This past year, oh have I grown, thanks to our amazing Creator, our loving Father. He is so so good! I've learned A LOT about myself, A LOT about other people, and A LOT about how trusting my Father is WHERE IT'S AT!!!
I spoke about this to our ladies group at church, and I hope it ministered to them. I am serious in saying, "get over your ability to be "good enough" and TRUST in HIM!" This has set me free, I can't even give this revelation credit in words. It's so heart strong that I am just loving living it out. It is manifesting daily, I'm growing in it daily, and my whole being is excited, real excited for what is to come. Good good things, I just know it.
The past month, I have heard the spirit whisper, "limitless". Wow! Yes, that's what I want, a limitless life! How many times do we limit God? I know I still do it, but the more I am trusting in His ability, the more I am taking the limits off of Him! Feels real good to feel so confident about life, the present, and the future. I really do trust that He has made me for great things in this life and I want it! Great may not mean what the world defines as "great", but it will be great to me and I will be living in harmony with my purpose. I already see so much greatness in the present, but I know I will just keep seeing this manifest and the hard layers of my heart will be removed.
My goal this year is to trust God to reveal where I have limits set and to help me bust out of that thinking. I just have a good feeling that this is gonna be a good year, a pivotal point in my life, where my eyes are opened for the first time to many of His truths. That is actually my life goal, to seek His truths alone. It's there already and I am content to rest in His arms, while He carries me up this staircase called life.
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Monday, December 19, 2011
Seasons
Have you ever looked back at the past and thought, "I am so glad I am where I am at now?" Or maybe you really would like to go back to the past, when life seemed a little more simple.
I had this really good revelation this week. I was looking at my children. Noah is now 6 years old, Eli is 3, and Ava is 19 months. I see them growing up so fast. It is bittersweet. I stared at Noah's little face as he slept tonight. It is so sweet and precious. Still so young, and how the past 6 years have shaped our lives!
I envision the future and wonder what each stage of life will be like for our family. The days when I am less responsible of taking care of their physical needs. Sometimes I think about how nice it will be to not change diapers anymore. Sometimes the thought makes me sad. I look forward to watching them grow up and loving them through it all, but it is going by so fast already. I don't want to miss the "now" moments, and I want to be so present that I will cherish each day.
I was thinking about how seasons of life are so interesting. How this season of parenting young children can be so wonderful and overwhelming at the same time! I look back and think about how when it was one baby, then two, and now three. Each season has been so different, yet has shaped the very essence of our lives.
I also began thinking about other seasons of life; childhood, the 20's, and now the 30's. How so many things have happened in the almost 34 years of my life. How I've often forgotten how all those seasons have shaped me into the person I am today. How I have often fought against experiencing those seasons because I never felt like I had it together. It's easy to look back and judge ourselves, isn't it?
But God showed me something really cool. Those moments, those seasons, and what I chose to do with them, shaped who I am today. I know my Father is always with me, and that even though sometimes I made bad decisions, He has been guiding me to seeing who I am in Christ. His love never gives up. Those seasons of life when I tried so hard to control my life, led me to see that I could not. The issues of my heart are being worked out and for each season I grow in Him, I am thankful. I can't look back and think of all the mistakes now. I look back and see His grace, His mercy, and unconditional love walking me through it all. Every season has been a part of getting me to where I am today.
I don't want to forget to embrace the seasons. If there are issues of my heart to be worked out, I trust in Him to guide me through them. I want to be present, for myself and the people I love. I want to experience my children's seasons with a presence that doesn't look back or forward. I know it's normal to think about past and future, but not at the sake of missing the present. I have been guilty of judging myself of the past or looking to the future for my hope. I want to live so present that whether it's experiencing the blessing of life I've been given or working out the issues of my heart, I can stay focused on who I am, trusting in His ability. I am thankful, yesterday, today, and tomorrow that You never give up on me Father.
I had this really good revelation this week. I was looking at my children. Noah is now 6 years old, Eli is 3, and Ava is 19 months. I see them growing up so fast. It is bittersweet. I stared at Noah's little face as he slept tonight. It is so sweet and precious. Still so young, and how the past 6 years have shaped our lives!
I envision the future and wonder what each stage of life will be like for our family. The days when I am less responsible of taking care of their physical needs. Sometimes I think about how nice it will be to not change diapers anymore. Sometimes the thought makes me sad. I look forward to watching them grow up and loving them through it all, but it is going by so fast already. I don't want to miss the "now" moments, and I want to be so present that I will cherish each day.
