Fall is finally coming...
I say finally like it has been such a long summer but it really hasn't here in the Pacific Northwest. I simply am stating that I love the change. Funny how that aspect alone has grown as I have. I used to not like change at all. Now I look forward to it. I should probably add that I enjoy the timely changes... not chaos changes that are brought on by a restless spirit. I do have a sense of a some restlessness right now though. My heart is not at peace and I have not been able to put my finger on it.
Let's see... do I have a home to live in? Check..do I have food to eat?Check..am I in good health?Check..do I have all limbs working in the way they were intended?Check..am I in love with my husband?Madly..do i have a job?Check..is my husband sober still?Check..do i have good family?Absolutely..Fantastic friends?Most deffinately.... THEN WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WITH ME?? I feel a bit out of sorts... disconcerted, if you will. I have nothing to complain about or any reason to be sad and yet I feel that I am, at this moment being a whiney spoiled brat. Lord forgive me and my ungreatful ramblings. You, Lord, know my innermost being so you know that this is not a long standing place of my heart or mind however something has it in a ruckus and I have no idea what. For that, and that alone, I seek your wisdom and peace, since at this moment I feel I have none.
"I feel" ... that could be it right there. Feelings are fleeting and have no substantial foundation except for what you give them. so.... I shall choose to "feel" joyful and at peace because the Lord has been more than gracious to me and has provided my every need. (see >>feeling: joyful & at peace... foundation: God's grace and providence). In this very moment a smile is slowly creeping along the very lips that God created and warmth is filling my being because I know those things are SO TRUE!
Paul reminds me that "his grace is sufficient" and it is. More than sufficient it over whelms me. His mercy... more than I can humanly comprehend. Grace and mercy... given so freely that I cannot even think to be in dismay because I know that his promises are true and he never changes.Change... funny weren't we just talking about that. I like change only because I know that the Alpha and Omega Never Changes. He is my solid rock foundation in the sea of constant, and at times, "untimely" Change.
So... maybe this is what I needed... to simply sort it out and take a moment to sit on my Solid Rock so that he can remind me he is steadfast and his promises never change... he doesn't say "oops... well that didn't work out quiet the way I expected. Let's try something else." The change occurs with us. So, Lord, let the CHANGE begin in me.
Let's see... do I have a home to live in? Check..do I have food to eat?Check..am I in good health?Check..do I have all limbs working in the way they were intended?Check..am I in love with my husband?Madly..do i have a job?Check..is my husband sober still?Check..do i have good family?Absolutely..Fantastic friends?Most deffinately.... THEN WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WITH ME?? I feel a bit out of sorts... disconcerted, if you will. I have nothing to complain about or any reason to be sad and yet I feel that I am, at this moment being a whiney spoiled brat. Lord forgive me and my ungreatful ramblings. You, Lord, know my innermost being so you know that this is not a long standing place of my heart or mind however something has it in a ruckus and I have no idea what. For that, and that alone, I seek your wisdom and peace, since at this moment I feel I have none.
"I feel" ... that could be it right there. Feelings are fleeting and have no substantial foundation except for what you give them. so.... I shall choose to "feel" joyful and at peace because the Lord has been more than gracious to me and has provided my every need. (see >>feeling: joyful & at peace... foundation: God's grace and providence). In this very moment a smile is slowly creeping along the very lips that God created and warmth is filling my being because I know those things are SO TRUE!
Paul reminds me that "his grace is sufficient" and it is. More than sufficient it over whelms me. His mercy... more than I can humanly comprehend. Grace and mercy... given so freely that I cannot even think to be in dismay because I know that his promises are true and he never changes.Change... funny weren't we just talking about that. I like change only because I know that the Alpha and Omega Never Changes. He is my solid rock foundation in the sea of constant, and at times, "untimely" Change.
So... maybe this is what I needed... to simply sort it out and take a moment to sit on my Solid Rock so that he can remind me he is steadfast and his promises never change... he doesn't say "oops... well that didn't work out quiet the way I expected. Let's try something else." The change occurs with us. So, Lord, let the CHANGE begin in me.
2 comments:
Dear One,
Love the line: "take a moment to sit on my Solid Rock."
Reminds me of Watchman Nee's simple classic: Sit, Walk, Stand.
His premise: we need to sit in heavenly places with Christ before we can walk or even stand.
Been awhile since I read it but I recommend it to everyone.
Thanks for inspiring us to find that changeless place in Him.
Love,
Ju Ju Bean aka Jlo
Amen!
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