Wednesday, October 3, 2012
His Sweet Whisper
After reading my devotional from Jesus Calling I was struck by what the Lord was leading me to do. Again, He is leading me down the road of simple Truths, but just because they are simple does not mean they are easy. However, no matter how hard I know it will be so worthwhile. I am super excited about how the Lord is continuing to change my perspective. He is calling me to trust Him when my life is crazy. He is calling me to praise Him when I don't understand what is going on and thank Him for circumstances that are way out of my control. He is calling me to love through my pain. He is calling me continue to fight the good fight even when I am beyond exhausted. The reason for these simple callings is because of His unfailing love and since I want to reflect Him I must always hope and always preserver but above all always love.
Monday, October 1, 2012
Perspective
Everyone has a perspective. We all look at the world just a bit different. These different perspectives effect everything that we see, feel and experience in the world. Changing your outlook can change your mood and attitude in a tremendous way. As a Christian our goal should be to see the world through our Lord's eyes. This is defiantly a monumental task, but thankfully we have the Holy Spirit to guide our heart.
This past week the Lord has been pressing into me the most basic teachings of Christianity. You see it is easy to get lost in the sea of theology and forget that we have very basic, but very hard mandates. We are to love God with all our heart. Love others as Christ did and to make disciples throughout the world. The Lord has been bringing me back to these three mandates over and over again.
This past week I was getting bogged down by the weight of my current trails, and my sweet savior whispered to me "I am God and I am good, no matter what." I would acknowledge this fact and move on each day however, this weekend as we stood out in our family camp-out, I looked out at God's wondrous creation and God's miracles (namely my sweet Madelyn who was just recently diagnosed with Epilepsy and my precious father in law, who has survived 2 brain tumors and extensive cancer treatments) and realized I was missing it. The Lord was teaching me a simple yet profound life lesson! One that I as a Christian had missed these last 7 years. It is to change my base-line. To change my whole way of thinking. Basically to change my perspective. If I filter every experience through the basic Truth that God is good no matter what, then my trails are nothing compared to the glory of what is to come (paraphrased from Romans 8:18). I may be hard pressed, but truly believing that God is nothing but good will help me not be crushed. I may be perplexed but because of His goodness I will not be driven to despair. (2nd Corinthians 4:8)
This past week the Lord has been pressing into me the most basic teachings of Christianity. You see it is easy to get lost in the sea of theology and forget that we have very basic, but very hard mandates. We are to love God with all our heart. Love others as Christ did and to make disciples throughout the world. The Lord has been bringing me back to these three mandates over and over again.
This past week I was getting bogged down by the weight of my current trails, and my sweet savior whispered to me "I am God and I am good, no matter what." I would acknowledge this fact and move on each day however, this weekend as we stood out in our family camp-out, I looked out at God's wondrous creation and God's miracles (namely my sweet Madelyn who was just recently diagnosed with Epilepsy and my precious father in law, who has survived 2 brain tumors and extensive cancer treatments) and realized I was missing it. The Lord was teaching me a simple yet profound life lesson! One that I as a Christian had missed these last 7 years. It is to change my base-line. To change my whole way of thinking. Basically to change my perspective. If I filter every experience through the basic Truth that God is good no matter what, then my trails are nothing compared to the glory of what is to come (paraphrased from Romans 8:18). I may be hard pressed, but truly believing that God is nothing but good will help me not be crushed. I may be perplexed but because of His goodness I will not be driven to despair. (2nd Corinthians 4:8)
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