in your presence God i'm completely satisfied..
we look for satisfaction everywhere but God..
how many times can we honestly say that, just stop everything were doing, close our eyes and feel satisfaction knowing that we are valued and adored by our lord and savior.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
My heart hurts..
So I was running on the beach this morning down at my condo in Hilton Head and there was a small plane down, half in the water and half on the beach. It had obviously crashed and there were caution signs and police all around. I figured that a plane maybe just had a bad landing but the plane looked okay and figured all was okay. Later that night I learned there was man running with an iPod in a few hours before me on the beach. A small plane grasped that he did not have enough gas to get to the Savannah airport so he was going to try to land in the water. Well because of the iPod in the runners ear I guess he could not hear the planes emergency signal landing and was literally killed. This man was taking a jog in the morning and hours later, he was suppose to be going home to Brunswick for his 3 year old son’s birthday. Can you imagine? Going on vacation and your family being notified you would not be making it home that night. This crushed my heart... What if I had been running a few hours earlier, I always run with my music blasting and don’t really pay attention.
Life is short. Were always assume…”well, when I get this age ill live this life, or when I get older ill go to church and take my kids.” We are NOT promised tomorrow. Only today.
"Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus" Philippians 3:13-14.
This horrible accident made me think of this verse and Paul pressing on towards the goal of Christ Jesus, and not looking behind him. How many times to we mourn over the past, or just say that can wait...
I want to end in this verse
Psalm 118:24This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
Let’s really live like this. How would we be living if we knew we wouldn’t make it till tomorrow or next week..
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
God of the impossible.
I was reading in my bible this morning in Genesis 18:1-15. Weird i know who really reads Genesis anymore hah. Though the story of Sarah really stuck out to me.
10 Then the LORD said, "I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife will have a son." Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, which was behind him. 11 Abraham and Sarah were already old and well advanced in years, and Sarah was past the age of childbearing. 12 So Sarah laughed to herself as she thought, "After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?"
These few lines really stuck out to me cause i related to them.. Not that I was going to be 90 obviously and trying to have a baby..but the part about Sarah laughing. There are so many times when I belittle God. That’s just impossible I think. I could never get up that habit it’s just too hard to kick. Though God keeps his promises.
"Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But with God everything is possible."-Matthew 19:26
Proof right there that God is bigger than that. He conquered powerful armies, parted a sea, and raised form the dead. And yet Sarah thought she was too old that God was not going to fulfill his promise made to her? Got to love us women we always doubt what God has is bigger and better. We are always trying to be in control.
Man, sometimes i have to step back and realized How great our God is, and that God will keep his promises-even when it means doing the impossible. Lord take my heart, and transform it. Break me away from my world flesh and desires. Lord, help me to stop doubting how big you are and how you keep your promises. Help me to realize that things are not always on my timing, but your timing is the best lord <3
10 Then the LORD said, "I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife will have a son." Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, which was behind him. 11 Abraham and Sarah were already old and well advanced in years, and Sarah was past the age of childbearing. 12 So Sarah laughed to herself as she thought, "After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?"
These few lines really stuck out to me cause i related to them.. Not that I was going to be 90 obviously and trying to have a baby..but the part about Sarah laughing. There are so many times when I belittle God. That’s just impossible I think. I could never get up that habit it’s just too hard to kick. Though God keeps his promises.
"Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But with God everything is possible."-Matthew 19:26
Proof right there that God is bigger than that. He conquered powerful armies, parted a sea, and raised form the dead. And yet Sarah thought she was too old that God was not going to fulfill his promise made to her? Got to love us women we always doubt what God has is bigger and better. We are always trying to be in control.
Man, sometimes i have to step back and realized How great our God is, and that God will keep his promises-even when it means doing the impossible. Lord take my heart, and transform it. Break me away from my world flesh and desires. Lord, help me to stop doubting how big you are and how you keep your promises. Help me to realize that things are not always on my timing, but your timing is the best lord <3
Monday, March 8, 2010
Obedience.
What does it really mean to be obedient to God? what does that look like. When I put all my desires above god's desires, it always somehow catches up with me. When I stay in an unhealthy friendship or relationship that is not obedient to god, it always has a destructive outcome. Why do we feel the need to be more obedient to the world and our desires, then God's word?
