugh, I still do (then I didn't! but now I can laugh looking back).
Ok, Alexandra Anne.....that was funny and all, what's your point though?
My point?
I realized a few days ago that this story is a CLASSIC problem of mine. I want to do it all myself, and not tell anyone my problems. I want to take care of myself. Stay in my bubble. Hide.
I should have taken the pants off, or asked someone to help. Instead I just HAD to wear them and fix them right then and there.
The moral of this story: God is there to carry our burdens, and don't sew jeans while wearing them. ;)
These jeans had a very terrible hole in a terrible place. I was at school that day, and was sitting cross-legged on the ground when I noticed said hole. So I politely asked if I could go upstairs to the office and get a sewing kit. I ran to the bathroom as soon as the kit was in my hands, and locked myself in stall. (I promise this isn't going to be an awkward or TMI kind of story; it's really just embarrassing) so I attempt to sew up the nasty little hole. I did a pretty good job! Thing is....I didn't take the pants off to sew them. I was determined to keep them ON while I fixed them. Can you guess the result of this foolishness? I bet you saw it coming. Yes, I had unintentionally sewed my jeans to my underwear. Feel free to laugh, I still do (then I didn't! but now I can laugh looking back).
Ok, Alexandra Anne.....that was funny and all, what's your point though?
My point?
I realized a few days ago that this story is a CLASSIC problem of mine. I want to do it all myself, and not tell anyone my problems. I want to take care of myself. Stay in my bubble. Hide.
The moral of this story: God is there to carry our burdens, and don't sew jeans while wearing them. ;)
Thursday, March 8, 2012
SMACK!
Sometimes we get a big head. We think we're "all that" and truly worthy of praise and attention.
Then life comes and hits us in the face. SMACK.
Conviction.
Guilt.
Weakness....
I feel like I'm a three year old pulling my hair out, kicking and screaming.
"I don't wanna! I don't wanna!"
"But...why???"
Grace.
"My grace is sufficient for you, my power is made perfect in weakness." - 2 Corinthians 12:9
Suddenly...peace sets in. His power is made in our weakness. Wow!
"But....I can't do this on my own...Help?"
"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us." -Hebrews 12:1
I don't want to be held down; He says to throw off everything that hinders! (I'm reminded of a song that goes "and it's hard to dance with the devil on your back, so shake him off!")
Let us run with perseverance.
I want to run for God.
How about you?
Then life comes and hits us in the face. SMACK.
Conviction.
Guilt.
Weakness....
I feel like I'm a three year old pulling my hair out, kicking and screaming.
"I don't wanna! I don't wanna!"
"But...why???"
Grace.
"My grace is sufficient for you, my power is made perfect in weakness." - 2 Corinthians 12:9
Suddenly...peace sets in. His power is made in our weakness. Wow!
"But....I can't do this on my own...Help?"
"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us." -Hebrews 12:1
I don't want to be held down; He says to throw off everything that hinders! (I'm reminded of a song that goes "and it's hard to dance with the devil on your back, so shake him off!")
Let us run with perseverance.
I want to run for God.
How about you?
Friday, March 2, 2012
It's Ok To Cry...To Feel...
Around the blog world we link up with The Gypsy Mama for Five Minute Friday. The goal is to write for five minutes straight, with no editing or backtracking, and then post.
Today's word:
Ache.
Ready? GO!
I close my eyes tightly and hold my breath. I don't want him to see...to know...but it is so strong, I cannot hide it.
"Are you ok?"
In a whisper...."no...."
He wraps his arms around and merely says "It's ok..it's ok to cry."
"Tell me not to worry about the money please?"
She tells me it's going to be ok, and God has a plan....
my head is so muddled and everything confuses me. I want so badly to take care of it all on my own, but I can't.
Will we ever be friends again? Where is my life going? Will he really stay? Can I do this?
I ache for all pain to go away. But I know God made me to feel. The aching only means I truly love people and that I can care for them. How sad would it be if we felt...nothing?
Trusting in God is the only thing to get me through the fears and the pain. I will admit, however much I don't want to, that I am scared. Scared of losing it all, scared of not making it, scared of the unknown.
But it's all in God's hands.
And with that knowledge and peace.... the aching goes away.
"Since no man knows the future, who can tell him what is to come? -Ecclesiastes 8:7
STOP.
What does the word "Ache" mean for you?
1 Chronicles 16:11 "Seek the Lord and His strength; seek His presence continually."
Today's word:
Ache.
Ready? GO!
I close my eyes tightly and hold my breath. I don't want him to see...to know...but it is so strong, I cannot hide it.
"Are you ok?"
In a whisper...."no...."
He wraps his arms around and merely says "It's ok..it's ok to cry."
"Tell me not to worry about the money please?"
She tells me it's going to be ok, and God has a plan....
my head is so muddled and everything confuses me. I want so badly to take care of it all on my own, but I can't.
Will we ever be friends again? Where is my life going? Will he really stay? Can I do this?
I ache for all pain to go away. But I know God made me to feel. The aching only means I truly love people and that I can care for them. How sad would it be if we felt...nothing?
Trusting in God is the only thing to get me through the fears and the pain. I will admit, however much I don't want to, that I am scared. Scared of losing it all, scared of not making it, scared of the unknown.
But it's all in God's hands.
And with that knowledge and peace.... the aching goes away.
"Since no man knows the future, who can tell him what is to come? -Ecclesiastes 8:7
STOP.
What does the word "Ache" mean for you?
1 Chronicles 16:11 "Seek the Lord and His strength; seek His presence continually."
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