I use to hang out with people who I thought were my friends. I would go places with them, eat and party with them. It took me a long time for me to realize they weren't there in the tough times, but only when they could get something from me.
Today I've been taken notice at the friends I have now. They are true friends. I know because they have walked with me through tough times, good times, and exciting times. These friends of mine have become my brothers and sisters; family. They speak to me with words of kindness, gentleness, love me where I'm at, don't expect more from me than my best and love me inspite of my faults.
If I need anything they are there for me. They tell me "call me if you need anything" and I know they honestly mean it.
My heart is full like a cup of coffee that is filled to the rim. I'm so filled with joy right now that I can't seem to put it into words. If you are a friend of mine and have spoken words of encouragement to me, "thank you, for you have blessed me."
Today, a friend shared how she can tell when reading my blog how I'm feeling and how the course of my writing changes with the emotions from the words. I like that, to me that is a compliment.
You see, before I begin to write, I ask the Lord for His guidance and ask to allow my words to be His words. I want the desires of my heart to be the desires of His. I know now that people who read my writings experience God. Now, whether it is a good experience or bad, I don't know. What I do know to be true is that if you are rubbed the wrong way through what you hear or read, it is probably the Lord trying to get your attention and the Holy Spirit is convicting you to change. This is a good thing.
I wear my emotions on my sleeve. I ask you to take what you want and leave the rest from what I write. Tonight, I go in peace knowing that I have some REALLY special friends in my life. I call them my balcony people. They are on a journey to change their lives over to the care and control of God our Saviour. Some have had spiritual heart surgery and will always be a work in progress.
We are all diamonds in the rough and God sees us worth more than rubies and pearls. He sees us worth the life of his son, Jesus Christ, who died for us. Jesus Christ calls us his friend too.
Thank you for being my friend,
Marjorie
(Thank you Ms. Terri)
Everyone needs encouragement and I want to encourage you today. I hope you will enjoy today's write up.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Encouraged: It takes action, but just what kind of action are ...
Encouraged: It takes action, but just what kind of action are ...: "What does the phrase 'live one day at time' mean to you? There was a time in my life that I was running and running to get things done; li..."
It takes action, but just what kind of action are you willing to take?
What does the phrase "live one day at time" mean to you?
There was a time in my life that I was running and running to get things done; life was no fun. I would set my schedule down to the hour, the minute, and if it wasn't all done, I was still running. Looking back, I didn't accomplish much. The choices I made weren't good ones, the situations I got into weren't the best for me, and I didn't care who I hurt in getting what I wanted when I wanted it.
Then I took a chance. I made a conscious effort to STOP. I literally felt like I put the brakes on and stopped. I slowed down and recognized I only had one day. I worked on one moment at a time from the moment I got out of bed until the clock struck 11:59pm. I recognized that yesterday can't be changed and tomorrow is only an idea. God only gives us the present of today.
I ONLY have today, this moment that I am sitting in right now; from one minute to the next minute. I can hear and feel myself breath, I can listen to the other sounds around me, I can listen to my thoughts from this one minute to the next minute. It won't slow the day down and it won't speed it up. I can't change the clock, the minute, the hour, or the day. I CAN change what I do in it.
So what was I in a hurry for? What was I chasing after? It tells me in Ecclesiastes 2: 11, 17, & 26.
Eccl 2:11
And indeed all was vanity and grasping for the wind.
There was no profit under the sun.
NKJV
Eccl 2:17
17 Therefore I hated life because the work that was done under the sun was distressing to me, for all is vanity and grasping for the wind.
NKJV
Eccl 2:26
26 For God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy to a man who is good in His sight; but to the sinner He gives the work of gathering and collecting, that he may give to him who is good before God. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.
NKJV
So what is "grasping after the wind?" Try it, put your hand out and try to grasp the air. It's pointless, it doesn't change a thing, it's wasted energy, and it has no purpose. God says we have purpose and that is for us just to love him and share him with others.
