Thursday, November 29, 2012
encouragement for the journey
Truth from the Philippians SheReadsTruth study:
We all have our little things that we want to be known for, patted on the back for, acknowledged of us...Don't be discouraged for a minute that you're not worthy or that all your work won't be noticed or that no one will ever see you. He has seen you before the beginning of time. He has adopted you before the wins and the fails, before the good and the bad. He has called you daughter...Look past today and the present to see how amazing your true identity is as a daughter of the King of Kings.
Rejoice because no matter what the day brings, it is not the end of the story.
You were made for so much more than all of this.
Monday, November 26, 2012
in the arena
I love this quote by Teddy Roosevelt. I feel my determination and courage rising everytime I read it.
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and come short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
I will need that for the next year; it's gonna be a rough journey! I am currently enrolling in my senior year and I'm scared and excited all at the same time. The arena can be an uncertain and intimidating place (wish it was just an 8 second ride). Good thing the Creator of the Universe is on my side. Charge!
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and come short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
I will need that for the next year; it's gonna be a rough journey! I am currently enrolling in my senior year and I'm scared and excited all at the same time. The arena can be an uncertain and intimidating place (wish it was just an 8 second ride). Good thing the Creator of the Universe is on my side. Charge!
Monday, November 5, 2012
What Love Really Means
Dear Jesus, thank You for loving me. I don't know why You do, but I do know that I need You more and more each day. Thank You for staying with me and for wanting me. Your steadfast love is my everything.
Sunday, November 4, 2012
daring to love
Ephesians 5:21
Submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.
Ephesians 6:5-8
Slaves, obey your earthly master with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ, not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man, knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free.
These verses are very convicting to me right now. I should respect others and seek to serve them, not because they are worthy or have earned it, but out of reverence for Christ my Messiah. He is honored when I serve in humility.
I must dare to love...Love when I am not loved back. Love when I am rejected. Love on God's terms, not mine. Love without receiving anything in return. Love with reckless abandon.
It is very difficult for me to do that (understatement of the year). I think - I know - the motives of my heart are wrong. I am still being selfish and acting in the flesh. This season is revealing just how yucky my heart really is. The layers are being peeled back and it ain't pretty. The fleshly part of me is not someone that I like. At all. Lord, have mercy on me, a sinner.
This makes me even more grateful for Christ's love for me. His love is constant, often the only thing I have to hold on to. His love never fails, never gives up, never runs out on me.
And I need it so desperately. Oh for more of Jesus, so there will be less of me!
Luke 6:27-30
But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. To one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic either. Give to everyone who begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back.
Submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.
Ephesians 6:5-8
Slaves, obey your earthly master with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ, not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man, knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free.
These verses are very convicting to me right now. I should respect others and seek to serve them, not because they are worthy or have earned it, but out of reverence for Christ my Messiah. He is honored when I serve in humility.
I must dare to love...Love when I am not loved back. Love when I am rejected. Love on God's terms, not mine. Love without receiving anything in return. Love with reckless abandon.
It is very difficult for me to do that (understatement of the year). I think - I know - the motives of my heart are wrong. I am still being selfish and acting in the flesh. This season is revealing just how yucky my heart really is. The layers are being peeled back and it ain't pretty. The fleshly part of me is not someone that I like. At all. Lord, have mercy on me, a sinner.
This makes me even more grateful for Christ's love for me. His love is constant, often the only thing I have to hold on to. His love never fails, never gives up, never runs out on me.
And I need it so desperately. Oh for more of Jesus, so there will be less of me!
Luke 6:27-30
But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. To one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic either. Give to everyone who begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back.
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