...May flowers

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You guys...God is good.

Had an absolutely packed weekend matched with some absolutely rich quiet times. ha, and it was so refreshing to accidentally oversleep on Saturday, only to pop open Jesus Calling before I rushed out the door and read,

"You are on the path of My choosing. There is no randomness about your life.....As you give yourself more and more to a life of constant communication with Me, you will find that you simply have no time for worry."

What a comforting truth to walk in every day...and what a sweet realization, that I've been occupied with His incomprehensible peace. I was flipping my way back towards Psalm 29, but ran into Psalm 43 on my way...

Send out Your light and Your truth;
let them lead me;
let them bring me to Your holy hill
and to Your dwelling!
Then I will go to the altar of God,
to God my exceeding joy,
and I will praise You with the lyre,
O God, my God!

Again with with the Light and the Truth...I love how inescapable it is! We can only be the light of the world, if we're indeed led by the light of the world!

Also, completely excited to see that some of my iris buds had finally opened up!!

(*note--totally planted this when I was like 10 years old...it's so resilient, and I never do anything to it!) But it reminded me of 'well duh, April showers bring May flowers!' Finally took the time to dig into that saying this morning, because God brought the April showers of blessing, so of course He has something to say about flowers.
First brought me to
"Like a lily among thorns is my darling among the maidens." (SOS 2:2)
=) He so treasures us!
Yes, flowers come and then wither away, yet He still says to "Consider how the lilies grow. They do not labor or spin. yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these." (Luke 12:27) Completely reverberates the command to not be anxious...and that's how the lilies grow! If we're resisting the inclination to labor and spin, that doesn't mean we're complacent - we're choosing the higher path!
With school finals happening for so many friends, there are countless statements like, 'well once I've reached THIS day' or 'as soon as I'm done with THIS test, THEN I can relax/have peace/sleep/etc.' I totally understand, because I've been there countless times myself...but why can't we choose to receive His peace now? Why can't I start thanking Him now? Why sit in the thorns when He has called us higher?

hm...praying that we all receive the grace it takes to consider the lilies this month...


This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him. ~1 John 5:14-15

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