Day 6- God is my best friend.
alright, so who is your best friend? that's a pretty easy question. now dig a little deeper.
why are is that person(s) your best friend?
is it because you talk to them every day? do they make you laugh till you cry? do they share their deepest secrets with you? do you share your hearts desires with them? do you spend a good amount of time with them? do you enjoy spending time with them? do you go to them for comfort? for support or encouragement or advice? do you love them? do they love you?
could you say all of these things about God?
Do you talk to Him everyday? does He make you laugh? does he share secrets with you, and do you tell him whats on your heart? do you spend a good amount of time with Him? do you enjoy that time you have together? do you go to Him for comfort? support? advice? encouragement? do you love Him? and i know He loves you.
God is my best friend, He has such a huge place in my heart that only something God sized can fill it. God is faithful and loyal to me, he brings me joy peace and strength. He takes away my worries and guides me closer and closer to him.
if God isn't your best friend, don't you want him to be? :)
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Day 5- You are the only one Worthy.
God literally does countless things for me, and you too; often we over look them. He is always consistent, whether you think differently or not, God IS consent; consistently in love with you. He is holy; He makes you holy when your in His presence. i believe that God is the ONLY one who is WORTHY of a devotion; He deserves our devotion. He is the only one that deserves my whole heart, cracked and pieced together by his love, it is rightfully His. God has my undivided attention. He is worthy.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Day 4- You have the Ultimate Planner
God, sometimes i find myself looking at my planner and it is completely filled with things i have got to do and places to be. if my planner had feelings, it would be terrified of yours. Proverbs 3:5-6 says to trust in the Lord with all your heart, lean not on your own understanding. acknowledge Him in all things and He will set your paths straight. this lets me know that you have plans for me, even if it isn't directly written. we all simply need to trust God with every aspect in our lives. God knows the plan, and He will tell us what to do when the time is right, and everyone knows no ones planning is better than Gods ;) it is amazing and so comforting and it allows me to rejoice just thinking about this. i know i personally have no idea where to begin, but God does. Thank you Jesus!!!
alright so i haven't had a lot of free time lately, but i am going to commit to blogging on here during my devotions more often.
day 3- You know our sorrows and our pains
God, you see our pains, everything that we go through that hurts, you see it. God you let us go through those hard times in our lives and we need to see those times in our lives as opportunities to grow in you, chances to learn about you, and gifts of love. God you see them and you consider them, taking them to hand. and its more than that, you don't just see them, you *feel* them! You know what it is like to be in pain, you have been through more pain than i ever will endure. God not only did Jesus have to go through crap from the judgment of others, not to mention the physical pain of being stone and crucified, but you had to watch that happen to your son! God i feel like i hurt you and cause you pain because i let other things take the place in my heart that is rightfully yours. sometimes i cause you pain because i don't give you my full attention.
God thank you so much for knowing my pain. thank you for understanding it. thank you for using it for something good. something like that is what i call a God thing. :)
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
The Provider
King of Comfort
Day 1- King of Comfort- God has comforted me in so many ways about so many different things. God has comforted my heart when it felt empty due to the loss of my mother. God comforted me that night... i was sitting on my bed crying out to him, and his presence was so comforting. i wish i could describe it. God has comforted me with everything that has happened with a bad relationship. God comforted me through a bad break up and when my heart was broken. he has comforted me through my fears. God chased after me and he hasn't let go. God i know you best, as the King of Comfort.
Thursday, July 1, 2010
God knows, trust me
yeah, so im sure all of us have been here, will be here or are currently in this situation. as for me its something me and quite a few of my friends are dealing with now. where does God want me to go with this life? what collage, major, career, blah blah i could go on. but seriously where? i know that this is true for everyone, God loves us and wants the best for us, so God is going to take us to a place that draws our hearts ever closer to His. im just not exactly sure what that place looks like, but hey that's ohkay.
"before i formed you in the womb i knew you, before you were born i set you apart. i appointed you as a prophet to the nations." Jeremiah 1:5
this is pretty powerful stuff if you really think about it. God knew you before you knew him. before anybody else knew you or of you, God knew exactly who you were/are. better yet before we existed God set us apart! apart from everything he didn't want for you. He set you apart perhaps because no one else could do the things he has in store for you. never thought of it that way? it still gives me glory chills when i think about it. and if God set us apart before we were even conceived, then he must have had a pretty spiffy plan up his sleeve:P now believing all this may be a little hard but "blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in Him." Jeremiah 17:7 helps with this. Trust God. Trust Him completely and you will be blessed by Him. Just because we dot understand or know all of Gods reasoning's shouldn't stop us from trusting in Him.
Jeremiah 29:11 says "For i know the plans i have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you, and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." now im sure all of us have heard this verse several hundred times or read it in birthday or get Well cards.. whatever it may be. but have you ever truly thought about what it means?? i never did till the other day and i was just like in shock! its crazy!ohkay so a plan is something that is created before anything happens. in this case, before you were born aka Jeremiah 1:5. right well these plans God created you specifically for them. these plans are for your good, not something that is going to hinder you or harm you in any way. they are plans to give you hope. wow. to me, right now that means so much. because i know God is gonna be with me wherever he takes me and these plans must be so great that they give hope. God has something planned that is going to give me a future, and blow my mind. just knowing that God has all this planned out comforts me so much on days when i feel completely lost. and it gives me hope, to think one day,(and hopefully even in this moment) im fulfilling this awesome plan.
but i don't think its all about the plan. don't get me wrong here, i want to follow Gods plan, but i think that more importantly i nee to follow God if that makes sense.... growing in Him daily, making daily decision for Him and being close to God.. becoming the person God created for me to be.. that idea. and i think doing that kind of thing will fulfill the plan God has for my life. i hope that makes sense because i don't know how else to explain it.
He will guide me. i know he will. God knows. i know he does, even when i don't.
love,
always and forever
gracie:)
