Okay so this summer I read Radical and really made a HUGE difference and now I'm reading Radical Together and I am like itching to do SOMETHING but for a girl with hrdly any money, no free time and not very many resources, it's kind of hard... But I do have an idea. It's a stolen idea but no one around here does it and I think it would be really cool. I think I'm ready for the responsibilty for this particular thing, I just am trying to figure out the details before I go to my youth pastor with it. So pray that it all works out as I pray if this is specifically what God wants me to do. He's done some pretty cool things lately and I'm reaching out more than usual. God is definately working on me and I want to work for Him. So what to do is the question.... :)
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No matter what is thrown at me and no matter what seems to come my way, I always have two reactions. A) Freak out and stress out about it. or B) Take it to the Lord and let Him handle it. I hate to say it but option A seems to be the one that I always head to. Human nature, I guess. It stinks too. That feeling like you can't control anything and that one thing at any moment can come and tear everything down. I worry too much. WAY too much. I have been at that place where I've worried so much, I've made myself sick. But God's shown me something. Isaiah 40: 30-31 "But even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and never faint." If we wait. How cool is that?! That if we put our complete and total trust in God, He will make is so that we are so strong that nothing can wear us out. ...And He can handle everything thrown at us and will fight our battles for us... If I trust in HIM, He will work out whatever it is that's making me sick on my stomach because I'm such a human that my first instinct to worry instead of taking it to the Lord in prayer. Lord, please help me. I'm getting better and I probably won't have it figured out by the time I'm 70 but it's definitely a work in progress. :)
It's Friday! It's amazing how easy it is to get caught up in a day to day routine, just existing for Friday. I have to admit, Fridays are pretty amazing but it's not the most amazing thing to look forward too. The real question is how to not get caught up in the week.. I have yet to figure that one out. It's just so easy to concentrate on homework, quizzes, projects, church, and sports and not look at the bigger picture. One thing that was said by Beth Moore last weekend (LOVE her!) was "God never overlooks a single me in the bigger we..." Hmm. I guess what that means to me is that God never overlooks me when I'm caught up in life and need a way out but I continue to overlook Him and only come to Him when things are good. But I'm getting better. It's so amazing when you're all stressed out and sit down with your Bible and just read. And then before you know it, you're knee deep in conversation with God and you leave feeling so much better than before.
It's hard sometimes to take the time but it's worth it. It will make your week a whole heap better. Thinking about my week, if I hadn't had spent at least five minutes reading my Bible, I wouldn't have been able to survive this crazy week. God is sooo good! There's nothing better than spending time with Him and just existing for Him instead of Friday... |
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