Lifting my load

  " Take a moment to remember who God is and who I am."

This song has really been on my heart lately and lets be honest.. on constant repeat as well. For so long I have fallen short and given in to what the world tells me who I need to be, when i have simply forgotten that I am made in the image of God. There is nothing that He cannot do, and there is nothing that we cannot overcome through Him. 

  

"No longer am I held by the yolk of this world."

When we really stop and just think about how great our God is its astounding! He died for our sins... we are no longer held under the weight of this world. 

Too long have I worried what the world thinks.. too long have I stumbled and been held by guilt and doubt. 

God wants for us to place our trust and our life in him rather than in ourselves.

His love is better than all the world can give. The world fills us with emptiness but he can fill us with a peace beyond anything that we can comprehend. 

For too long I have hidden behind the mask of fine and good. 

Behind a smile and behind busy and comfortable. 

We are not called to be comfortable, so why is it so easy to fall into it?

How do we break out of this comfort and live the life that He has made for us? 

As hard as it is to place our complete trust in him.. I want to do that. Im tired of living a comfortable life... I want to be taken out of my comfort zone and live a life where I am constantly kneeling before the cross. 

I want more of him. 

He has lifted my load, he has lifted my guilt and doubt. His love carries me..

I want more of him. 

You have the sweetest name

You are my souls refrain

I worship You

In the past weeks/months I have felt myself slowly forgetting the love that my Lord has for me daily. I forgot and lost sight that God is passionate for me! His passion for me, His love for me, His grace and mercy for me. I lost sight of the one who saved me. 

I feel like as Christians, people think that once we know Christ everything will fall into place, like christianity is hitting the "easy" button in this game called life. Life isn't perfect...I know mine is downright messy and cluttered at times but its that constant reminder that God loves us through all that mess and through all that clutter that gives me this great joy to live my life for Him. I need that reminder for me to stay humble and rooted solely in Christ and His promise for me. Do I mess up.. yes.. all of the time, and these past months I have but Christ on the back burner with the thought that "Oh He will be there when i really need Him.." 

Reality check... I need Him daily!! 

Hourly..

I need that constant reminder that He will never leave me or forsake me. Christ died for a sinner like me, and yes i forgot that.. I put life in front of Christ, when Christ should have been the center of everything that i did in my life!

He has the sweetest name, He is the name that my soul sings for.

" I will sing of how You draw me out of darkness... into glory."

He is beautiful, and he loves me through this crazy messy life. No matter how far i stray he will always be constant. He is the rock that i need to stand firm on.

Thank you Lord for this beautiful life, I know i do not thank you enough! 

My prayer

I ask you to come and lead me on this journey for my heart and for Yours. Be my guide and help me recover the lost life of my heart. When I am confused, grant me clarity and insight. When I am fearful and tempted to give up or checkout grant me courage to press on. When I am impatient or distracted bring me back to what matters most. When I am hurting comfort me. But in all I pray that you restore me to the fullnessof the heart you set within me. In your name.

I started doing this devotional and the prayer at the beginning of this one was incredible... I think that in the busyness that i call my life this is what my real and honest prayer is to God everyday.

Who am i really?
What do you see in me that you would move heaven and earth to capture my heart?
My life feels like a collection of other peoples expectations and disappoointments. I do not even know anymore who i truly am, reveal to me my true identity, my place in your story. Give me grace to hear your voice; shut out all other voices, and let me hear you alone.

Who am i to God? 

Isaiah 62:5
"As a young man marries a maiden, so will your sons marry you, as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so will your God rejoice over you."

wow...what a thing to think about right... something that I tend to forget ALL the time. God rejoices over ME. He takes pride in what i do. Just as a bridegroom rejoices in his bride. My God rejoices that way about me... it is so amazing to think about, but it is also so easily forgotten in my busy day to day life. How amazing is our God that he would care for me.. a sinner trying to live for His kingdom. He is jealous for me. He cares for me. He loves me. His grace is sufficient for me. Who am i to Him that he would rejoice for me? What am i doing to better myself for His kingdom and His glory.

"To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you."

-C.S. Lewis

just a thought

"Come follow me," Jesus said, "and I will make you fishers of men." At once they left their nets and followed him.  [Mark 1:17-18]

In my community group we were challenged to read the first 5 chapters of Mark. I was reading/ studying over this the other morning and it really stuck out to me. Jesus simply said "Come follow me" and they just dropped what they were doing to follow him. That got me thinking.. what would I have done, would i have had the faith to just drop everything and follow Him?  When you think about it, how are we different than the disciples... aren't we all supposed to be on mission for Christ in our day to day life?
When we accept Christ and repent everything isn't that us dropping our "nets" and following Him. We are all called to be disciples for Christ, and to live our lives for His glory!


Less of me, more of You.

Pretty interesting video