I LOVE Spring!!! :)
I love the longer, warmer days. I love the way the trees bud and the flowers bloom. I love to hear the birds chirping and the lawn mowers roaring. It's a joy to watch people walking or biking and children running around outside. It's like everything is awakening from a deep sleep and all is well with the world. :)
For the second Spring, we also have a bird who has made her home in a nest outside of our back door. Judging by the hours she is spending sitting on her eggs, it won't be long until her babies are born! :)
Anyway...HAPPY SPRING! Enjoy it!! :)
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Monday, April 13, 2009
Wikipedia Definition of Patience
Patience: is the state of endurance under difficult circumstances, which can mean persevering in the face of delay or provocation without becoming annoyed or upset; or exhibiting forbearance when under strain, especially when faced with longer-term difficulties
No matter what definition I read for patience, they all say something to elude to not becoming annoyed or upset, but seriously, I'm ready to be done with my lesson on patience!! I know...not a very patient way to put it.
Regardless, God is amazing and as my pastor told the congregation yesterday, we should all be "swimming in great joy" because of what God has done for us. :) I am indeed swimming. :)
No matter what definition I read for patience, they all say something to elude to not becoming annoyed or upset, but seriously, I'm ready to be done with my lesson on patience!! I know...not a very patient way to put it.
Regardless, God is amazing and as my pastor told the congregation yesterday, we should all be "swimming in great joy" because of what God has done for us. :) I am indeed swimming. :)
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Delight in the Lord
A friend of mine had Psalm 37:4 on his Facebook page this week. This verse states, "Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart." This friend then posed the question, "How do you delight yourself in the Lord?"
As I pondered this question, I thought about how odd it is that the majority of Christians know the second part of this verse all too well, "He shall give you the desires of your heart" but how often do we forget the first part of the verse. We must delight ourselves in the Lord. How do we do this? Delight means to experience great pleasure and joy in His presence. When we delight ourselves in the Lord by praising and thanking Him, our attitudes begin to change. Our focus shifts from ourselves to our Creator. When we focus on Him, suddenly our desire is to please Him by doing His will, not ours. We start to focus on the amazing blessings God has given us, not on what we don't have.
Verse 5 of Psalm 37 says, "Commit your way to the Lord, trust also in Him, and he shall bring it to pass." When we start to delight in the Lord, we want to commit our ways to Him and to trust Him in every area of our life. To commit and trust in Him, we must entrust Him with everything we have in our lives. When we do this, the things that seemed too hard for us to handle will suddenly not be so difficult. God will take the burden from us and bring it to pass.
For the past few weeks, my prayer has consistently been that my desires will align directly with God's desire. I don't want to long for something that isn't God's will. I'll admit it's not easy coming to grips with the fact that what I want for my life may not be what God wants for my life. But, I am learning to delight in Him, to commit to Him and to trust in Him more each day.
As I pondered this question, I thought about how odd it is that the majority of Christians know the second part of this verse all too well, "He shall give you the desires of your heart" but how often do we forget the first part of the verse. We must delight ourselves in the Lord. How do we do this? Delight means to experience great pleasure and joy in His presence. When we delight ourselves in the Lord by praising and thanking Him, our attitudes begin to change. Our focus shifts from ourselves to our Creator. When we focus on Him, suddenly our desire is to please Him by doing His will, not ours. We start to focus on the amazing blessings God has given us, not on what we don't have.
Verse 5 of Psalm 37 says, "Commit your way to the Lord, trust also in Him, and he shall bring it to pass." When we start to delight in the Lord, we want to commit our ways to Him and to trust Him in every area of our life. To commit and trust in Him, we must entrust Him with everything we have in our lives. When we do this, the things that seemed too hard for us to handle will suddenly not be so difficult. God will take the burden from us and bring it to pass.
For the past few weeks, my prayer has consistently been that my desires will align directly with God's desire. I don't want to long for something that isn't God's will. I'll admit it's not easy coming to grips with the fact that what I want for my life may not be what God wants for my life. But, I am learning to delight in Him, to commit to Him and to trust in Him more each day.
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