Learning to live for HIS glory

"Close your eyes." Eyes go shut. "Ok, you can look." Open eyes again look up at the screen. I watched a movie the other day with some friends.  I'd never seen it before, didn't know what was coming.  From her description, though, I knew there were images in it I wouldn't want in my head.  She knew too, and promised to warn me.  So we sat side-by-side.  Whispered exchange of when to look & when not.  I did what she told me to, without question. Implicit trust. Beautiful. She knew what was coming.  I didn't.  She also knows me.  So I trusted, and came away without having seen anything violent that would give me nightmares. God's like that.  He know's what is coming when we don't.  He also knows us...far better than any human ever could!  So we can rest in Him.  We can walk through life, depending on His Spirit's guidance each step of the way. Implicit trust. Beautiful!  

2~Thank You Lord for the many life moments You’ve given me to love! 4~Lord, this love is not just something I can whip up on my own.  It is a totally selfless love…and only You can birth it in my heart!  I pray that You would do so, Lord…that my love would be genuine. 6~ “For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace.” ~John 1:16 7~ O Lord, I pray that You would give me seeing eyes…just the ability to see and understand the fallenness all around me (and within myself) and a heart to cry out to You on the world’s behalf. 11~Thank You for the Holy Spirit!  I love living with Him on the inside. 13~You know…but I’ll tell you anyways=) 17~ “It is faith that continually closes its eyes to the weakness of the creature, and finds its joy in the sufficiency of an Almighty Savior, that makes the soul strong and glad.  It gives itself up to be led by the Holy Spirit into an ever deeper appreciation of that wonderful Savior whom God hath...

Tidbits from September's thoughts . . . 3~Guard me from wanting the gifts for their own sake, or loving them for their own sake, and instead ignite by Your Holy Spirit a deeper desire and love for You! Thank You for entering into covenant with me, Lord! 12~Making pleasing people my god is soo exhausting!  Thank You for saving me from having to be enslaved to that!  I pray You would give me the courage, humility, and graciousness to live for You alone . . . remind me I don’t have to make everyone happy.  In fact, if I’m living for You, I’ll probably make some people mad.  But Lord, I pray You would fill me with Your Spirit’s grace and love to such a point that my only offense would be the gospel! 14~Honestly just so many thoughts running through my head right now.  You have placed the capability to dream within me, and yet I don’t want to let a good thing become a bad thing by letting it run away with me! Lord, the burdens of family, friends, and...

May: 5~Lord, Does it break Your heart when people use Your name in vain? Does it break Your heart when a cold shoulder is turned? Does it break Your heart when Your people don’t live in unity? Does it break Your heart when a child doesn’t have a loving home?  Lord, I want to be a woman after Your own heart!  Give me eyes, I pray, to see what You see in this world.  Break my heart with what breaks Yours. 7~When we think of asking in another’s name, what does that mean? We are asking for them, not ourselves (asking for a paycheck written to another person) They have trusted us to represent them. 8~Enable me to love You wholeheartedly, to love others supernaturally, and to daily die to self. 10~Mold and shape me into a Spirit led individual. 17~Find rest oh my soul, in God alone… 19~Make me a woman, Lord, who is so steeped and saturated in Your Words, that only You flow out of me! 20~Who is my God? He is . . . ·   ...