Fall back..trust

I was thinking about all the changes that are taking place in my life at the moment. Lots of unfamiliar territory approaching. Just as I was starting to entertain 'worry', I had an image in mind. It was of a group of people playing trust games. One was blindfolded, standing on a heigh ledge. A group of people stood underneath her and she had to fall backwards, trusting the people below to catch her. I knew immediately what God was asking of me. "Trust me" he said in a strong, secure voice. ♥
We may not have far seeing vision all the time, sometimes our faith is exercised in times of blindness. Forcing us to become child like. Grasping for a fathers hand, a secure grip to hold onto, foot prints to follow in the path. Trust God to guide you into safe pastures. ♥

 

 

Do you ever wonder how vast God is?

Do you ever wonder how vast God is? does he go beyond religion? Whete Does He have a beginning or an end? Where do YOU fit in it all? How can you know him more? I wrote this tonight as I felt his voice speak.... Rebekah.

'Throw yourself backwards, see if I don't catch you.
Dare to jump off the edge of reason,
I will meet you.
Throw your cares out, watch the wind carry them away.
Explore ideas that exist outside of knowledge.
Climb over the walls, adventure beyond the constructed perimeters.
I live beyond, outside, within and all.
Try and lose me? You will fail.
Try to get lost? I will find.
You are safe, you are held, suspended in me.
Hovering in universal wonders, stars and constellations.
You were, you are, you always will be... Hidden in me.

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Let go and let God

Today I am using someone else's words to describe exactly what God has been saying to me,

It is taken from 

a motivational page named

Daily inspiration and motivation

We all go through disappointments, setbacks and things that we don’t understand. Maybe you prayed for a loved one, but they didn’t get well. Or maybe you worked hard for a promotion, but you didn’t get it. You stood in faith for a relationship, but it didn’t work out. One of the best things you can do is release it. Let it go. Don’t dwell on it anymore. If you go around wondering why things didn’t work out, all that’s going to do is lead to bitterness, resentment and self-pity. Before long, you’ll be blaming others, blaming yourself, or even God. You may not have understood what happened. It may not have been fair. But when you release it, it’s an act of your faith. You’re saying, “God, I trust You. I know You’re in control. And even though it didn’t work out my way, You said, ‘All things are going to work together for my good.’ So I believe You still have something good in my future.”

There is power in letting go of the past and the frustration of trying to figure everything out. When you release your questions, you are saying, “God, You are in control. I trust You.” And when you put your hope in God, that’s when He can heal your heart and lead you forward into His path of blessing.

I am learning this one at the moment, It is hard to step back, and just watch God take over!

Yet is necessary. 

It is Faith.

Be blessed,

Stretch and grow a little more today.

 

Who is holding your heart?

Everywhere I look, I keep seeing hearts!

It may be a stone, shaped like a heart on my path,

a puddle in the road, a leaf, a piece of jewelry,

a picture, a postcard, 

My eyes can't help but notice them.

This morning, 

I was praying,

"Lord, pierce my heart! 

Lord, cause my face to shine with the light of you,

Lord, grip me with your love,

squeeze this heart of mine,

to know your touch,

your voice,

let it beat in time with yours.

Let it 

F E E L 

what you feel,

Let it 

H U R T

like yours does,

for the 

L O S T,

for the 

B R O K E N,

for those who need 

a touch

from 

Y O U."

I poured out my hearts desires to him,

I longed for his touch,

his words 

once again.

I felt his spirit gently speak and minister to me.

"Give me everything,

Give me more,

Give me 

A LL

of you 

M Y

child"

This is my prayer, but it is a daily walk,

an hourly walk.

It is a relationship.

I am living,

I am learning,

I am failing,

I am running,

I am searching,

I am seeking,

I am loving...

Lord, do you hold all of my heart?

If not, please teach me how to give over the parts that I still hold.

My broken parts.

My aching parts.

My fearful parts.

Hold my heart Lord,

Let me put my trust in you with every corner of myself.

Nothing hidden,

nothing kept,

every part.

Psalm 84:5 

'You bless all those who depend

 on you for their strength

   and all those, who set their hearts on, and who deeply desire

   to visit your temple.'

Worship God with our lives.

Do we Worship God with our lives?

I was reading this passage this morning:

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+24&version=NIV

It is the story of Abraham sending his Chief servant  Eliezer in search of a suitable wife for his son Isaac.

It made me think about the hand of God in that situation. God had promised Abraham, that he would send an Angel ahead of the servant, to bring a wife home for Isaac.

What caused Rebekah to say yes?

 ( Eliezer was sure that God had already prepared the heart of one woman in response to his quest.)

Did she recognize the hand of God in the situation?

 How often do we embrace divine appointments?

 How do we respond when destiny comes calling?

The Angel went up ahead- leading the servant Elizer to a family belonging to Abraham.

 (Abraham's niece - Rebekah.)

What did the Angel do when he went up ahead?

What caused Rebekah to offer the camels extra water and then to offers a place to stay to this man?

God had cleared the way, preparing the hearts of all those to be involved. But, Rebekah still had to agree to this plan!!

( 58So they called Rebekah and said to her, Will you go with this man? And she said, I will go.)

What is worship?

Part of Worship is to give honor and respect to something or someone.

 Honor  is to accept something as valid and to conform to its request or demands.

This year....

We could be like Elizer;  we could feel we have things to achieve and we may not know how these things will be come to be.  Through prayer and trust we can believe that God has pathed the way ahead of us.

We could also be a lot like Rebekah. We need to bow our knee at what God sends our way. We need to say yes to the plans that God puts in our path. Unexpected or preconceived, the answer we give, should always be , " Yes lord!"

A New year! Welcome 2010!

