If I want to hear from God I must be quiet enough to hear what He is saying to me. Whatever He says is for my benefit; so think about it...being quiet so I can hear His voice of love is worth every moment of silence in order to hear perfect instruction from the Lord.
When I've experienced a 'string of mis-takes' I can always look back and see how little I was listening to God. He's the One Who gets it right every time.God is FOR us! If there is something He wants us to be settled about its that He loves us. In fact, everything in His heart is for us to thrive and succeed.
Maybe, like me, you are just now turning back around to God after trying to do some things the way you thought you should. But finally there was enough evidence of defeat and discouragement in your life to help you figure out your need of 'God Only' words of instruction. If you want some encouragement I want to remind you that God is not angry with you right now. Your own consequences were your best teachers and have been what has helped you see that you were doing things your way.
Thank God for the 'check' system He has put in place in our hearts. Our lack of notable Peace is our indicator that something is wrong. If this is what you are experiencing, be thankful. Start this day with an intentional silence and begin to look for the signposts God has in place to guide you back into His Way of Peace and Blessing. He is on call 24/7 for any of us who will simply take Him at His Life-giving words...But first we must hear Him speaking them to us!
Here is something to inspire you to call upon Him and hear His words of love and encouragement to You!
After you have listened to the wonderful encouragement above...here is a sobering Truth. Its always good to know the Truth about ourselves.
Blessings, Susie
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
This day in my Eternity...
This day in my Eternity I brought a BBQ sandwich to my son at his school. It was good to see him in the middle of the day. The next thing I did I can't tell you! Its a secret! The next thing I did was visit a friend who works at my very favorite furniture store. McClure's Furniture is well known in East Texas for their fine Traditional and Rustic furniture as well as their wonderful customer service. They've recently moved their store and their selections of Rustic decor is awesome! I'm glad I stopped by because I got some great ideas to redo my bedroom. I also met the man who is doing a wonderful job of laying their new flooring.Why am I telling you about these seemingly ordinary things in my day? Keep reading...
These experiences were answers to prayers I had prayed just last week! For quite a while we have been pondering what to do with our bedroom and bathroom. Bert & I have the same taste but our ideas just weren't coming together. We don't push when that happens.We just wait and ask God to reveal what He is up to FOR us! He's ALWAYS got something wonderful up His sleeve. So one day last week I got serious with God and asked for specific help in our decision making with it all. Today, when I walked into that store...can I say...what I saw was P-E-R-F-E-C-T! The rustic way they had decorated their new showroom was a perfect blend of mine and Bert's ideas. Meeting and talking with the 'floor guy' was an absolute blessing. I got a business card from him confidently knowing I had made the right connection. How easy it was for God to put everything together for me!
When I decided to follow Christ, He assured me that He had His wonderful plans for my life already worked out. He said His plans were to prosper me and not to harm me, plans for good and not for evil, plans to give me a future and a hope. (Jeremiah 29:11) Well, He guided me straight into His wonderful plans today and I came out of that store just a smilin'! And ya know what? God was smiling at me as He watched me walk all the way to my car! I LOVE my Heavenly Dad. He never makes a mis-take when it comes to my life. Just try to imagine God failing at something...Nope. Not happening! I have gotten confused many times...but He has remained steady, confident and true to every word that He has spoken to me every single moment of my life.
Wanna know how The Best Dad in All of the world cherishes You too? Click here!
Blessings, Susie
These experiences were answers to prayers I had prayed just last week! For quite a while we have been pondering what to do with our bedroom and bathroom. Bert & I have the same taste but our ideas just weren't coming together. We don't push when that happens.We just wait and ask God to reveal what He is up to FOR us! He's ALWAYS got something wonderful up His sleeve. So one day last week I got serious with God and asked for specific help in our decision making with it all. Today, when I walked into that store...can I say...what I saw was P-E-R-F-E-C-T! The rustic way they had decorated their new showroom was a perfect blend of mine and Bert's ideas. Meeting and talking with the 'floor guy' was an absolute blessing. I got a business card from him confidently knowing I had made the right connection. How easy it was for God to put everything together for me!
When I decided to follow Christ, He assured me that He had His wonderful plans for my life already worked out. He said His plans were to prosper me and not to harm me, plans for good and not for evil, plans to give me a future and a hope. (Jeremiah 29:11) Well, He guided me straight into His wonderful plans today and I came out of that store just a smilin'! And ya know what? God was smiling at me as He watched me walk all the way to my car! I LOVE my Heavenly Dad. He never makes a mis-take when it comes to my life. Just try to imagine God failing at something...Nope. Not happening! I have gotten confused many times...but He has remained steady, confident and true to every word that He has spoken to me every single moment of my life.
Wanna know how The Best Dad in All of the world cherishes You too? Click here!
Blessings, Susie
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
The Benefits and Beauty of Transparency
No matter who we are, our lives here on Earth are a Journey. Those of us who have met Christ along our way and decided to let ourselves be joined to Him and follow Him in His Way have all experienced things, both good and 'bad' that we never would have dreamed we'd experience on the other side of our decision to follow Him. Its my desire in this blog to be honest and transparent about my experiences of my own personal Journey since I recieved Christ and accepted His rich, deep and abiding personal Love for me. As per His call, I have joined Him in His mission to Love every one of His Beloved Creation. No matter what has ever happened, and no matter how disillusioned I have ever become in the wake of my decision...one thing has proven to remain true...no matter what I experience in my Journey with Christ...its all worth it to be joined with Him.
