Suffering

"There is nothing- no circumstance, no trouble, no testing- that can ever touch me until, first of all, it has gone past God and past Christ right through to me. If it has come that far, it has come with a great purpose which I may not understand at the moment. But as I refuse to become panicky and as I lift up my eyes to Him and accept it as coming from the throne of God for some great purpose of blessing to my own heart, no sorrow will ever disturb me, no trial will ever disarm me, no circumstance will cause me to fret, for I shall rest in the joy of what my Lord is- that is the rest of victory!"

Alan Redpath

Just Stop and Think

It's been a while since I spent some time just thinking and looking at the bigger picture. Today after watching one of Francis Chan's videos about "Crazy Love" I realized how necessary taking moments to think are. He challenged me. These thoughts may seem very random but here it goes anyways.

Laughter is definitely a gift from God. He designed me to laugh. (I do plenty of it with my roomie!)

Nothing that I have is mine. It's all God's. I fail quit often at giving everything I have to God. I pray that he teaches me how to surrender it all to his will to bring glory to himself.

My plans are really stupid....I like God's much better (even though they are really hard) There's nothing better than an adventure!

Corporate worship is pretty amazing. I'm very blessed to have such amazing friends, and a believing community.

My parents are pretty great! They had to raise me after all. This weekend I realized how much I trust my Dad. I'm thankful that I have qualities that come from both of my parents.

Why did God put me here? When I'm going about my busy day in the monotony, should I be doing what I'm even doing? God has a plan for me, and most days I don't even go with the purpose that he has given me. What a shame.

I have the same power in me that raised Christ from the dead. God wants to send his helper unto me to help me and give me power.

The birds I heard chirping the other morning were singing praises to the Lord. They were created by him and they are fulfilling their purpose by bringing him glory.

God makes everything glorious, what does that make me?

How could greater love than this ever possibly exist?

These are just a few. GOD IS SOOOO GOOD!!

What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him. 1 Corinthians 2:9