Yesterday was my birthday... I am 1 year short of being a half century old. I have no problem or shame in sharing my age, I actually wear it as a bagde of honor....
Anyone who knows me knows I LOVE my birthday. I am not sure if it is because growing up they didn't make much ado about it or because I just am happy I made it another year. Either way I am big on MY BIRTHDAY.
In birthdays of past I had many adventures but as I mature and priorities change in my life I find that there is no greater birthday than to be around those who I love and those who love me. From my children and grandchildren to brother and sisters in Christ.
At the end of my day I sat and reflected over all that had transpired over the day and my heart was content. I spent the morning in church Praising and Worhipping the One who gave me life and salvation. I spent the Afternoon with those I gave birth to and my grand-angels. And ended it at home going over the love shown to me online...
When all was said and done I know there is nothing greater that I could ask for than what I already have. Everything else is extra.
Monday, August 8, 2011
Ever Grateful
Today my heart is grateful. Not that I'm not grateful every day for all that God is doing for me but some days God's presence is so evident and overwhelming that I am in awe of him and all he has done. But more so for all he is doing. I marvel at his never ending mercy and grace to me.
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For several months now it seems as if I have been traveling a very rocky road, one with many potholes and boulders in the way. And with each obstacle, I have had to come before God for strength, grace, guidance and most of all for faith to endure. It has felt as if the closer and more I desired the things of God, the harder life becomes.
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At times in my mind's eye I could not see an end or a positive outcome. There were times when I didn't know how I was going to be able to make it. My natural mind could only grasp what was before it.
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During this period I have learned and am still learning so many things. First of all GOD is GOD. And IF we let him he will work everything out. But this was not so easy for me since I am a person who likes to be in control of the thing in my life. In my head I wanted to figure out ways to make things better but the more I tried the more hopeless I felt.
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It became so over whelming at times that I wanted to run away. But run away to were? The world? What did that have for me? It was the reason I had some of the obstacles I was dealing with.
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I decide running was exactly what I needed to do. So I ran as fast as I could to the feet of Jesus. It was there that I found everything I needed. I didn't have the answers to how everything was going to be handled but I knew WHO I was giving all my burdens to and it was HE that was going to make a way where there seemed like no way. I laid my worries and cares at the feet of my Savior. I lifted up my praise to my God in advance for I knew that he would never leave me or forsake me and I asked the Comforter (Holy Spirit) to come be my peace for in myself I had none.
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And every day and every week and every month my every need has been provided for. Many of the obstacles are still there but it is no longer I alone who has to deal with them. And today when I wasn't expecting anything, God blessed me once again and I was reminded that in myself I can do nothing but that God who takes care of me will supply ALL my needs from his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus.
~
For several months now it seems as if I have been traveling a very rocky road, one with many potholes and boulders in the way. And with each obstacle, I have had to come before God for strength, grace, guidance and most of all for faith to endure. It has felt as if the closer and more I desired the things of God, the harder life becomes.
~
At times in my mind's eye I could not see an end or a positive outcome. There were times when I didn't know how I was going to be able to make it. My natural mind could only grasp what was before it.
~
During this period I have learned and am still learning so many things. First of all GOD is GOD. And IF we let him he will work everything out. But this was not so easy for me since I am a person who likes to be in control of the thing in my life. In my head I wanted to figure out ways to make things better but the more I tried the more hopeless I felt.
~
It became so over whelming at times that I wanted to run away. But run away to were? The world? What did that have for me? It was the reason I had some of the obstacles I was dealing with.
~
I decide running was exactly what I needed to do. So I ran as fast as I could to the feet of Jesus. It was there that I found everything I needed. I didn't have the answers to how everything was going to be handled but I knew WHO I was giving all my burdens to and it was HE that was going to make a way where there seemed like no way. I laid my worries and cares at the feet of my Savior. I lifted up my praise to my God in advance for I knew that he would never leave me or forsake me and I asked the Comforter (Holy Spirit) to come be my peace for in myself I had none.
~
And every day and every week and every month my every need has been provided for. Many of the obstacles are still there but it is no longer I alone who has to deal with them. And today when I wasn't expecting anything, God blessed me once again and I was reminded that in myself I can do nothing but that God who takes care of me will supply ALL my needs from his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus.
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