"I am ok"

1 Corinthians 10:12

Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.

"I am ok". How many times have I said that even recently? Today as I laid with my baby thinking and praying I thought on the verse in 1 Cor 10. I feel like the last couple of days the devil has been attacking me in a different way. God showed me things over Easter week about His love for me. He also in the last week or two provided other sources of income which has given me a little more sense of security. There are also a couple of other things that have happened which just has me in a place of feeling that "I am ok". That I will be ok no matter what happens. This realization today is pretty scary to me. It to me means that I am not leaning 100% on God still. While it may be true that I am ok and that I will be ok no matter what happens I still need to have my heart and mind focused on God and not my situation.  How many times do I need to learn this lesson? No matter what my circumstances are whether they are bad or good or even just ok I need to lean on God ALWAYS. If I am not leaning on God then I am "thinking" that I am "standing". According to the verse that means I will fall. This "fall" would be yet another lesson of learning to lean and trust God. These are hard lessons.

Thank you, Lord, for recalling to my memory this verse and showing me quickly that I need to turn my focus to you before I needed to relearn the lesson again. Help me to always remember to lean on you no matter what is going on in my life. May I continually seek your face and trust you completely in my life. Thank you, Lord, for being my provider, my protector and my defender. In Jesus name, Amen.

Easter Traditions

Easter is my absolute favorite holiday! Although, I have to be honest....I just decided that this year. :) I have been going through what has been the greatest and hardest trial I have ever had to endure in my life. Through it I have learned so much and have grown spiritually. Christs death and resurrection took on a whole new meaning for me this year. I have been really trying to focus on Jesus' love. His death and resurrection is all about His unconditional love for me.

We do not have any set traditions for Easter in our family besides going to church. I wanted to do something but really was stuck for ideas. Everything I found was for older children not for toddlers. In my hunt to recycle all these plastic eggs I found a great idea for telling the story. Next year we will begin a new tradition in our home and we will all focus on the real meaning of Easter and how much we are loved.

What kind of Christ centered traditions do you have in your home?

Who is the Lord of my life??

Who is the Lord of my life?? Jesus Christ or this world? Who will I listen to? that will show who truly IS the lord of my life. Words mean nothing if my actions don't follow. If Jesus is the Lord of my life then my life will be all about following Him and obeying His commands and not following what the World says is right or wrong. What does his Word say? That is what I will do. Thank you Jesus!


John 14:15 - If ye love me, keep my commandments.

Jesus loves us so much

Jesus loves us sooo much more than we will ever know or understand! No person will ever complete us - it must be Jesus that fills our heart. He gave us so much. We take it for granted. I am praying to understand more fully this Easter season Gods love for me. That I would be a "Daddy's girl" to my heavenly Father. 

If it be possible, let this cup pass from me

Matthew 26:39(KJV)
 And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.

Question: Why would Jesus pray this prayer knowing that it would not change anything?

~ God is able to change his mind and has done so because of prayer
         Ex 32:11-14
        
~ Our persistence in prayer can changes outcomes
          Luke 18:1-8/Luke 11:5-10

~ God wants to give us good things
          Mt 7:7-11/James 1:17

We also have to remember the end of the verse "not as I will, but as thou wilt." - Our will may not be Gods will - we ultimately want what God wants for us :)

 Keep on praying~ Prayer DOES change things! :)