This was my light after a very dark tunnel on Wednesday! I hate that I am just now getting to post, but I've been having some computer problems. Hopefully tomorrow I will have a new one! I can't tell you how much I look forward to Wednesday nights! I had a rough day on Wednesday and I kept thinking . . . "Lord, just get me through this day so that I can get to church and see my kids!" I have to admit that some weeks I come into class thinking . . . "I have no clue what I am doing this week." But, somehow God always seems to find a way to work through my awkwardness.
We started our second session with Dave Ramsey and once again I began to feel God convict my heart. I feel like I did a better job this week of not being so consumed in my "things", but tried to look at others and put their needs before my own. Having said that, I still have a long way to go. I think it's one of those things that you have to work on every day. Waking up every day thanking God for what you have but knowing in your heart that He is all you need. We read the sweetest scripture from Matthew. I've heard these verses a thousand times but once again I was hit by something new.
Matthew 25-34 "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? So do not worry saying, What shall we eat? or What shall we drink? or What shall we wear? For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." AMEN! haha
I've really allowed myself to meditate on these verses over the past couple of days and every time I read them I feel God's love for me. I can also feel Him saying . . . "Let me handle it. Let me take care of it. Trust me to provide for you. I know what you need." How easily we forget. I love how He talks about the lilies in the field. How beautiful He thinks they are, yet we are MUCH more beautiful to Him. As a woman I think we have a innate need to feel beautiful. We might not want to admit our insecurity, but it's there. We are constantly checking ourselves to see if we match up to the standard of beauty the world has set for us. We think buying new clothes, losing a certain amount of weight, trying a new hair color or maybe some new makeup tricks will help us obtain that standard. I love that God says there is nothing you can do to be more beautiful to me than seeking me first! God is not impressed by my new outfit, my weight loss, my hairdo or my makeup. He's impresesd by how diligently I seek Him. Because when i seek Him, He says all things will be given to me! What greater love is there?
As a single woman of 28, I am constantly wondering if God has a husband for me because I want to be loved and I want to share my life with someone. But in these verses God spells out so clearly that He will love me, and He is so pleased when I share my life with Him. He also reminds me that He knows my needs. So, if I really "needed" a husband . . . He would provide!
Just a side note . . . I now have 3 followers! Thanks Becky! Also, I have gained a new addition to our Wednesday night group and I couldn't be happier! What a wonderful blessing! I hope everyone has a great weekend~!!
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