Ok, well I know it has been a while since I last posted anything, but I have just felt very led to wait on the Holy spirit to prompt me when to write and what to write, so with that said....might be weeks or months in between blogs, we will just have to wait and see!!! :)
The Lord has been teaching me many lessons lately, and have been walking through many trials in the last month, but one thing that I feel like He has showed me very clear is, that no matter what trials or tribulations that you are walking through, if you are pressing into Him with all that you have and wanting to know Him more deeply and more intimately, those trials and tribulations are leading to VICTORY!!!
A lot of times in my life when I have felt like I was walking through something really tough, I have felt very discouraged and not sure what was taking place, but as I am understanding God's heart more and growing closer to Him, I am starting to understand a little better about what trials truly mean....
When we start pressing in harder, growing more intimately, walking more into our calling for the kingdom, knowing ourselves better through His eyes.... trials will occur because Satan wants nothing more to stop us in our tracts.... Also when we humble ourselves before the Lord and say "Lord show me & use me for your kingdom, I am laying it all down" He will start rooting things up that don't belong, or reveal things to us that might not feel the best, so that we can understand His heart & calling for each one of us more clear!
The one thing I absolutely know without a shadow of doubt is.... that as a Christian as we grow closer to Him, you will absolutely go through really tough & hard trials!!! There is no way around that. But the HOPE in that is knowing that there will be VICTORY on the other side, and while it might really hurt & be uncomfortable going through them, you will be stronger because of them...so I guess that what I am trying to say is..... instead of butting heads with trials and tribulations, if we could embrace them and say "Lord this really hurts right now, but I know that you are having me walk through this because YOU are Victorious, and you are growing me & molding me into what it truly is that you have for me!!! And as we might not understand it at all...trusting in HIS TRUTHS and leaning on HIM is the ONLY way!!
The other thing that has seemed to come even clearer to me lately is that when things don't happen the way that you think they should, our hearts attitudes should be... Lord how are you using me in this situation? and as it is not happening the way that I think it should, I TRUST you fully!!! Use me as YOU desire, not how I desire. Because when we trust HIM fully, truthfully we shouldn't be having a "Pity party" for ourselves, because HIS plan is soooooo much better than what we could have ever expected!
The verse that comes to mind while writing this is one that I think we should repeat to ourselves every time we are walking through something that we just don't understand or get.... "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding, but in all your ways acknowledge HIM, and He will direct your paths." (Proverbs 3: 5-6) So as we might not understand WHY??? if we truly TRUST in HIM, and I mean TRULY TRUST IN HIM, then He will direct us and get us through anything that life might throw at us!!
"Lord, please help me fully walk into what you have on my life, and let me not get discouraged by trials, or things that I just don't understand, and let me rest in YOU and your plans for me, not my own!! Give me grace when I mess up, and humbleness to admit when I am wrong. Help me embrace these TRIALS in life as stepping stones & maturity in YOU."
Monday, October 26, 2009
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Revision of Dr. Suess Quote!
Ok, OK..... I am now feeling that the Holy Spirit is convicting me of the quote that I first wrote about & posted on my Face book page. I know a lot of you agreed with the quote & so did I at first, and I guess it really is the way you look at it from a biblical stance. (so some of you might have already looked at it this way)
First off let me say this, I really liked this quote because of what I was writting about in my first blog entry about caring about what people think, can hold a lot of us back from walking into the calling Christ has for each one of us, and hold us back from speaking what He has imparted to us.
With that said.... I think from a Christian stand point the quote should have said " Be who God created you to be & walk into the calling God placed on You, because those who mind don't understand, and those who understand don't mind."
Now, I know some of you might say, "you are analizing this way too much" , and maybe I am, but because I do care deeply about people, I can't just say "Be who you are, say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind." Because truthfully we do matter ecspecially to God, even if we disagree with how someone is acting or what they might be saying.