I was thinking about how seasons of life are so interesting. How this season of parenting young children can be so wonderful and overwhelming at the same time! I look back and think about how when it was one baby, then two, and now three. Each season has been so different, yet has shaped the very essence of our lives.
I also began thinking about other seasons of life; childhood, the 20's, and now the 30's. How so many things have happened in the almost 34 years of my life. How I've often forgotten how all those seasons have shaped me into the person I am today. How I have often fought against experiencing those seasons because I never felt like I had it together. It's easy to look back and judge ourselves, isn't it?
But God showed me something really cool. Those moments, those seasons, and what I chose to do with them, shaped who I am today. I know my Father is always with me, and that even though sometimes I made bad decisions, He has been guiding me to seeing who I am in Christ. His love never gives up. Those seasons of life when I tried so hard to control my life, led me to see that I could not. The issues of my heart are being worked out and for each season I grow in Him, I am thankful. I can't look back and think of all the mistakes now. I look back and see His grace, His mercy, and unconditional love walking me through it all. Every season has been a part of getting me to where I am today.
I don't want to forget to embrace the seasons. If there are issues of my heart to be worked out, I trust in Him to guide me through them. I want to be present, for myself and the people I love. I want to experience my children's seasons with a presence that doesn't look back or forward. I know it's normal to think about past and future, but not at the sake of missing the present. I have been guilty of judging myself of the past or looking to the future for my hope. I want to live so present that whether it's experiencing the blessing of life I've been given or working out the issues of my heart, I can stay focused on who I am, trusting in His ability. I am thankful, yesterday, today, and tomorrow that You never give up on me Father.
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Vision
I am seeing people in a new dimension. And this is a good thing. It's really hard to explain too, but I'll try. God is showing me a lot of the whys behind human behavior, and this includes myself. I am seeing "roots" of behavior instead of judging the outward "fruits", whether they are ripe or rotten. This makes it much easier to love people. We are taught as Christians to love one another and this is true, but I think you have to get beyond your own ability to love and see through His eyes what loving one another means. I was praying about this since it has been on my mind so much and then turned on some praise tunes on Pandora, which plays random songs, and this came on:
Definite divine moment. I've heard it a million times, I love the song, but this time it really touched my heart. It was just what I had been praying about. "Give me your love for humanity", YES!, that isn't that what we need?! And I am so glad that God has brought me so far in seeing His love for His people. We are all His people, He loves us. "God so loved the WORLD", that's all of us.
Imagine if we trusted God enough to give us His eyes? Our job is not to correct one another all the time, or to judge another man's heart, but isn't that what happens all too often? We are all guilty of being in our own "bubble" and missing opportunities to show compassion toward one another. I am really thankful that God is helping me to grow in His love so I can see these opportunities.
I know it's impossible to fully understand why people do the things they do. If we seek His wisdom instead of placing ourselves as the "god" of our own understanding, then it isn't so hard to love one another, true love, not the love we are "supposed" to have as Christians. You can say you love, but if your actions constantly prove different, then maybe you are seeing out of the wrong prescription.
God's eyes are possible to see from, because we are created in His image! His vision is beyond perfect. If we continue to seek Him and receive His love, then we can take off our glasses and see the world as He does.
Definite divine moment. I've heard it a million times, I love the song, but this time it really touched my heart. It was just what I had been praying about. "Give me your love for humanity", YES!, that isn't that what we need?! And I am so glad that God has brought me so far in seeing His love for His people. We are all His people, He loves us. "God so loved the WORLD", that's all of us.
Imagine if we trusted God enough to give us His eyes? Our job is not to correct one another all the time, or to judge another man's heart, but isn't that what happens all too often? We are all guilty of being in our own "bubble" and missing opportunities to show compassion toward one another. I am really thankful that God is helping me to grow in His love so I can see these opportunities.
I know it's impossible to fully understand why people do the things they do. If we seek His wisdom instead of placing ourselves as the "god" of our own understanding, then it isn't so hard to love one another, true love, not the love we are "supposed" to have as Christians. You can say you love, but if your actions constantly prove different, then maybe you are seeing out of the wrong prescription.
God's eyes are possible to see from, because we are created in His image! His vision is beyond perfect. If we continue to seek Him and receive His love, then we can take off our glasses and see the world as He does.
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