gift

Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!

2 Corinthians 9:15

today is a gift. my day is a gift from God! it is strange to think of it that way since i get bogged down by the humdrum of the everyday. today, i will take time to enjoy my gift. if a friend gave me a gift everyday, i would feel so grateful. why then, is it easy to forget the incredible gift of life? i get a new gift each morning. not only is my life a gift, but also are the lives of those around me. today is a gift. i am blessed. i am grateful.

Rest

Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. 2 Corinthians 12:8-10

i dance in my weakness for this is when i run to my Lord, my God. situations arise that i do not know how to handle. i am broken, and wounded, but because of these things, i know my God is my strength. His power rests on me and i accept that i can not do it alone. with out Him, i would fail terribly-with every step He is leading me and showing me where to go next. i rest my head on His shoulder, waiting for His whisper. i rest in His lap waiting for the next landing. i rest in His arms as he tenderly embraces me. i rest in the assurance that He is with me every step of my journey, as i grow tired, i rest on Him.

wind

The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit." John 3:8

i am of the Spirit, but i have been using my own oars to fight the raging sea of my life. i was tired of fighting for my boat to go where i thought it should. now, in the midst of a vicious storm, i sit. weary. i cry out to the Lord for strength and in doing so, i am being transformed into the woman that God has intended for me to be. it is truly an amazing adventure and i am thankful for the crashing waves. they can be damaging to my boat, but with Gods redemption and His grace, i am strengthened by the damage, and He is laying his healing hand on the destruction. i don't know where i will go, i do not know how i will get there. but i will float by faith in my healing boat. with Christ as my captain, i will toss my oars, and put up my sail....