Truthfully we should be who we are (in accordance to what God created us to be) and we should say what we feel (also in accordance with how the Holy Spirit prompts us), but I know there are many circumstances in my life that I have wanted to say what I felt about a particular matter, but didn't, because even though I knew that I was feeling soooo strongly & passionatly about a certain matter, I knew that some of what I was feeling was coming from me just being a human "born into sin".
Ecspecially us women who many of times, speak out of feelings (because as women we Feel Deeply!!!) but sometimes those feelings as strong as they might be, are not being prompted by the Holy spirit, they are coming from an emotion or certain insecurities, because if we are all thruthful with ourselves, we do sometimes say things upon an emotion or an insecurity that we might be dealing with.
I also think sometimes what we are feeling can simply be just that, a feeling, and not the truth per say. So if we all went around speeking what we felt, and then saying if someone had a problem with it, then they didn't matter.......I personally feel like would be an injustice and not the "heart of God".
Ok, maybe that is way too deep, but just felt like I needed to restate what I was feeling about the quote and how I think it should have been stated & taken! (still love me some Dr. Suess though)! :)
First off let me say this, I really liked this quote because of what I was writting about in my first blog entry about caring about what people think, can hold a lot of us back from walking into the calling Christ has for each one of us, and hold us back from speaking what He has imparted to us.
With that said.... I think from a Christian stand point the quote should have said " Be who God created you to be & walk into the calling God placed on You, because those who mind don't understand, and those who understand don't mind."
Now, I know some of you might say, "you are analizing this way too much" , and maybe I am, but because I do care deeply about people, I can't just say "Be who you are, say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind." Because truthfully we do matter ecspecially to God, even if we disagree with how someone is acting or what they might be saying.
Truthfully we should be who we are (in accordance to what God created us to be) and we should say what we feel (also in accordance with how the Holy Spirit prompts us), but I know there are many circumstances in my life that I have wanted to say what I felt about a particular matter, but didn't, because even though I knew that I was feeling soooo strongly & passionatly about a certain matter, I knew that some of what I was feeling was coming from me just being a human "born into sin".
Ecspecially us women who many of times, speak out of feelings (because as women we Feel Deeply!!!) but sometimes those feelings as strong as they might be, are not being prompted by the Holy spirit, they are coming from an emotion or certain insecurities, because if we are all thruthful with ourselves, we do sometimes say things upon an emotion or an insecurity that we might be dealing with.
I also think sometimes what we are feeling can simply be just that, a feeling, and not the truth per say. So if we all went around speeking what we felt, and then saying if someone had a problem with it, then they didn't matter.......I personally feel like would be an injustice and not the "heart of God".
Ok, maybe that is way too deep, but just felt like I needed to restate what I was feeling about the quote and how I think it should have been stated & taken! (still love me some Dr. Suess though)! :)
Something to think about!!!
Today I heard something that just really got me thinking pretty hard about how we worship & what that means to us!
I hear so often (and I have been guilty of it many times), worship just wasn't that great, didn't really get anything out of it. Before, I would just think, well... maybe the Holy spirit isn't moving strong today, or maybe the worship team just wasn't on their game, etc... the excuses could go on & on!
But really we have to ask ourselves, what is worship? Worship isn't just a time on Sunday morning that we anticipate the Holy Spirit to move & we feel connected. Woship is an expression of our love & connection to Christ! If we go all week long looking forward to Sunday morning's worship so that we can feel connected to God & then don't feel connected, maybe the real question should be.... was I in relationship with Him this week, was I connecting to Him on my own? Was I worshiping Him everyday? Did I find time to just really talk & communicate with Him?
I know in the past their have been many Sunday mornings, or even just worship services that I just have felt disconnected & then their are other times that I feel like I just couldn't feel more connected, and because worship has been such a passion of mine & been such a big part of my life ever since I was a little girl, when I wasn't "feeling it" it was really discouraging to me.... I know sometimes I would look around and say to myslef, how is it that that person is at the same church, same worship time & is really connecting to worship & I am not feeling it at all????
