Whatever the future holds, whether is is neatly packed and tied with a bow, or messy and the roads are long and hard, whatever you have for me Lord, I am all in., because you first loved me, and that is enough!
Wonderful Quote
You don’t have to know what tomorrow looks like. All you have to do is trust the Lord with today. – Jennifer Rothschild
Draw near
But it is good for me to draw near to God; I have put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all Your works. –
Ps 73:28
Why else are we here
So i am not going to lie, I am a person who likes my bubble space. I am an introvert by nature and love that I have my own room that I can go to relax in.
Last night though, I did not have it. Because last night I shared my room with a friend who needed to get away from a rough situation.
This morning it hit me that this is what it is all about.
Life is not about making sure that you get your bubble space, life is about reaching out, being the hands and feet of Christ in a fallen world.
I love my sweet friend, and I hurt for what she is going through. I also know that I am not the only one who is hurting for her. God is too.
God brought us together for many reasons and this is one of them.
I am trusting God to get me to the land He called me to, not because I have physical proof that He will do so, but because I know that God loves us so much that He places us exactly where we need to be in order to reach those who need to hear his heart for them.
In a world that screams “It’s all about me” I am realizing that the truth is “It’s all about Him and his plans for me to reach out to others.”
So whether my friend stays another night, or fifty more, I am in. And I am excited to share the love of Christ with her, to be her soft spot to land in a harsh world.
There are many more that need the same, my prayer is that God will reveal one (or many) to you today.
As we reach out and lift others up, we will soon realize that God is lifting us up as well.
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Raising my flag
Long ago I gave God permission to wake me with songs, this stopped Satan from filling my thoughts with negativity every morning.
In the beginning I was just happy wake up and start the day out on the right foot. I did not pay much attention to what the song was.
But slowly and surely God started to focus my attention on what I was hearing. And nine times out of ten, what I heard corresponded to what happened during my day, or what God wanted to happen during my day.
This morning the lyrics
We raise our white flags
We surrender
All to you
All to you
were looping over and over in my mind before I even opened my eyes.
And I realized something. While I do trust God, while I do believe in His ability to lead me, I have never fully surrendered to him in the morning, allowing Him to fully lead and guide me in everything I do throughout the day.
It looks like this will be the day that I do so. Join me?
Father God I am fully surrendering to you this day and every day. Lead and guide me so that I may walk in your perfect will. May I be able to look back on each day from here on out and say alongside David, “This is the day the Lord has made I will rejoice and be glad in it.”
Lyrics = Chris Tomlin
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I Am Trusting God 