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Seek Him

10/16/2015 / / 0 Comments

Do you have friends that are always in a good mood?

I do. I have come to appreciate them. They are able to find something good in most situations. Or if not in the situation, then at least find something good throughout the day.

I have found it better to surround myself with people who are happy than with people who are not. Those who can’t find any happiness take too much of my energy.

Today’s verse comes from Proverbs 8:17

I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me.

“Those who seek me find me.” At least in my experience, the people who can find joy, even in the midst of chaos, are people who seek God. Joy is an internal choice that they make each and every day. It is because they seek God, that they have found Joy.

This does not mean that their world is perfect. (Have you ever really met someone whose life is perfect?) It just means that they have found that choosing joy and seeking God can make the chaos seem less intense.

For me, I am choosing to seek God in the midst of chaos. He is there. And I have found him.

I have found him in the friends who text me to let me know they are praying. I have found him in the nurses at the hospital who can come into the room and smile and joke with my husband and me. I have found him in the family who is far away that sends a hand written card several times a week to let us know they care even if they can’t be here in person. I have found him in my doctor who was concerned about how I am doing emotionally and offered to help in whatever way she could.

God is there. We must seek Him or it will be us that is lost.

 

He is Faithful

10/15/2015 / / 1 Comment

The past 3 weeks I have seen the hands and feet of God.

Our family has been blessed by friends and family who have gone above and beyond what I could have imagined. From hospital visits, food, to mowing the lawn. Taking care of me so that I can take care of my husband.

Although the adjustment from being the one being cared for to being the caregiver has been difficult, I have had great support from wonderful people.

So today, I rely on Hebrews 10:23

Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.

Sometimes in the midst of chaos we feel like God has forgotten us. But if we just open our eyes and our hearts we realize that God is working in the midst of chaos.

It is a matter of hope and trust. I have seen that God is faithful, so it is up to me to hold unswervingly to the hope.

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Trust in Him

10/14/2015 / / 0 Comments

Today I am back in the book of Psalm. If you would have told me that I would be using that for inspiration a few months ago I would have laughed. The Psalms have never really been my favorite. Maybe it is because my profession for the last 20 plus years was accounting. Accountants are not really into the poetry and symbolism that is found in the book of Psalm. But I am learning to appreciate it more now.

Today I am inspired by Psalm 62:5-8

Yes; my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him.

Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.

My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge.

Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge.

I wonder if some of my friends think that I should be finding a rock and crawling under it. [If you read further, I guess you will see that I have found a rock and I have crawled in His lap}.

This is the 3rd time cancer has impacted our immediate family (we won’t even mention the other people in our family that have been impacted by cancer).

Some may think “well, it is all she knows.” You see, I have been living with cancer for 12 years, and have been stage 4 for 5 years. Now, the tides have turned and my husband, who has been my rock, salvation and refuge, has stage 4 cancer.

I should be mad, or angry, or questioning “Why us again?” But I can’t do that. Not this time.

As I told a group of people today, and have told others in individual conversations, I can only look forward. I cannot look back. I cannot ask “What IF?” or even “Why us?”

If I let myself go down that path, I fear that I may never find my way back. So, I must stay on the path that moves forward. The path that says “Ok, what’s next?”

I must TRUST in God, pour out my heart to Him (and to Him alone) and know that He is my refuge.

I know that God has been faithful to my family over the past 12 years. He has provided for our needs, and He will continue to provide for our needs.

Does that make me crazy? Maybe. But maybe being crazy about Trusting God is what allows me to keep my sanity amidst the craziness that is my life right now.

So each morning as I wake I choose to Trust God.

 

 

 

I can’t do ALL Things – Philippians 4:13

10/13/2015 / / 1 Comment

If you are a Christian, and even if you aren’t, you have probably heard the verse that I am using for my inspiration today.

Philippians 4:13. Yes, most Christians don’t even need to flip to their bible to know what the verse says.

I can do all this through him who gives me strength. (NIV)

This verse used to really bother me. You see, I used to be a perfectionist. That does not mean that I was perfect. It meant that if I didn’t do something perfect, then I would not do it at all. That held me back from doing a lot of things. Some of my friends and family may find that a little surprising (or maybe not).

I recently began this writing journey, which goes completely against my perfectionism, especially when writing for this 31 day challenge. I have had to fight against my tendency to be a perfectionist and, as Nike says in their advertisements or as Shia LaBeouf has shouted at most of the world Just Do It.

How does this relate to my previous aversion to this verse? Continue reading

Put One Foot in Front of the Other

10/12/2015 / / 0 Comments

My college aged daughter has given me my inspiration for this evening.

Since Christmas is just around the corner today’s inspiration comes from one of her childhood favorites (and because, as she says “Halloween is a stupid holiday”)

Kris Kringle (and his penguin friend) melt the heart of the Warlock in the movie “Santa Clause is Coming to Town” and teach him that the way to change is to put one foot in front of the other.

Such good advice for each of us. I may not have a heart that needs to be melted like the Warlock, but I do need to remember each morning that the way to walk across the floor, and out the door, is to put one foot in front of the other.

 

 

 

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