2 John 1:12~
"Though I have much to write to you, I would rather not use paper and ink. Instead I hope to come to you and talk face to face, so that our joy may be complete."
Lots more unfinished sentences/thoughts to come...
~~~~~~~~~ok, the thoughts/sentences are slightly more finished than I thought, thanks to a verse that was (literally) in my face all morning:
"May the Lord lead your hearts into a full understanding and expression of the love of God and the patient endurance that comes from Christ." (2 Thessalonians 3:5)
I'm finding myself incredibly thankful for this mid-day mercy, this reminder that the ability to patiently endure can only be found in Christ...and whatever I'm patiently enduring for - if it's from God - then it's well worth waiting for.
I'm also grateful for how God chooses to convict us...I feel like I'm eating humility right now. ah, it's so painful but so fruitful to ask God to reveal my heart's selfish motives.
"expression of the love of God"
Is my desire to express God's love from a heart to serve, or am I using God as a step stool to serve myself? Thank God for His fresh grace, because I'm feeling incredibly unworthy at the moment.
Helpful insights I've read recently from Ravi Zacharias' The Grand Weaver:
"God has made it imperative in the design of life that we become willing to trust beyond ourselves. Walking by faith means to follow Someone else who knows more than we do, Someone who is also good."
annnnnnd
"A call may not necessarily feel attractive to you, but it will tug on your soul in an inescapable way, no matter how high the cost of following it may be. We more loosely refer to it as "God's call." Yes, it is his beckoning; but it is more. It is God's vital purpose in positioning you in life and giving you the vocation and context of your call to serve him with a total commitment to do the job well."
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happy Thursday, to you!
Beautiful, just beautiful....I smile when I hear your posts because I can see the evidence of His joy and His work within you. When I read your blog, I am reminded of what is said in Psalm 37:
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dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.
4 Delight yourself in the LORD
and he will give you the desires of your
heart.
5 Commit your way to the LORD;
trust in him and he will do this:
6 He will make your righteousness shine like
the dawn, the justice of your cause like the
noonday sun."
As you seek Him, may He give you the desires of your heart and make your righteousness shine like the dawn! May He give you victory every day and restore anything that the enemy may try to take from you!