"Do not be surprised at again finding yourself becoming sensitive, impatient, haughty, and self-willed. You must be made to understand that this is your natural disposition, and without God's grace, you will never be anything different.
We must be made to feel our weakness, our wretchedness, our inability to correct ourselves. We must give up hope in ourselves, and have no hope but in God."
by Francois de Salignac de La Mothe Fenelon, the Archbishop of Cambrai, France, during the 17th century.
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Friday, August 6, 2010
My Testimony
I have lived a very blessed life, not because I have been exempt from trials and pain, but because I have someone who is beside me that sees me through every circumstance and hard time I have faced. That someone is Jesus Christ. He has seen me through some very dark places in my life. I cannot share many of the things I have walked through because I would never want to hurt anyone or damage their reputation by speaking of those things, but I can tell you that God has comforted me and given me His peace when my world was falling apart. When I was disappointed by people, He assured me of His love and His faithfulness to me. When I was discouraged, He reminded me of the hope that I have because of what He has done for me on the cross. Jesus knows me. He knows my heart and my desires. I can trust Him with my future and everything that is important to me, because He care, and He is a wise God. He knows all things and sees all things and understands my heart.
One of the most amazing things to me about God is that He can take every painful place, every mistake, every sin I have committed, and somehow redeem them and turn it into something good in my life. He weaves together this beautiful tapestry that He has carefully created of all that has happened to me, both good and bad, and makes my life beautiful.
When things happen in my life that I don't understand, like my Mom dying from cancer at the age of 66, I know that I can come to Him, lay it at His feet, and trust Him with it. I will never understand some things that have happened in my life, but I know that I can trust God.
Right now Mark is working in El Paso and has to travel back and forth from there to Austin to see us every other weekend. It is not something I would have chosen for myself or our family, yet we know this is where we are supposed to be right now. I am trusting that somehow God is going to use this for our good, and work it out - whatever that looks like. He will either give me the grace to be at peace and full of joy in the midst of it, or He will change our circumstances. But it is such a comfort to know that my future is in His hands. I don't have to worry, and I don't have to try to figure it out.
God is a close and personal God, and He cares. If something matters to us, then it matters to Him, because He loves us. He is a good God and will always be there for us to show us the way and encourage our hearts.
Thank God that I do not have to rely on myself to find my way through this life. He is always here right beside me and will keep me until the end of this temporary journey into a glorious future. My hope and my trust are in Him. He is all I have, but He is all I need!
One of the most amazing things to me about God is that He can take every painful place, every mistake, every sin I have committed, and somehow redeem them and turn it into something good in my life. He weaves together this beautiful tapestry that He has carefully created of all that has happened to me, both good and bad, and makes my life beautiful.
When things happen in my life that I don't understand, like my Mom dying from cancer at the age of 66, I know that I can come to Him, lay it at His feet, and trust Him with it. I will never understand some things that have happened in my life, but I know that I can trust God.
Right now Mark is working in El Paso and has to travel back and forth from there to Austin to see us every other weekend. It is not something I would have chosen for myself or our family, yet we know this is where we are supposed to be right now. I am trusting that somehow God is going to use this for our good, and work it out - whatever that looks like. He will either give me the grace to be at peace and full of joy in the midst of it, or He will change our circumstances. But it is such a comfort to know that my future is in His hands. I don't have to worry, and I don't have to try to figure it out.
God is a close and personal God, and He cares. If something matters to us, then it matters to Him, because He loves us. He is a good God and will always be there for us to show us the way and encourage our hearts.
Thank God that I do not have to rely on myself to find my way through this life. He is always here right beside me and will keep me until the end of this temporary journey into a glorious future. My hope and my trust are in Him. He is all I have, but He is all I need!
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