Thursday, December 13, 2007
Matthew 11:28 (The Message)
"Get away with Me and you'll recover your life. I'll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me - watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won't lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you'll learn to live freely and lightly."so beautiful is this verse
was feeling really down n all, started looking to myself pointing all my faults out pointing out where i missed the mark how many times i missed it how useless i was how easily i lost my cool today over some small matter n was lead to this verse found in clara's post she talked bout the exact things that i was feeling made me realise i was doing the same thing, trying too hard..
i just cant phrase it in a better way
"Sometimes all we need is to learn to stop trying.
To stop trying to stop our fall, and to just fall. Grace is unforced. The last few services, reminded me of His Love for me, and women's meeting reminded me of how I've forgotten, and yesterday's service simply reminded me of how to live in His Love again. Too many times, when I've stopped feeling the Love of God, I run right to examining myself and my behaviour. What I have done, how I have failed. When things aren't happening in my life, when I feel that all the 'callings' seem to have faded, when I don't feel like I'm doing anything important anymore, I feel that God loves me somewhat lesser. Slowly, the sense of His Love fades.
But no, it's not because I've fallen. But because I have forgotten.Forgotten my worth in Him.
Forgotten how much of my own identity is tied up in His Love for me.
Forgotten how I was made to be when I am with Him.
Forgotten the beauty I see.
Forgotten how He has given me the eyes to see Him with.
Forgotten His faithfulness.
Forgotten how to enjoy time with Him.
Forgotten that it is not that His Love for me has changed, but it's my consciousness of Him that has.Consciousness makes all the difference in the world.
What a world of difference between a consciousness of:
Fear and Love
Darkness and Light
Good and Bad
Joy and Sadness
Stability and Instability
It guides how you live your life. Because what we believe will be seen in the way that we live our lives, and how we behave is based on what we believe to be true.
When what I hear and what I see about my circumstances, of the lies that I am a failure, that will be what I believe to be true and how I will live out my life. No way will I go to God believing that He loves me, or that I am of any worth to Him. No, only when I can let go of every minute that passes, be it whether I have successes, whether I have failures, when I can let go of every evil circumstances in every second that passes, when I can let go of every evil thought that catches me in any second, and knowing that hey, God is right now doing a new thing, I know that I shall prosper when I step out of the familiar, especially when the familiar is depressing thoughts. Yes, I shall show up, and let God win the battle for me. Because even when I am lost, His Love finds me every single time.
As I look into the sky above
All my fears, so far away
All I hear is heaven calling me "
thank you once again
loved by HIM Thursday, December 13, 2007;
