I’ve been a bit mortified lately by all the derogatory comments among Christians about President Obama. Whether we agree with him, his politics, or his election we should pray for him as the leader of our country. Would we not want others to do the same for us if we were in such a position? Please join me in praying for him.
In Him -
Sue
Unless your faith is firm,
I cannot make you stand firm.
Isaiah 7:9
Since I was a little girl I wanted to be married, and perhaps have a family. God knew my heart. I had to wait awhile to find the one He intended for me. We finally found each other and will be getting married later this year. I am in awe how God works and in awe of His blessings.
Easter morning my pastor spoke of HOPE. That we Christians can offer something other faiths, money, things, and often people simply cannot – an everlasting hope in the resurrected Jesus. I often wonder what it was like for Peter – how he must have felt that moment – when he realized that his Lord was back from the grave. Oh, the triumph of it all…the joy!
How wonderful it is that our God offers such goodness to us to offer to others rather than rules, regulations, legalism, certain behaviors, and distant, cool reserve. Our Jesus CAME TO US, down to our level where He could touch humanity, then knowing who we are, He chose to free us through His death. That is the power of true love.
Thank you Father! Thank you Jesus!
With gratitude,
Sue
Yep, it has happened. And I never thought it would really. You see, despite my love for Christ at times I can be deeply pessimistic. So, here God goes again, blessing me in a way I never thought possible. I’m in love. Crazy, silly, deeply, in a way I’ve never been before in love. Thank you Father, for this gift. Go before us, lead, show us your will and we will simply say, “yes.”
I literally read this on a Starbucks cup (yes, I am a fan of said coffee giant) and thought it quite profound. I would add commitment in faith as well because it frees us from buying into the lies of the enemy!
“The irony of commitment is that it’s deeply liberating – in work, in play, in love. The act frees you from the tyranny of your internal critic, from the fear that likes to dress itself up and parade around as rational hesitation. To commit is to remove your head as the barrier to your life.”
~Anne Morriss
I pray you commit today – to our Jesus and his will in your life!
Sue
Last night, as I thought through why I was feeling unsettled, I realized something. I don’t have a home. It is both literal and spiritual.
First, I have been living with friends for awhile now and all of my things are in storage with the exception of a few items. So, I literally do not have a place of my own to go to and truly be by myself and rest (something I desperately need periodically).
Don’t get me wrong. I appreciate the opportunity to have some financial freedom. I am humbled by the fact that these friends would allow me to stay in their home. It is their home though, and not mine.
The feeling was substanciated when I spent some time with the person I am dating and one of his daughters. We were all at his house watching a movie and I thought, “wow, this is their home, not mine. ” I am welcomed there but it is not mine. I felt a twinge of homesickness. Will I have a home to call my own again? I am a person that places importance on place – a place to respite, revive, just be myself…
As I found peace again in my faith and remembered that sitting at the feet of Jesus is home, some of those feelings drifted away. Then I remembered, this world is not my home.
Perhaps inside I am truly beginning to long for HOME with He who loves me as far as the east is to the west. Where this body no longer plagues me with all of its issues (enough with the acne, aches, and shortness already), where I can literally sit at the feet of Jesus and praise Him, where my troubles will be just a whisper of a memory, where my sometimes weary soul will truly be at rest as we work for Him who deserves our service and all the glory we can muster.
I pray that I will always remember to whom I belong and where my true home is…with Jesus in Heaven. I pray the same for you.
In Him -
Sue
