Simple Thoughts

This is a note from my facebook in January.


God loves us the way we are, but he loves us too much to leave us that way. -Anonymous

I've been thinking. yay for me.

Life is hard, no?

God is totally on our side; he loves us.
Without His grace and mercy, I don't know where I'd be, nor do I really want to think about it.
I'm not good at life...
My flesh thinks it knows it's stuff...it thinks it knows what it's talking about. It has no idea. I go, "God, why have you let this happen?" Why are things going this way? Things are supposed to be going well for me! You did it wrong!" hmm. I think I'm finding out I'm the one who's wrong.
God always has been, is being, and always will be SO faithful...and always works things out.
I think he's totally there to help us, but sometimes the thing we need the most is a challenge or two...to make sure we are staying strong. That will change us and shape us to his image better than we ever could in a life that is perfect and easy. It glorifies Him to see us trusting and praising him...even when life gives us its worst. ugh. it's so hard, but he doesn't give us more than we can handle.

Isaiah 29:16
You turn things upside down,
as if the potter were thought to be like the clay!
Shall what is formed say to him who formed it,
"He did not make me"?
Can the pot say of the potter,
"He knows nothing"?

He changes our plans--they weren't in fact, our plans to begin with. My flesh-my human nature makes them mine...I think I have rights to them...but He has it under control. WE don't have to worry. He's not going to "mess up my life"...no way. I will let Him mold me and shape me to what I should be. At least, I'm trying...but I fail. lots.

I love Him. I love how he knows everything; sees everything, and hears everything. He is the silent listener at every table. He knows are thoughts, our desires...EVERYTHING. I love that My God is a perfect God; that he loves me unconditionally, and helps me to love others...even when I fail time after time after time after time. It only takes a moment to mess it all up--but he keeps no record of our wrongs--He is amazing. He is loving--he is not "me-first", but is completely patient, kind, and disciplines those he loves gently. *sigh* ♥

Psalm 121-
I lift up my eyes to the hills—
where does my help come from?

My help comes from the LORD,
the Maker of heaven and earth.

He will not let your foot slip—
he who watches over you will not slumber;

indeed, he who watches over Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.

The LORD watches over you—
the LORD is your shade at your right hand;

the sun will not harm you by day,
nor the moon by night.

The LORD will keep you from all harm—
he will watch over your life;

the LORD will watch over your coming and going
both now and forevermore.