For some reason we are always saying BUT...God's saying "Christie do this" "But God..."Why do our heart immediately not want to obey. God's been breaking my heart lately alot so I could hear and get the message. I had to understand that god is not asking me to do something for him, but with him. God's been really speaking to me with
Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires- Song of Songs 2:7
How hard is it, especially with relationships to look past our desires and timings and look to Gods. How many times also do we go into relationships the right way? We watched the nooma video flame tonight and it really hit on the 3 things that were made for a man and woman in marriage..
1. friend/companion
2. emotion leading to commitment
3. physical part to the relationship
Without all three of these it is not possible to be satisfied. Take affairs for example.. you have number 3 that physical part but you are always trying to get the commitment and companion part. Or take a marriage where you have the friend part, but no emotion or the physical its like they have lost the flame for eachother. See, all three are needed.
Then he goes on to talk about how they describe love in the bible ….
Proverbs 30:18-19 There are three things that amaze me— no, four things that I don’t understand: how an eagle glides through the sky, how a snake slithers on a rock, how a ship navigates the ocean, how a man loves a woman
Song of Solomon 1:2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth— for your love is more delightful than wine.
Song of Solomon 2:16 My lover is mine, and I am his
Song of Solomon 4:10 How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much more pleasing is your love than wine, and the fragrance of your perfume than any spice!
Song of Solomon 8:6 Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame
Do we treat love the same as the people of Song of Songs? We love so many things, that sometimes it loses the meaning of love. I remember when I was in middle school every boy I went out with I loved. I am in college and looking at the "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, and it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always and preserves."-- 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 …..was I really in love, if this is what love is? We get so caught up in the jealously and lust. We forget why God brings two people together. Because two are better then one-Ecclesiastes 4:9. Two people coming together to bring praise and Glory to Gods name is better then one.
I feel like I went from obedience to a serious relationship talk but oh well, God's bringing it tonight haha! That verse really has been on my mind about being patient and obedient and not awakening things before they are ready. Putting the things we want in the back of our head, and keeping our eyes and focus on God. To stop planning, stop wishing, embody the flesh, and believe in his perfect love. Being patient and knowing that he is God, and ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR HIS GOOD.
For some reason we are always saying BUT...God's saying "Christie do this" "But God..."Why do our heart immediately not want to obey. God's been breaking my heart lately alot so I could hear and get the message. I had to understand that god is not asking me to do something for him, but with him. God's been really speaking to me with
Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires- Song of Songs 2:7
How hard is it, especially with relationships to look past our desires and timings and look to Gods. How many times also do we go into relationships the right way? We watched the nooma video flame tonight and it really hit on the 3 things that were made for a man and woman in marriage..
1. friend/companion
2. emotion leading to commitment
3. physical part to the relationship
Without all three of these it is not possible to be satisfied. Take affairs for example.. you have number 3 that physical part but you are always trying to get the commitment and companion part. Or take a marriage where you have the friend part, but no emotion or the physical its like they have lost the flame for eachother. See, all three are needed.
Then he goes on to talk about how they describe love in the bible ….
Proverbs 30:18-19 There are three things that amaze me— no, four things that I don’t understand: how an eagle glides through the sky, how a snake slithers on a rock, how a ship navigates the ocean, how a man loves a woman
Song of Solomon 1:2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth— for your love is more delightful than wine.
Song of Solomon 2:16 My lover is mine, and I am his
Song of Solomon 4:10 How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much more pleasing is your love than wine, and the fragrance of your perfume than any spice!
Song of Solomon 8:6 Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame
Do we treat love the same as the people of Song of Songs? We love so many things, that sometimes it loses the meaning of love. I remember when I was in middle school every boy I went out with I loved. I am in college and looking at the "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, and it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always and preserves."-- 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 …..was I really in love, if this is what love is? We get so caught up in the jealously and lust. We forget why God brings two people together. Because two are better then one-Ecclesiastes 4:9. Two people coming together to bring praise and Glory to Gods name is better then one.
I feel like I went from obedience to a serious relationship talk but oh well, God's bringing it tonight haha! That verse really has been on my mind about being patient and obedient and not awakening things before they are ready. Putting the things we want in the back of our head, and keeping our eyes and focus on God. To stop planning, stop wishing, embody the flesh, and believe in his perfect love. Being patient and knowing that he is God, and ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR HIS GOOD.
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