Settled spirit

"You are calling me, I can hear it clearly
To stand for purity and what's pleasing to your heart
You are showing me, I can see it clearly
A sense of destiny, a change from everything around"


I'm still learning what a humbling, amazing thing it is to receive & walk in the "higher calling" that God has placed upon me. Not the world's (fellow students, friends, professors, family, etc) standards, but His standards. haha, I was so blessed this week to meet with a friend for a quick coffee chat, because she's beginning to have more relationship questions/issues with a new guy.
You know why she wanted to meet with me? (the one who has never dated and can count all of the guys I've liked on one hand?)
Because of Jesus, because of the sweetness & depth of my relationship with Christ. :-)
((humbled)) Praise God!
Something I've realized that hurts my heart - when I have friends say, "Well yeah, I really want God to be a big part of this relationship."
..........
stop right there - Jesus needs to be the ENTIRE relationship. Why have just a piece when He's already offered ALL of Himself?!
It confuses me.

I'm also learning that discipline is not always pleasant, but painful...yet afterward, I know it will reap a harvest that's richer and sweeter than anything I could have ever imagined.

¹¹No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.

¹²Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees. ¹³"Make level paths for your feet," so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed. (Hebrews 12)

I'm so blessed. So thankful for how covered I am in this glorious place of grace that God has me.