**Sit quietly, eyes closed and in silence for one minute before reading.**
Sometimes healing doesn't feel like healing. Sometimes it feels like things are getting worse.
Sometimes God needs to go deeper and when He does it hurts.
Sometimes He needs to make adjustments, set things straight and re-align. That is painful.
Sometimes he makes us wait. There seems to be no progress in the waiting yet it is all part of healing.
Is He healing something in you today that doesn't feel or look like healing? How can you trust His great love and sovereignty as He heals?
**Continue to sit in silence for as long as is available to you.**
Friday, October 11, 2013
Thursday, October 10, 2013
The Rules Do Apply
**Sit quietly, eyes closed and in silence for one minute before reading.**
As I watch people gain greater power and position I watch as they believe the rules do not apply to them. They begin to take advantage of their position, they treat others one way and will not be held to the same level of accountability they are asking of others.
For some reason I often function as if the rules do not apply to me. I especially take advantage of my position of "Mom".
Then my kids call me out. It is not pretty, it is humbling and it is needed.
Will I continue to hear it? Will my heart be soft to hearing their correction and exhortation? I hope so because the rules do apply.
**Sit quietly again for as long as is available to you.**
As I watch people gain greater power and position I watch as they believe the rules do not apply to them. They begin to take advantage of their position, they treat others one way and will not be held to the same level of accountability they are asking of others.
For some reason I often function as if the rules do not apply to me. I especially take advantage of my position of "Mom".
Then my kids call me out. It is not pretty, it is humbling and it is needed.
Will I continue to hear it? Will my heart be soft to hearing their correction and exhortation? I hope so because the rules do apply.
**Sit quietly again for as long as is available to you.**
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Overflow
**Sit quietly, eyes closed and in silence for as long as is available to you.**
A prayer for us today:
"May our service to God come out of an overflow of his love and grace towards me."
Take time to sit in God's love and grace today.
**Sit again in silence for as long as is available to you.**
A prayer for us today:
"May our service to God come out of an overflow of his love and grace towards me."
Take time to sit in God's love and grace today.
**Sit again in silence for as long as is available to you.**
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Annie
**Sit quietly, eyes closed and in silence for one minute before reading.**
Today is my little sister's birthday. She brings a sweetness to life and a reminder for the need of tenderness, compassion, patience and love. She brings the challenge of slowing down and thinking more of others than of myself.
She also brings the challenges of sisterhood - stubbornness, each of us wanting to get our own way and me thinking she is far more spoiled than I am. I think this is just normal older sister/young sister stuff. :)
It is difficult being around her sometimes because I am reminded of what I am not. I cannot put on a mask, I sin greatly and my actions do not match my words. She reminds me there is a lot of work that God has yet to do it me and sometimes I do not like to face that fact. I am far from perfect and I like thinking I am perfect.
She challenges me to live like I say everyone else should. She challenges me to take my words to my hands and actually LIVE IT. She does all this without words. She does it all through being herself.
She lives her life well, beautifully and also imperfectly and I am amazed at how God uses imperfection to move us towards Jesus, who is perfect.
Today I am grateful for Annie, and I celebrate her life.
**Sit again in silence for as long as is possible.**
Today is my little sister's birthday. She brings a sweetness to life and a reminder for the need of tenderness, compassion, patience and love. She brings the challenge of slowing down and thinking more of others than of myself.
She also brings the challenges of sisterhood - stubbornness, each of us wanting to get our own way and me thinking she is far more spoiled than I am. I think this is just normal older sister/young sister stuff. :)
It is difficult being around her sometimes because I am reminded of what I am not. I cannot put on a mask, I sin greatly and my actions do not match my words. She reminds me there is a lot of work that God has yet to do it me and sometimes I do not like to face that fact. I am far from perfect and I like thinking I am perfect.
She challenges me to live like I say everyone else should. She challenges me to take my words to my hands and actually LIVE IT. She does all this without words. She does it all through being herself.
She lives her life well, beautifully and also imperfectly and I am amazed at how God uses imperfection to move us towards Jesus, who is perfect.
Today I am grateful for Annie, and I celebrate her life.
**Sit again in silence for as long as is possible.**
Monday, October 7, 2013
Your Bio
**Sit quietly, eyes closed and in silence for one minute before reading.**
How will your bio read? What will it say about your life? What will it say about your identity, your character and your call(s)?
Maybe you feel like there is a lot of editing that needs to be done from previous chapters. Maybe you are excited, looking forward to the chapters ahead. Maybe you're nervous about the chapters ahead because they require you to trust the great Author more than ever.
God is the great Author of our stories and we get to participate in writing them as well. It is beautiful to watch the mystery of how this works.
If you feel like there is a lot of editing to do ... lean into grace, into forgiveness and receive healing. If you are anxious about the chapters to come ... release them to God, rest in His great love.
Wherever you are, enjoy the present chapter, actively contributing to your story and ultimately God's great story.
**Sit again in silence for as long as is available to you.**
How will your bio read? What will it say about your life? What will it say about your identity, your character and your call(s)?
Maybe you feel like there is a lot of editing that needs to be done from previous chapters. Maybe you are excited, looking forward to the chapters ahead. Maybe you're nervous about the chapters ahead because they require you to trust the great Author more than ever.
God is the great Author of our stories and we get to participate in writing them as well. It is beautiful to watch the mystery of how this works.
If you feel like there is a lot of editing to do ... lean into grace, into forgiveness and receive healing. If you are anxious about the chapters to come ... release them to God, rest in His great love.
Wherever you are, enjoy the present chapter, actively contributing to your story and ultimately God's great story.
**Sit again in silence for as long as is available to you.**
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Loving Well
**Sit quietly, eyes closed and in silence for one minute before reading.**
I need help to love someone and especially to love them
well. Sometimes it is easy to love someone. You are compatible, speak the same
language, they are in your family, etc. sometimes it is not so easy to love
someone. You constantly clash, have differing values, they are in your family,
etc. Whether it comes easily or not, loving someone well we all need help with.
Sometimes in my attempt to love well I miss what is meaningful to the person. In my attempt to love well I do not take the time to consider how they receive it, I just give and assume they feel loved. Loving someone well requires research, it requires attentiveness and observation, it requires doing and it requires dependence on God. We need help to love someone well.
How will you seek to love someone well today?
Sometimes in my attempt to love well I miss what is meaningful to the person. In my attempt to love well I do not take the time to consider how they receive it, I just give and assume they feel loved. Loving someone well requires research, it requires attentiveness and observation, it requires doing and it requires dependence on God. We need help to love someone well.
How will you seek to love someone well today?
**Sit again in silence for as long as is available to you.**
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