  
 Happy new year everyone! I hope you are refreshed and happy in the start of this new year!
Its been a funny start, all this snow has forced the schools to close and as James also works at a school, it meant that we are all home. enjoying family time still! - extended holidays!
 We spent yesterday building snowmen and chucking snowballs at one another, followed by a visit from a friend, who lives up the road, bringing gifts-warm homemade carrot and corriander soup! 


As the schools only opened for 2 days, I havn't really had a spare moment to sit and reflect on 2009, or plan out what I would like to do this new year. Myself and a friend, who pray together, spent some time reflecting and thanking God for all that happened in 2009. But I havn't really sat down alone, to pray and hear from God about what he would have me do in this year. A lot of things from 2009 will continue, I am still studying my Biblical Counseling course, that is studied at home, via email format, so I can do it at my own pace. 
 I have been challenged to throw myself into using my talents and gifts more effectively. I tend to shy away from doing and sharing some things, but I do feel stirred to be more creative and giving of those things this year. We will see what comes from that.


 We had a lovely christmas and a quiet, family filled New year. I pray that God blesses each and everyone of you this coming year. May we grow in truth, may we grow in God. May we be unafraid, full of peace and hope at what the future holds. I feel excited!


“Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.”- Ephesians 5:1-2


Psalm 25:3
No one whose hope is in you will ever be put to shame!


Psalm 33:22
May your unfailing love rest upon us, O LORD, even as we put our hope in you.

 

He holds my life in his hands.

Jeremiah 6:16

  This is what the LORD says:
       "Stand at the crossroads and look;
       ask for the ancient paths,
       ask where the good way is, and walk in it,
       and you will find rest for your souls." 

Life is full of seasons- It also holds many cross roads.

Once again, I stand at a cross road. It requires of me to make decisions.

I don't particularly like making decisions.

I guess I dont always feel that i know enough to trust my own judgement.

I prefer it when my heavenly Father gives me very clear & prompt directions.

This time, he has been very quiet. I have felt his spirit gently nudging me and

causing me to ask many questions, but there has been no 'writing in the sky'

experiences.

How can you trust your own decisions and choices? What if the consequences of those choices

lead you into to difficulties and hardship?

How can we be sure that we are choosing the right path to walk down?

I find myself in this place, once again. I cling to the gentle whispers that have given little clues along the way.

I remember the softened voice of my Father asking me over a year ago, "will you have more children?"

I remember the questions it caused my heart to ask. I pondered over why God would ask me, if I would?

Maybe he knew, how hard I would find it, to answer, "Yes Lord."

Life can be busy, life can be chaotic, life can pull you to the left and then to the right, then spin you around and leave you feeling disorientated. Being constantly pulled from side to side, with God given desires, talents that haven't had the chance to fully shine, desires so deeply rooted within our hearts...

I have often questioned my heavenly Father asking, "when Lord will I release these things that are in my heart?"

It is said, that in order for a dream to come to pass, it first must die. Like a seed, planted in the darkness of the damp soil, we may find ourselves asking, "where is the light? Where do I go from here? How do I change from what I am, into the blossoming flower that I know I am destined to be? How do I get there?

We must wait for the right season, we must wait on God.

One thing I am slowly realizing is that Gods timing is not our timing. We have logical, natural reasoning, that tells us things like, " I am too old now, to see those dreams come alive" " I am too tired now, to feel the fire I once held in my heart."

I have been guilty of these thoughts, I have struggled at times between what I have hidden within me and the life I am living.

But, I am not the potter! I am the clay, in my masters hands. He holds my life, with a steady, focused grip. He knows when to pull me in, he knows when to spin my world around on his creative potters wheel. He knows when to cleanse me with water and make me more pliable in his hands. He has the design and shape of my life in his mind. He makes no mistakes when he carefully crafts and shapes our lives. He knows when we are ready for the fire and when we he is satisfied with how we are to decorate us and glaze us and make us in his perfect image.

His eternal view looks at my life with the greatest of love. A Fathers love. My times and seasons are in his hands.

The desires within my heart are there because he placed them there. He is able to bring them about, at the perfect time.

So I ask myself, why do we struggle against his plans? Why do we find it so hard to trust his eternal perspective?

The Bible is full of seemingly impossible situations that are made possible.

Surely we can learn from these stories and accounts. Abraham, a man of significant years fell face down and he laughed when God told him he was to be a Father at the age of 100 years. He said to himself, "Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?"

Surely Abraham was using his logical, natural mind in his response to Gods promise " Through your offspring all peoples on earth will be blessed.'

I am also drawn toward a warning against unbelief and lack of trust towards the spoken words of God into our lives.

Abraham became tired of waiting for his promise, so he used his own strength to make Gods promise happen.

He took the timing into his own hands, rather than trusting God.

The consequences of this were significant.

So what am I learning? What is God trying to say to me , as I stand at these cross roads, with doubt and uncertainty in my heart?

I hear him ask, "Will you follow me? Will you choose to walk the path I am leading you onto, or will logic and doubt blur your vision? Will you trust my timing for all the other things I have placed within your heart? Will you put away your natural thinking and tune into your spirit man? Will you walk the narrow path?

I feel a peace fill me, I think I know the path I am now on- the path of Trust!


Jeremy Camp-Beyond measure:


The fog has finally cleared to see,
The beautiful life you’ve given me
To feel the breeze of my newborn’s gentle breath
With one to walk hand in hand,
To share this life that you have planned
It’s like a storybook with dreams
That are meant to see every next step is an extraordinary scene

[CHORUS]
I know that I’ve been,
Given more than beyond measure,
I come alive when,
I see beyond my fears
I know that I’ve been given more than earthly treasure,
I come alive when
I’ve broken down and given you control