My action was to make a decision to run after something worth running after. God sees you as worth chasing after you that he is chasing you now. He desires a personal relationship with you. All you have to do is stop running, slow down and turn around to him and say "yes, I will let you love me, show me how to be loved." He will do it too because that is his hearts desire also.
What action are you performing today that will leave a mark in the next hour?
How about praying, listening to your good thoughts and knowing they are worth hearing? Look at the good things in life instead of the dismal and disappointing things?
A friend recently told me a story of how he was in a hurry, he complained with moaning and groaning because he didn't get his way and in his time. Two days later, he found out that if he had gotten his way, he, and his wife, would have been dead from where an earthquake had come and crashed the rocks in very spot he would have been sitting in. God's timing is perfect and He may be four days late (or two in this story), but he is right on time.
Yes, it pays off to slow down and take one day at a time.
~ Marjorie
Father God, I ask you to forgive me of my sin because I sin against you and only against you, thank you for hearing and being faithful to forgive.
Lord I ask you to bless the person reading this. Please bless them with peace, safety, guidance, and strength. Holy Spirit, I ask you to comfort them, guide them, and do a mighty work in their life today. Please change them where they desire change and may it be of your will and not of their own.
~Amen, so let it be
There was a time in my life that I was running and running to get things done; life was no fun. I would set my schedule down to the hour, the minute, and if it wasn't all done, I was still running. Looking back, I didn't accomplish much. The choices I made weren't good ones, the situations I got into weren't the best for me, and I didn't care who I hurt in getting what I wanted when I wanted it.
Then I took a chance. I made a conscious effort to STOP. I literally felt like I put the brakes on and stopped. I slowed down and recognized I only had one day. I worked on one moment at a time from the moment I got out of bed until the clock struck 11:59pm. I recognized that yesterday can't be changed and tomorrow is only an idea. God only gives us the present of today.
I ONLY have today, this moment that I am sitting in right now; from one minute to the next minute. I can hear and feel myself breath, I can listen to the other sounds around me, I can listen to my thoughts from this one minute to the next minute. It won't slow the day down and it won't speed it up. I can't change the clock, the minute, the hour, or the day. I CAN change what I do in it.
So what was I in a hurry for? What was I chasing after? It tells me in Ecclesiastes 2: 11, 17, & 26.
Eccl 2:11
And indeed all was vanity and grasping for the wind.
There was no profit under the sun.
NKJV
Eccl 2:17
17 Therefore I hated life because the work that was done under the sun was distressing to me, for all is vanity and grasping for the wind.
NKJV
Eccl 2:26
26 For God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy to a man who is good in His sight; but to the sinner He gives the work of gathering and collecting, that he may give to him who is good before God. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.
NKJV
So what is "grasping after the wind?" Try it, put your hand out and try to grasp the air. It's pointless, it doesn't change a thing, it's wasted energy, and it has no purpose. God says we have purpose and that is for us just to love him and share him with others.
My action was to make a decision to run after something worth running after. God sees you as worth chasing after you that he is chasing you now. He desires a personal relationship with you. All you have to do is stop running, slow down and turn around to him and say "yes, I will let you love me, show me how to be loved." He will do it too because that is his hearts desire also.
What action are you performing today that will leave a mark in the next hour?
How about praying, listening to your good thoughts and knowing they are worth hearing? Look at the good things in life instead of the dismal and disappointing things?
A friend recently told me a story of how he was in a hurry, he complained with moaning and groaning because he didn't get his way and in his time. Two days later, he found out that if he had gotten his way, he, and his wife, would have been dead from where an earthquake had come and crashed the rocks in very spot he would have been sitting in. God's timing is perfect and He may be four days late (or two in this story), but he is right on time.
Yes, it pays off to slow down and take one day at a time.
~ Marjorie
Father God, I ask you to forgive me of my sin because I sin against you and only against you, thank you for hearing and being faithful to forgive.
Lord I ask you to bless the person reading this. Please bless them with peace, safety, guidance, and strength. Holy Spirit, I ask you to comfort them, guide them, and do a mighty work in their life today. Please change them where they desire change and may it be of your will and not of their own.
~Amen, so let it be
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