Retrospect and Examination

I'm really glad to be where I'm at now. I don't regret my past one bit and I'm glad for the memories, but I'm really glad to be where I am in the present and I look forward to the future. There are friends I miss terribly and love it when I get to see them, but I'm really glad for all the new relationships I've made this year. I'm also glad for the relationships that have been made stronger. Through the last year I have seen the blessing of obedience, I only wish I would have listened sooner. God knows that I didn't want to move without knowing it was completely His will. And now I see it was:) Through it all He has taught me so much and He continues to show me more daily. I pray that we as christians will consecrate our lives to honor Him and show Him we love Him by doing what pleases Him (His commands). That we would lay aside the sins that hold us back and cleave to the life He died to give us. It is never to late to mortify sin (lay it down and repent) and resurrect into new life. He doesn't care how far you've strayed or to what lengths you've gone to continue in your sin He just wants YOU; mind, soul and body. Does not His sacrifice deserve this as recompense?? The hour is at hand, do we want to help in the cause of Christ or hurt it by living unto ourself?

Short and Sweet

No I'm not talking about myself. Okay sorry for the cheesiness.


This is quite perfect after my last post. Sometimes our desires can weigh us down and make us feel like it's a weight that can never be lifted. Then God lifts it so easily and gently we hardly even know it's gone until we realize how easy it is to breathe and move again. After talking to a very sweet friend last night I contemplated this verse today (Psalm 37:4) and I wondered why many of my desires haven't been fulfilled and below is what I believe God spoke to me. Not everything is sunshine and rainbows, lollipops and hair bows, but God does love us and He has blessed us (and will bless us again and again). Sometimes when we don't see those blessings it's because we're looking right past them at something else that probably doesn't really deserve our attention. I can't help but believe that when God's plan does come to completion it's amazingly better than we could ever imagine.

Psalm 37:4
Delight yourself also in the LORD,And He shall give you the desires of your heart.

There's no time frame given, but a promise. God is not bound by time or our human constraints. When He makes a promise He keeps it.

Isaiah 40:31
But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.

Hebrews 6:18
that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us.

If what you desire is the Lord's will and it hasn't happened yet, that means it will happen. We just have to hold on to Him that promised for strength.

Galatians 6:8-10
⁸ For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life. ⁹ And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. ¹⁰ Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.

His timing, His plan and His love is perfect. Wait and trust and remember...

2 Corinthians 1:20
For all the promises of God in Him (Jesus) are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us.