As God calls us to go out as His ambassadors of His Life saving Gospel, we would find that if we take the message of His Grace to a little known tribe in a remote region of Africa we will certainly meet with a different mindset that will need to be lovingly confronted for the sake of their souls. It is equally important for us as individuals, to remember that everyone we come into contact with in our own daily lives here in America have not heard the exact same things we have personally heard in our lifetimes. Our experiences are not all exactly alike.Throw in different personalities, giftings, strengths and weaknesses and our differences can seem staggering.
I am not trying to make us feel as if we are all so different that we never could seem to connect at a heart level or be able to see eye to eye. Quite the contrary! Its very important to understand that one of the best ways to promote our commonness is to highlight our differences. God is brilliant in that He created a human body out of many different parts so that each one does something very different for us. Yet, for all of our very own differing body parts they make up one person...us! So having differing conclusions about life is, if you think about it, one thing that we all have in common. Our individual contribution of real Life-giving Truth to one another will come only as we truly learn it. And when do we really learn something? Want the answer? When we learn it! Until then, guess what? At best, its a journey 'to it', which, for many of us, resembles a maze, complete with many experiences we could put under the heading of...'Well, THAT certainly wasn't 'The Way'...along the way! There are many stops and starts,twists and turns, dead ends and road blocks and I'm thankful to say, in alot of cases, ' right of ways' when it comes to sorting out all that we experience on our Journey with Christ.
Differing mindsets are not to be a surprising aspect of our daily lives as human beings, much less, as Christians. In fact, we would be better off and more mentally, emotionally , physically and spiritually stable if we would learn how to accept and incorporate that fact into our own mindset as part of what we are going to be dealing with every single day of our lives.When you take a Gospel that rightfully claims that It is the One and Only Way to have Eternal Life, that automatically creates a huge margin for error. Have you ever thought about that? Its One to__________. You see if you can fill in the blank! You'll be a basketcase if you're going to try and figure out every other 'gospel'. All else that purports itself to be 'the way' can, and has, for many of us, 'muddied the water' on any given day making it hard for us to tell what is and is not The Truth. Keeping abreast of the fact that we are all still learning will go a long way in helping us to be patient with ourselves and with ohers in this process.
I am looking forward to spending many more days with you sharing The Truth as well as the ponderings of my own faith. I admit that in every single aspect of my Journey I have had to first crawl and then walk. As an encouragement, I am happy to report that, in more instances than not, I am now STANDING in my Faith. Its as natural as breathing for the body to edify its other parts, so in that way, I am sharing how our Father has helped me to understand my faith through the years complete with many of my mis-takes that precluded my victories. This I will do with as much transparency as possible in order to strengthen myself and inspire you in your own Journey of faith with Christ.
Blessings, Susie
As God calls us to go out as His ambassadors of His Life saving Gospel, we would find that if we take the message of His Grace to a little known tribe in a remote region of Africa we will certainly meet with a different mindset that will need to be lovingly confronted for the sake of their souls. It is equally important for us as individuals, to remember that everyone we come into contact with in our own daily lives here in America have not heard the exact same things we have personally heard in our lifetimes. Our experiences are not all exactly alike.Throw in different personalities, giftings, strengths and weaknesses and our differences can seem staggering.
I am not trying to make us feel as if we are all so different that we never could seem to connect at a heart level or be able to see eye to eye. Quite the contrary! Its very important to understand that one of the best ways to promote our commonness is to highlight our differences. God is brilliant in that He created a human body out of many different parts so that each one does something very different for us. Yet, for all of our very own differing body parts they make up one person...us! So having differing conclusions about life is, if you think about it, one thing that we all have in common. Our individual contribution of real Life-giving Truth to one another will come only as we truly learn it. And when do we really learn something? Want the answer? When we learn it! Until then, guess what? At best, its a journey 'to it', which, for many of us, resembles a maze, complete with many experiences we could put under the heading of...'Well, THAT certainly wasn't 'The Way'...along the way! There are many stops and starts,twists and turns, dead ends and road blocks and I'm thankful to say, in alot of cases, ' right of ways' when it comes to sorting out all that we experience on our Journey with Christ.
Differing mindsets are not to be a surprising aspect of our daily lives as human beings, much less, as Christians. In fact, we would be better off and more mentally, emotionally , physically and spiritually stable if we would learn how to accept and incorporate that fact into our own mindset as part of what we are going to be dealing with every single day of our lives.When you take a Gospel that rightfully claims that It is the One and Only Way to have Eternal Life, that automatically creates a huge margin for error. Have you ever thought about that? Its One to__________. You see if you can fill in the blank! You'll be a basketcase if you're going to try and figure out every other 'gospel'. All else that purports itself to be 'the way' can, and has, for many of us, 'muddied the water' on any given day making it hard for us to tell what is and is not The Truth. Keeping abreast of the fact that we are all still learning will go a long way in helping us to be patient with ourselves and with ohers in this process.
I am looking forward to spending many more days with you sharing The Truth as well as the ponderings of my own faith. I admit that in every single aspect of my Journey I have had to first crawl and then walk. As an encouragement, I am happy to report that, in more instances than not, I am now STANDING in my Faith. Its as natural as breathing for the body to edify its other parts, so in that way, I am sharing how our Father has helped me to understand my faith through the years complete with many of my mis-takes that precluded my victories. This I will do with as much transparency as possible in order to strengthen myself and inspire you in your own Journey of faith with Christ.
Blessings, Susie
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