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| Power of Words"Words spoken in haste cannot be taken back. And while they may be forgiven, they memories will linger to warn the heart of future enounters" - Grace Hawkins (a character from the book, Ashes and Ice by Tracie Peterson) How true is that?! The words we say are sooo important! | | |
| Always growing, always learningI want to constantly be growing and learning. I don't want to be dormant. I want God to continually prepare me for all that He has in store for me in the future. I want to exercise and practice my faith in every situation of every moment of every day. I want to love people, care for people, and bless people. Always growing, always learning...never pausing. | | |
| not far from yesterday I was recently at a friend's house and was looking at all these pictures of her and her family from when she was younger, just a little girl, in high school, ect... As I looked at the pictures it was so wierd to me, because this friend has changed a lot from those years and yet how far apart from that little girl or that teenager is she??? Because I guess no matter how far we come in our lives, that person that we were, that little girl or little boy that we were...we're not that far from that. Just yesterday I was thinking about this again...thinking about things that happened in the past, and really how far am I from that little girl in those situations. In some ways we come so far, we grow, we learn, we mature, we change for the better or sometimes the worse...but how far are we from maybe that wounded child, or that hurting teenager...or maybe it's the other way around...maybe you've gone the other direction...but how far are you from that joyful youth, that child-like faith you once had. When it comes down to it I really think that we are all not far from yesterday... | | |
| my prayer...Oh my blessed Savior, see me in my brokenness, my sin, and my pain. Take all of me and make me pure and whole in You. I love you, Lord of Heaven! Take my pride, Lord, and crush it beneath Your feet...show me how to have the heart of a tender warrior, gracious and loving. Help me to accept love from You and others. Continue to remind me that I am human, but redeemed. Lord, use me to display Your glory, through my very mistakes and hurts. You have a plan for me, Lord and I pray that my selfishness and pride would not hinder that plan in any way, but that You would help me to surrender all to You every step of the way. Lord, I love you and Your love redeems me... | | |
| I am understood...I am understood...that fact blows my mind. To know that my Savior understands me completely...all my struggles, all my hurt, all my pain...He's been there before. I find that it is so easy to forget that. I tend to think that He just doesn't get it, He can't understand this...but then He reminds me that He's walked these same painful steps and He overcame it all. Realizing that hits me hard, because I know that I can totally rely on Him to bring me through anything. He's shown me that all can be overcome...I just need to trust in Him. I guess I just wanted to remind all of you that no matter where you are at right now...Jesus understands and He's ready, reaching out His hand, to help you through. Jesus is the reason for EVERY season! :) | | |
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