Waiting In Him...

Sitting on that wooden swing.

My eyes intent on the sky

Little puffs of white clouds are pushed along by a cooling breeze.

The ice in my drink clanks against the side of the glass with each back and forth motion of the swing.

The wind chime on my porch is singing me a song of approaching summer.

I’m looking at the sky, and I’m not… I’m thinking beyond that blueness,

Beyond the clouds, the milky way, beyond the numerous stars and moons…

To the God, to my God.

I think “Why… why do I matter?”

As delicate as a soft petal flower, it’s beauty swaying in the wind… tomorrow it will be shriveled up, it’s beauty gone, it’s presence no longer… so are we.

To a God that looks out on his people… as if looking out towards a field of flowers and weeds… each day another flower withers, each day another flower opens… So we are born, and so we die.

“How can we matter?”

I have a soul, my soul loves the Lord, and I want to share His love with those around me… I want to save those souls that are lost, but I struggle… I struggle because I think I won’t be enough. I think I’ll stumble over my words. I think they’ll see me and think I’m an imposter because I’m not perfect.

No.

I’m not perfect.

If it weren’t for the Grace of God,

Yes.

His Grace and His Mercies

I would not be where I am at even today, but still…

I’m not perfect.

So who am I to tell others of Him, without them taking offense and pointing fingers at my mess?

I sit here with the sun beaming warmth, yellow hot on my face, looking up at the sky and I want more… I want to be more and I want to do more and…

I feel so useless.

I surrender in that moment… I surrender my life to my God that knows all

I surrender my time; I surrender my gifts, to my God.

To my God that I know is looking down at me from beyond the clouds and beyond the blue.

To my God who has spotted me out of the field of flowers all so much lovelier than me…

To my God that loves me, unconditionally, and I have no idea why. I can’t fathom why?

I trust in Him... with all of me, I trust in Him and I wait on Him, and I wait in Him. 

Do We Need Enemies?!

Do we need enemies?

What are their purpose… do they have a purpose?

I love the way Ron opens up the scriptures to show us how each obstacle we come across is actually a building block to a blessing.

 Even though no one likes to have enemies, without them you could perhaps never reach your full potential. Ron explains how each enemy we face gives us the opportunity to overcome… and to grow… to the next level of your spiritual growth.

God will always use ALL THINGS for His glory…

One of the things that really hit me, was when I read:

“Most people think that when they are going through a test in life, God is trying to teach them something. I disagree, because a good teacher does not use a test to teach you something… a test measures what you already know.”

I had never thought about that before in this way…

I do however, fell that the placement of the chapters, the whole “structure” of the book as one reviewer put it, was a little bit “off”.

Full of information gold nuggets… I didn’t find it as much a sit down, read, and absorb book as others.

If it was only structured a little differently, and the chapters outlined a little better, it would have improved my rating to a 5 star… the information is there… and it’s great… it’s just that you have to dig around to find it.

You can read a chapter in the book HERE! 

"I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review."

You Have Been Called to be A Prophet of God... Will You Accept?

Imagine, you are asked to become a prophet of God (the Infinite), you know what this means… would you accept?

The books description reads…

"Ela Roeh of Parne doesn't understand why her beloved Creator, the Infinite, wants her to become His prophet. She's undignified and bad-tempered, and at age seventeen she's much too young. In addition, no prophet of Parne has ever been a girl. Worst of all, as Parne's elders often warn, if she agrees to become the Infinite's prophet, Ela knows she will die young.

Yet she can't imagine living without Him. Determined to hear the Infinite's voice, Ela accepts the sacred vinewood branch and is sent to bring the Infinite's word to a nation torn apart by war. There she meets a young ambassador determined to bring his own justice for his oppressed people. As they form an unlikely partnership, Ela battles how to balance the leading of her heart with the leading of the Infinite."

This book held my attention page after page, I absorbed, inhaled, devoured it all in a day! I loved it. I was right there, by her side, as she encountered beasts, as she stood before kings and ambassadors and other officials in high office… and almost certain death. I was there with her as she was kidnapped (more than once) as she stood by her faith. I was right there with her, felt her fears, felt her frustrations in sharing the love and truth of the “Infinite one”. 

There was no way to predict the outcome of this book (as I usually do with so many others).

I loved the way this author wrote and invited you into the mind of a prophet in ancient times. I love the way she wrote, to share with us how merciful, how loving, how ever present our God truly is… to allow those who do not know Him in this way, a glimpse of the relationship they could have with Him. Time after time He showed his infinite wisdom and that his word will hold till the end of time. It doesn’t matter how things appear to be, it doesn’t matter how afraid you are, as long as you follow the command of God His promise to you will be fulfilled. Even though you may not understand His reason for asking you to do something that seems farfetched… He knows the reason, He’s already in the future and He sees the outcome.

An attention grabber from the beginning… I have already put my order in for the next book in this series “Judge” expected to be released in November of this year (2012)

I recommend this book to everyone, of all ages, absolutely wonderful!

You can read the first chapter of this book by going to Amazon.com... you won't regret it!

( I received a copy of this book from BethanyHouse for my honest review… I did not guarantee a positive review and the comments above are my own entirely)

Enjoy Your Extended Weekend!!!

Just a quick note to let you know that you can now follow me on twitter!! I provided a button beneath the “About Me” section over there to your right…

Also, you can now subscribe to my blog by entering your email (beneath the follow me on twitter button).

I will be super busy this weekend… this lloooonng extended weekend I have :)

So I will not be posting again until Tuesday!

I hope to be able to show you some awesome Memorial Day Weekend pictures! More than likely though, we will just be working in the house… which is okay by me too.

Love you, and bless you all!

Five Minute Friday - Opportunity

Opportunity - 

I'm surrounded by opportunities, each and every day.

God extends them to me... opportunities to share His love with others around me.

People hurting, will I use the opportunity to be Jesus to them?

People Hopeless, will I use the opportunity to be Jesus to them?

Someone in need, will I use the opportunity... to be Jesus to them?

A conversation leads to an open door... to tell them of my Lord and all He's done for me, will I use the opportunity?

Opportunities surround us, each and every day. 

Will you choose to be aware of them, and use those times to be Jesus, in the flesh, to others? 

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