Father We Seek You

Father, thank you for your Word, it is my only truth!  Thank you for writing a story to my heart.  You have been with me since the day I was born.  Father your Word says that before you even placed me on this planet, you knew my name and all the days of my life were written.  Father thank you that even though my life has not been perfect, you are able to perfectly use it for your will.  Father help us all to see and know that you are God, you are kind and you love us so!  May we learn that we can come to you in all of our flaws.  We can come with hearts full of doubt, speculation and fear, and as long as we come, we will find you.  You are the answer to our seeking, the answer to our tired hearts. Father I pray that we will begin to seek you more and more and that you will teach us all your ways.  I believe with all of my heart that you are the answer to every question, need and issue.  Let your agenda be our agenda.  Let us learn to lay down our will for yours and seek to love and serve and give like you.  In the precious and powerful name of your son I pray, amen & amen.

Psalm 139:13 - You wove me in my mother’s womb.  I will give thanks to you for I am fearfully and wonderfully made… v16 Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; And in your book were written the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there was none of them.

Deuteronomy 4:29 - But if from there you seek the Lord your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul.

Proverbs 8:17 - I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me.

Jeremiah 29:13 - You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. 

James 4:8 - Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.

Hebrews 4:16 - Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Wrecked

In a moment, without any warning at all, something can happen, and out of nowhere you are wrecked.  Completely shattered.  

I had one of those moments last week.  It turned my world upside down.  The problem with this moment is the fact that it not only involved me, but someone I love with my entire heart.  It’s one of those personal wreckings that happens to people from time to time.  One where you fear someone you love might be in trouble, and it shakes you to your core.  The problem is that it’s so very personal you can’t really share it with anyone.  I mean you can share it with Jesus, and I know He is the one we should share all our troubles with anyway, but this particular moment, well I feel like it was a doozy even for my all knowing, all loving Father.  I mean I KNOW He can handle it and I know NOTHING is too big for him, but still I sat there completely lost.  And here’s the thing, everyone I run into for the next little while will have no idea that my heart has been completely crushed, because I can’t share this without causing pain to someone I hold very dear.  

So why am I telling you all this?  Because I feel sure that this happens so much more than we know.  We are all little humans, living in a world full of very real fears, deep saddness and sometimes just pure evil, and that kind of heavy can be more than we are able to handle alone.  So as I sit here this morning with the weight of the world on my shoulders, I send out a big request: please, please be kind to people.  ALL people.  You just never know what their day may have held.  Smile and hug and listen and love.  It’s really important guys! Let’s do this!  

Colossians 3:12-15  Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.  Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you.  Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.  Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony.  And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts.  For as members of one body you are called to live in peace.  And always be thankful.

Jesus Knows Me This I Love!

The Lord directs the steps of those who love him.  He delights in every detail of their lives.  Psalm 37:23

Well, good morning world : ) I thought I might try my hand at writing again today, just for a moment or two to see what happens.  I think I have a desire to write/blog, but I am not sure why or where it’s coming from.  I have tried it several times, but my follow through, well, never follows through.

I’ve just come back from a really nice power walk that I didn’t really want to take, only to feel completely refreshed. It’s funny how that works.  I have to share a picture with you because to me it spoke volumes…

                 

This tiny cross spoke to me the very sweet love of my Savior.  To you it may seem like a couple of over lapped sticks fallen from a storm, but to me it was a perfectly placed reminder from a God who sees me and knows me.  A reminder that in Him I can do hard things, new things, all things!

If you don’t know God or you haven’t thought of him in awhile, I challenge you today to ask the beautiful creator of this universe to open your eyes to see clearly all that he would show you!  He is right there, bent to listen and eager to love.