DevotionalsBaby StepsMy Pastor spoke about how we set ourselves up for failure, but setting the bar too high too fast. We want to write a book, so we commit to write a chapter a week, and end up writing nothing. We want to lose weight, so we tell ourselves that we’re going to exercise every day, eat only clear broth and crackers, and two days later we collapse. Pastor said we should set ridiculously low goals, so that we know it is something we can accomplish, and at the end of the day or the end of the week, we can feel good about ourselves.
I Just Want to Be Mad For a WhileHave you ever had one of those days when you just felt sorry for yourself? You just wanted to be sad or mad or unhappy, and you would be justified in feeling that way? There’s a country song that I’ve found myself muttering under my breath for about the last week. It’s called “I just want to be mad for a while.”
Muscle Pain & GodRecently a distressed and depressed friend of mine explained her extreme circumstance to me. As she cried, she pleaded for the answer to a question that every one of us asks at some point in our lives. “Why must we be broken?” At that moment, I’m almost positive that as someone who has been a Christian most of my life, I should have had a very scriptural, spiritual answer.
Surprise!Recently God has really been moving in my life. All of the sudden dreams are coming true that I’ve had for years! Things I had laid aside and thought would never happen. Things that I had accepted would never happen. They are happening. I can hardly believe that I’m seeing such a long term goal come to pass. In the midst of all of this, without telling the whole story, which would most assuredly be longer than my editor would appreciate, I am discovering all the wonderful details that went into making these events in my life happen.
Trusting God’s PlanI remember struggling so much in my late teens trying to figure out where God wanted me to go, that now I regret not enjoying where I was. I remember begging Him to show me His plan for me, only to now realize that after He did, I took into my hands and made into my plan. Now I can see all the things I shouldn’t have worried about.
His Strength Is PerfectNo one knows more than I, how many times I would have fallen flat on my face had it not been for His strength, and never ending grace. Only I know how strong He is in my life, and how little of what I do is me and how much is Him.
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