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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

I am humbled and amazed.  I am SO unworthy of God's love and grace.  His mercy on me never ceases to amaze me.....I don't deserve it.  I am thankful that God doesn't think of me the way that I think of myself.  I am thankful that God loves me for who I am, and for who I will one day become. I am thankful that He sees "My Bigger Picture".    I am thankful for every single thing He gives me.  I am thankful for what I know He does for me and for those things I have not seen, and never will.  I am thankful for peace.  I am thankful for deliverance from myself.  I am thankful for the seasons in my life. I am thankful for His faithfulness to me.   I am thankful for healing-spiritual, physical, and mental. I am thankful that You give me the smallest idea of just how big You are.  I will never get it...just how big You are.  I am thankful that my biggest problem, is nothing compared to you.  You are Bigger.   
Thank you God.  And on these days, I pray that You will accept my gratitude, my songs of praise.  And on the days that I "forget" just how good You are to me, I ask for Your forgiveness and mercy. More mercy.   And let me be reminded just how bad things could be without you looking after me....every. single. minute. of. every. single. day.  I want more of You.  I want to be constantly "waiting for you".  Constantly wanting more of You.
I love you Lord, and I pray that people see You in me.   Thank You.  Thank. You. 

Waiting Here For You (radio version) by Christy Nockels

Monday, October 17, 2011

Not So Fast: Slow-Down Solutions…
~ Make Gold: Speak a love language today: words of affirmation, quality time, receiving gifts, acts of service, physical touch
~ See Silver: Accept a little creative mess today so dreams can be made
~ Touch Gold: Kneel in Prayer for 10 minutes
~ Line it Silver: tickle someone, laugh long, tell a joke
~ Gather Gold: Memorize one verse of Scripture today…. carry His treasured words with you today

From 'One Thousand Gifts'....my prayer


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I am no longer my own blogger, but Thine, O Lord.

Refine me with each post how You will, rank me how You will.
Put me to service, or put me to suffering.
Let me post for Thee or be put aside for Thee,
Lifted high, only for Thee, or brought low, all for Thee.
Do with me and each post whatever you will, because You alone know best.

Let me not strive but submit Let me not compete but care
Let me not desire hits but holiness
Let me be a follower, instead of seeking followers.

Let my blog be full of Thee, and let it be empty of me.
Let me crave all things of Thee, let me care nothing of this world.
Let my words be worthy of the greatest of audiences: You.
And You are enough.

May I write not for subscribers… but only for Thy smile.
May my daily affirmation be in the surety of my atonement,
not the size of my audience.
May my identity be in the innumerable graces of Christ,
never, God forbid, the numbers of my comments.
May the only words that matter in my life not be the ones I write on a screen ---
but the ones I live with my skin.

I freely and heartily yield every sentence, every title, every post, every comment… or no comments… all to Thine pleasure and perfect will.

My only fame is that I bear Your name
My only glory is the gift of Your Grace
My only readership, Your eyes that seek to and fro to find a heart hard after You.
Make this so, oh Lord…

Yahweh, You alone are my God, not Google
Jesus, You alone are my Savior, not site meters
And Holy Spirit, You alone are my Comforter, not comments

So be it, today, yesterday, and every post to come.

This is my prayer I have made on earth and over this keyboard… let it be ratified in heaven.
Amen.