All Control

As I "flitter" through life, busy with a full calendar, I tend to forget what really matters. I tend to put God on a shelf, to retrieve when the need arises. I know better.....I know that giving him complete control at the BEGINNING of each day is what gives me EVERYTHING that I need. I know that surrendering each situation as it arises is what gets me through even the worst of days. I know all of this and STILL tend to be human.......a human that lets the world creep in.......a world that tends to disappoint on a daily basis.

Father, love me through all of my weaknesses, love me as I stand here in the flesh confessing to you that I absolutely do not deserve what you have already given. THANK YOU for your Grace and your Love.......thank you for continuing to bless me abundantly each day!!!

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith --and this not from ourselves, it is the gift of God...Ephesians 2:8

Africa

It's been two months since I have been home from my life-changing trip to Africa. As I sit and reflect on what that trip meant to my life, there is no way that I can even write down the feelings that I now have in my heart for humanity. If I could live in a "bubble" that was filled with Christianity and all that that encompasses, I think that I would be tempted to do just that. But it certainly is not what I have been called to do..........how can I possibly share HIS love & HIS word with others if I am surrounded by those that already know and live it?!?!

Now when I look around my house, I see the things that "just don't matter". When I look around my neighborhood, I tend to be drawn to the ones that need HIM the most. When I drive down the road and look at the people I am passing or the houses that they live in, I pray that they will know the Lord the way that I do. It's never-ending for me now......the way it should be. Not one minute should go by where I am not wondering how I can advance HIS kingdom, where I am not showing HIS love to others.

I pray that my heart will continue to long for the feelings that HE gave me in Africa.....a drive to spread HIS word, a contentment with the life that I am living through HIM, my ears open to listening to every word that HE is sharing with me, and a love like no other that comes directly from HIM.

ALL OUT

In The Midst

I pray everyday.....I praise God for who He is and what He is doing in my life and in the lives of my family. I praise Him for being my leader, my guide, my savior, and my rock! I pray for those around me....and as I do, I realize that I am in the midst of God's will. I am in the midst of sadness and sickness, trials and strife; but through it all, I watch the faith of those around me build. I watch those close to me clinging to His word, to His promises and to His love. I am grateful, blessed, and feel such joy to have been put IN THE MIDST.