Working on being all there in everything God has given me to do!
Wherever you are.... be ALL there... (Jim Elliott)
This is what E.E. has to say about my job...
"The job has been given to me to do.
Therefore it is a gift.
Therefore it is a priviledge.
Therefore it is an offering I may make to God.
Therefore it is to be done gladly, if it is done for Him.
Therefore it is the route to sanctity.
Here, (in this job) not somewhere else, I may learn God's way. In this job, not in some other, God looks for faithfulness. The discipline of this job is, in fact, the chisel God has chosen to shape me with--into the image of Christ."
"The Lord God helps me... therefore I have set my face like flint... I will not be put to shame"... Isa 50:7
Okay I am going to get to it... work that is. Thank you God that you provide for me... for us. Thank you for my job. May I have the discipline to focus and do it as unto you!
Monday, June 22, 2009
Friday, May 16, 2008
A New Heart
Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh and I will put my Spirit within you and cause you to walk in MY statutes and you will be careful to observe my ordinances...
Ez 36:24
So many times my heart feels like stone... immovable... stubborn... ugly.... yet He said he will give me a NEW heart... new spirit... and remove the heart of STONE... thank u God! I long for You... Your statutes... YOUR WORD... YOU...
Ez 36:24
So many times my heart feels like stone... immovable... stubborn... ugly.... yet He said he will give me a NEW heart... new spirit... and remove the heart of STONE... thank u God! I long for You... Your statutes... YOUR WORD... YOU...
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
It's Yours Lord...
Romans 12:1-2
Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.
Wow these verses bring me back to college and my summer working in Yosemite. I remember that I spent time memorizing these verses. I struggled that summer with who I was, with my attractions to everything that was about worldly things… and my desire to share with others about my faith. It was a hard yet illuminating summer. These verses were perfect for what God wanted to do in my life and my heart that summer. I watched as God called the people around me to Himself… using me… despite my everyday battle with releasing my life to God.
As I read through these verses today and I find my struggles somewhat familiar. In some ways it’s sad…but the reality of life is that I have found I do come back to some of my same struggles. Having to hold them up and release them once again. The transforming of my mind… how important it is to take it all back to the word…and let the word transform my thinking and my actions.
I put the quote yesterday that Tom Patton said on Sunday while he was speaking on Eccleiastes. I do find that in every tough circumstance of my life… God is calling me back to Himself… to His glory… to His trustworthiness… to His daily ability to provide , sooth, calm… give guidance. Thank you Lord!
Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.
Wow these verses bring me back to college and my summer working in Yosemite. I remember that I spent time memorizing these verses. I struggled that summer with who I was, with my attractions to everything that was about worldly things… and my desire to share with others about my faith. It was a hard yet illuminating summer. These verses were perfect for what God wanted to do in my life and my heart that summer. I watched as God called the people around me to Himself… using me… despite my everyday battle with releasing my life to God.
As I read through these verses today and I find my struggles somewhat familiar. In some ways it’s sad…but the reality of life is that I have found I do come back to some of my same struggles. Having to hold them up and release them once again. The transforming of my mind… how important it is to take it all back to the word…and let the word transform my thinking and my actions.
I put the quote yesterday that Tom Patton said on Sunday while he was speaking on Eccleiastes. I do find that in every tough circumstance of my life… God is calling me back to Himself… to His glory… to His trustworthiness… to His daily ability to provide , sooth, calm… give guidance. Thank you Lord!
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