So for those of you who have been wondering what i'm thinking lately, here are some of the thoughts that i wrote down at various times. I'll see if i can bring them together somehow.
"The Twilight Saga is almost over, but the True Saga is Eternal, have you read it?" or SAGA-Story About God Almighty. Thought of these two phrases for shirts or a picture, just to get the word out? and make the design like the Twilight books (haha) or something to get their attention. Any artsy people out there wanna make this happen? ;)
Jesus HIMSELF is the greatest blessing. This thought came as i was thinking (as i have a LOT lately) about how when we seek God, we find Him. and He wants us to seek Him and walking with Him brings such joy....but i was just thinking that all those verses where it is talking about good gifts that God gives us and wanting to give us the desires of our hearts, that's HIM! If we are desiring something MORE than God then we are not loving HIM with ALL of our hearts souls minds strength. Also, when in Luke 11 Jesus gives the example of a father giving good gifts, He refers to God giving us His Holy Spirit. That is the most precious gift.
The other part of this thought was, Once we realize this, AND we ONLY look and aim for more of HIM will we be able to receive and ENJOY, truly appreciate, the other blessings God wants to give us! And we wants to give us a lot of blessing here too! The blessings He pours out on us are not only for our enjoyment, but also for the enjoyment of others and a way of bringing God the glory! Always thank Him for His blessings/gifts He gives. His mercies are new every morning. That is a beautiful blessing because how often do we need those mercies? Every morning. God is so good, He knows what we need and wants to bless us!
another thought was taken from Radical by David Platt. Following Christ means saying "yes" before you know what you are saying yes to. When we are truely following and seeking and walking with God, HE comes first. Nothing else matters but what HE wants. So no MATTER what He wants, we will say YES.
Build an arc because you are gonna bring this thing called a flood on the earth and i dont even know what rain is? YES-Noah
Sacrifice my only child when i am well past the age of having children and you promised me to have many children? Yes-Abraham.
Walk up to that river and walk through even though it is overflowing?-YES-Moses
Walk around this fortified city with all these weapons pointed at us? YES-Joshua
Marry the prostitute? YES-Hosea
BUY back my wife the prostitute?-YES-Hosea
Marry this woman who is claiming to be with child through the Holy Spirit? YES-Joseph
Give up my PERFECT life and die a horrible death to save people that hate me? YES-Jesus
I've found that the bigger your faith in God, the bigger the miracles. God wants to continue to grow our faith in Him. To do that, He gives us opportunities to increase His faith, opportunities where God HAS to do it. Opportunities where we look like a FOOL if He DOESN'T do it. But we must have faith that He will. And He does. That's what saying yes to God is all about.
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