One Day

I love to write. Sometimes life takes over, and I stop writing. Sometimes I just feel I need to stop putting my thoughts down for reasons only I would probably understand. It's been 2 years since I've put fingers to keyboard (instead of pen to paper!), & I have missed it. I have missed putting my thoughts down as I've noticed it really does help me process life in general. I've written some long status updates on Facebook! And so, I start again! Still taking one day at a time. The Lord gives us each one day. He does not promise tomorrow. He gives us TODAY. How will I live for him today? What will I do for him today? Truthfully, in God's Kingdom I don't think there's room for procrastination when it comes to telling others about Christ, and yet we all procrastinate in that way. I know I do. I tell myself, "oh, I can talk to that person about Christ tomorrow." or "I'll be kinder to her tomorrow, I just don't have the energy today....

I read this verse last week. Very encouraging and caused me to worship the God who created me, knows me and knows everything that's going on right now. And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.  1 Peter 5:10

The Lord is great, is he not? It doesn't take much to look around and see the GREATNESS of the Lord. A sunset, a baby, a perfectly red apple. There are so many things that show us that God is God, he's great and he has created many things for our enjoyment. Probably one of my favorite things God created is the ocean. I have always loved the ocean. I don't care how many times I've been, I am always in awe of God and his greatness when I see an ocean. I mean, think about it. A ginormous body of water, whose tide is controlled by the moon. It can lull you to sleep and bring giant ships to ruin. And, thing that gets me is it seems mankind hasn't even begun to know all there is to know about oceans. There are often articles about some new creature being discovered in the depths of the sea. It's fascinating. This greatness causes me to fall to my knees and worship. If this God created something so great as an ocean, with creatures still unknown to us, don't yo...

With all the anxiety and sleep issues I've been having I've been turning to music a lot more than I usually do. Music has always been soothing to me. And by music I mean Christian music--hymns, contemporary songs, instrumental, etc. I love it. I always have and when things are hard I find myself turning even more to music. I have a Pandora station set to calm music and have been listening to it a lot. God speaks to me a lot through the music of others, and that includes the Bible. The book of Psalms is the Bible's hymnbook. I have found it helpful to have the Psalms open and my music going. This keeps my mind on things that matter. Helps me keep my mind from wandering to places that aren't helpful. My friend shared this song with me, and I about cried when I listened/watched it. It spoke to me in ways that I needed. I felt the artist wrote down my thoughts and words, things I've been trying to get out. I also love the visual the video gives. Watch/listen to this...

I'm going to have my Wednesday posts be those that bring worship. They will consist of a verse from the Bible, or a song, something I saw, or a thought I had, etc. Anything that has caused me to pause and worship the Lord. In the hustle and bustle of our days I think we forget that God created us to worship him. And, he has given countless things to worship him. I don't want to forget his goodness to me. I don't want to forget that if something isn't going well there is still reason and cause to worship the Lord. Today I want to share with you a song that I love.  Give Me Jesus  is a fairly old hymn. It originated as an African-American spiritual written during the time of slavery in the Untied States. It's been made popular by  Fernando Ortega, as well as others. This song has done a lot to show me that no matter what, I need Jesus. I've posted a video of the song below the lyrics so you can hear it. The words are simple and yet so powerful.  GIVE ME JESUS...