But knowing that worship is sooooooo much more than just Sunday mornings, or just a "hear or their" thing, knowing that you have to make it an everyday thing, and when you do that no matter where you are or how good the worship time is, you should feel the connection & expression, because you yourself have been living it daily! (trust me I am preaching to myself hear as well) :)
I hear so often (and I have been guilty of it many times), worship just wasn't that great, didn't really get anything out of it. Before, I would just think, well... maybe the Holy spirit isn't moving strong today, or maybe the worship team just wasn't on their game, etc... the excuses could go on & on!
But really we have to ask ourselves, what is worship? Worship isn't just a time on Sunday morning that we anticipate the Holy Spirit to move & we feel connected. Woship is an expression of our love & connection to Christ! If we go all week long looking forward to Sunday morning's worship so that we can feel connected to God & then don't feel connected, maybe the real question should be.... was I in relationship with Him this week, was I connecting to Him on my own? Was I worshiping Him everyday? Did I find time to just really talk & communicate with Him?
I know in the past their have been many Sunday mornings, or even just worship services that I just have felt disconnected & then their are other times that I feel like I just couldn't feel more connected, and because worship has been such a passion of mine & been such a big part of my life ever since I was a little girl, when I wasn't "feeling it" it was really discouraging to me.... I know sometimes I would look around and say to myslef, how is it that that person is at the same church, same worship time & is really connecting to worship & I am not feeling it at all????
But knowing that worship is sooooooo much more than just Sunday mornings, or just a "hear or their" thing, knowing that you have to make it an everyday thing, and when you do that no matter where you are or how good the worship time is, you should feel the connection & expression, because you yourself have been living it daily! (trust me I am preaching to myself hear as well) :)
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Quote of the day!!!
A quote that I stumbled upon today really hit home for me, alot of what I have struggeled with in my life.
The quote is this... "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." Dr. Seuss
Because I am a person who cares so deeply for others, what others think about me, really has played a huge part in "what I think about myself"! I get so caught up in what others might think, that in a lot of circumstances I just don't "be me", or I don't "say what I want or feel like I need to say"!
This is something that I feel like the Lord has really been working with me on, and to just step out when He says to, and not care so much about what others might say or think, because in all reality, what He thinks Matters!
I truly believe after talking to a lot of other women, that so many of us don't ever truly walk into our calling in life, because we are so concerned with what others might think, that it holds us down! I am here to tell you that is one of Satan's biggest, uggliest lies!!!
One thing that has been waying on my mind a lot lately is this.... when I get to heaven and the Lord is looking at how much I walked into the calling He had placed on my life, I don't want to be standing there looking at this amazing plan & destiny that He had for me & me only walking into it barely because of "what others might have thought of me". (no way I am putting my foot down & saying NO MORE!!!! I will not let others hold me down & I will not let myself hold me back!
The quote is this... "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." Dr. Seuss
Because I am a person who cares so deeply for others, what others think about me, really has played a huge part in "what I think about myself"! I get so caught up in what others might think, that in a lot of circumstances I just don't "be me", or I don't "say what I want or feel like I need to say"!
This is something that I feel like the Lord has really been working with me on, and to just step out when He says to, and not care so much about what others might say or think, because in all reality, what He thinks Matters!
I truly believe after talking to a lot of other women, that so many of us don't ever truly walk into our calling in life, because we are so concerned with what others might think, that it holds us down! I am here to tell you that is one of Satan's biggest, uggliest lies!!!
One thing that has been waying on my mind a lot lately is this.... when I get to heaven and the Lord is looking at how much I walked into the calling He had placed on my life, I don't want to be standing there looking at this amazing plan & destiny that He had for me & me only walking into it barely because of "what others might have thought of me". (no way I am putting my foot down & saying NO MORE!!!! I will not let others hold me down & I will not let myself hold me back!
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