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There is a deep desire within all of us to know God and to know his love. Yet this world is so noisy, and we tend to do whatever we can to get by without leaning into Him. When I finally lean in, be still and wait, that is when transformation happens. We ought to lean in, we ought to know God’s love, but that requires some waiting and well, we are not good waiters.
As believers it is essential for us to be bearing much fruit, for it is in the fruit that those of the world see that we are His disciples (John 13:35). That is the purpose of abiding in Christ. We must develop a desire for more of God’s nature in our lives, so that we can reflect his son and glorify our father. Spiritual disciplines help us to disciple ourselves and therefore, develop Godliness.
“Can you believe we get to do this?
I am trying to make a habit of repeating this phrase when I feel stuck or uncertain, frustrated and ungrateful.
Life comes in waves and you can either drown or walk on water. That’s the difference between living this life without Jesus and living with Him. Because in the midst of breathless days, he is the very breath you breathe. When you see the water mounting above you, the storm all around, and you are not sure you can survive any of it, faith is believing the hand of Jesus is outstretched toward you, strong enough to holding you up, and close enough to pull you near. When all you can do is keep your eyes on Him, that is when you walk on water.
Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through Psalms, hymns, and songs from the spirit. singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.” Colossians 3:16
We are a family that loves to celebrate and feast (which is just a fancy word for eat!)
So anytime we get to celebrate we take full advantage.
Valentine’s day is a wonderful day to celebrate our family and the love we have for one another. We are a family because we began with love. That is the foundation of who we are and what we are becoming,
We are almost finished with January and I am willing to bet that some of us have faltered some in that daily quiet time goal that we made at the beginning of the year. Maybe just me!
Sticking to anything is hard and life gets complicated fast and setting aside time to be with Jesus and spend time in prayer and bible study is hard.
Let’s be real…you probably set yourself up for failure.
Yet here is God’s grace and truth: you literally can not fail God.
Every year I have the same desire: To be intentional with my time, my family, my friends and mostly my spiritual life.
Being intentional in all of these relationships requires much of me. I have to be mindful of our time and be diligent about planning. I also desire the time spent to be full of life and sweet hospitality that grows our relationships and challenges our spiritual lives.
As always, I feel like I have good rhythms and routines in place and then, something changes. Gymnastics is moved to Thursday, someone gets sick, a friend needs to meet for coffee to process through some stuff, the kids constantly need to have something and be somewhere!
…Sometimes, though all those things are good, there are seasons in the lives of our children and our husbands where we don’t need just good, we need the supernatural to intervene.
We need the power of the Holy Spirit to move on their behalf.
I began to think and wonder what that meant. How does one enjoy Jesus?
As I began to pray and flip through my bible curious about these words, I found myself in John 15, one of my favorite passages in scripture
On the front porch where the roses are blooming, the welcome mat is set out.
Welcome. An invitation to be come in and just be. To be welcomed is to be gladly received.
“THIS IS THE WAY HE DESIRE TO ENTER INTO OUR DAILY LIVES AND BE PRESENT IN EVERY ASPECT, BRINGING WITH HIM HIS ABUNDANT PEACE. ”
As I stand by my front door, I can imagine opening the door to welcome in Jesus.
Everyday.