Embrace the process

Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart, Psalm 119:2

Think about it...

We are supposed to love The Lord our God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength. To seek him with our whole heart.

It's much easier said than done.

I mess up so much. If it wasn't for Gods forgiveness, and grace, I don't know where I'd be. I would feel horrible all the time. And I should feel horrible about sin. But because of what Jesus did on the cross there IS forgiveness and second chances! 

Don't linger in your wrongdoings! LET IT GO! GET RIGHT WITH GOD! 

We will never love The Lord with all of our heart, soul, mind, and strength if we're stuck in our past. We've got to give it to God and seek him with all we've got. 

A lot of times Gods will for our life isn't obvious to us. (No wonder with all the distractions.) Knowing Gods will is soooo important. We need to LOOK, and SEARCH. It's our desire...our passion that leads to the "Big Reveal"

In the meantime, as we search, we need to serve people, tell them about the love of Christ, and trust God. Even while we're waiting we need to be running this race with perseverance!

And once we know his will we need to DO it. 

Faithfulness pays off. (Being loyal, constant, and steadfast)

Embrace the struggle, and the process, of finding your personal call. God told us he would be with us. So I'm trusting him. I'm reaching out. I'm super excited to see where he leads!!!

Don't stop.

Man! It sure seems like the closer I grow to God, the more troubles come my way.

I guess we are guaranteed that though. The devils always at work. But so is God! I find that whenever bad things happen, hard times come, or everything is ridiculously busy, I'm on my knees a lot in  prayer. 

I heard a song the other day...it's pretty much exactly what I needed! The chorus goes,

Don't stop the madness 

Don't stop the chaos

Don't stop the pain surrounding me

Don't be afraid, Lord, to break my heart

Just bring me down to my knees

Nothing slips through Gods fingers. Hard times come, but his word says in Romans 8:37

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

No matter what comes at us, through Jesus, we have the power to overcome! We are MORE than conquerors! 

Yeah, don't get me wrong, it would be amazing if everything always went right...but then there would be no need for a savior. Honestly, if The Lord made everything go absolutely wonderful in my life I'm not sure that I would be on my knees every day asking for his grace. I wouldn't need him. 

So I say, 

Don't stop the madness

Don't stop the chaos

Don't stop the pain inside of me

Do whatever it takes, Lord, to give me your heart

And bring me down to my knees

Every struggle thrown at me allows me to grow. As well as the non-chaotic times :)

I'm thankful for everything God has allowed me to go through, and everything he has pulled me through. And all the amazing things he has planned for my life, and yours, as we follow in His steps. 

God is good. What? All the time.______ 

Oh! And Lord...DON'T STOP WITH YOUR LOVE. :)

And what makes all this even better is that we aren't in this struggle alone!