God has me on a wonderful journey with Him and I hope you are too. If you don't know Him, if you fear Him, or want to know more about Him. Spend time with Him, ask God questions, and allow Him to show Himself to you. It is worth your time.
I didn't know exactly how much God loved me/loves me. I have been working on a study "Experiencing God" with my church. Because of this my relationship with God has gotten deeper. I have learned to ask questions differently, look for and ask God how He wants me to respond to what I have learned, and I look at people and situations differently. I can honestly say I have grown up a little. I am not being vein. The bible says that we grow up from milk to meat.
I recognized that God has had a calling on my life since I was created. I was just to eager to get out the door and do my own thing to recognize it when I was young.
Now, I do believe that the Lord wants to use me to show just how powerful He can work through an ordinary life like mine. I surrender with my whole heart and mind to God; my life belongs to Him.
Much of my life I searched for love in all the wrong places and spaces. Looking back now, I know that God has been with me the whole time I was on the wide road. But now, now I know God is working in my life. He is giving me direction to fulfill His purpose for my life. He has given me a life partner to grow with, experience God together, and to discover new things in life with.
I like the movie "Fiddler on the Roof." The town has a match maker who pairs couples up, she's pretty good with what she does, but there was a girl who didn't want to be paired up with whom she set her up with. Love came into the mix of things. There is no other match maker like God the Father; the God of love. He put Adam and Eve together, Mary and Joseph, as well as Elizabeth and Zachariah. From the beginning God had a plan to use their lives as one to accomplish His great plans. God gave them a life partner with a unique calling on their lives. The spouses worked together as one to accomplish His purposes and be glorified in it.
I have learned that marriage is not just a human contract or signed piece of paper, but a covenant, a spiritual contract, a tie that binds you with God. If it is not of God, it's not going to prosper. It can with prayer and Christ Jesus; be encouraged.
I can say that I am learning to compromise, but not give in. Rodney and I recognize that we are hearing from God and experiencing Him in our discussions, desires, and daily walk. We are very excited about the love we have for one another. It's not this immature, lost my mind, gotta get what I can from the other type of love. It's a true caring and deeply moved emotion. We have talked about how God has matched us and how life is falling into place for us as a couple. We regularly pray for and with one another, we ask questions about our beliefs and the bible, and we give to each other.
I love the Lord more and He knows this, as Rodney loves the Lord more than me. We want it this way. We know who to turn to when life gets rough, and there are holes in the other.
Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. All we, Rodney and I, want to do is share it with others together.
Marriage is God joining a man and a woman together to create unity to accomplish His purpose.
Matthew 19:4-6
And He answered and said to them, “Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning ‘made them male and female,’'5 and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? 6 So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”
Isn't God good?
~Marjorie
Everyone needs encouragement and I want to encourage you today. I hope you will enjoy today's write up.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Questioning God
Most of us know Mary, the mother of Jesus. Have you ever really stopped to think of Mary as a heroin? We are not to worship her, but use her example.
Think about this and see if you can relate it to your own life.
Have you experienced fears in your life? Fear is an emotion created in you for a reason. If there is a fear of danger in your presence you will probably take notice of it and get out of the way. Have you ever experienced a fear and questioned God about it? That is what Mary did.
34 Then Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I do not know a man?”
She freely asked God a question with freedom, the great news is that God can handle all of our questions. Fear and doubt can actually keep us from a deeper relations with God. We've bought into the lie that God is uncaring and begrudging. Mary went straight to the source with her confusion and emotions, she was honest in her response after being told the Holy Spirit was going to come upon her and the power of God was going to overshadow her for the Holy One to be born, Jesus Christ. I believe if that if an angel appeared to you, you'd be a little frightened and confused too. No more could Mary hide her heart's confusion than we can. We've all bit into the lie that we can hide from God, but he already knows our fears, doubts, confusion and questions. We just need to be strong and courageous in approaching Him and trusting in Him to receive us.
There are two types of questions. There are the questions that are filled with accusation or vain insistence and questions that interact and engage.
Looking at the way Mary handled questioning God has helped me to change my questions towards Him too.
Recently in prayer I had a few questions for God. Normally my questions would sound something like accusation "Lord, if you want this to happen then I need this, this, and this." Instead, my prayers changed to "Lord, I know you have done this thing and I know you have a plan. I choose to surrender to your will.I ask you Holy Spirit to show me what to do because I believe you will supply all that I need to accomplish your purpose. What do I do next?"
God spoke to stars into existence, he set the moon and sun into place. We can't limit God if we do, we limit all that He wants to give us.
This season I am taking notice that God used the lowest of lows to accomplish His purpose. A young woman, an older man, shepherds, a stinky stable, and perhaps a wooden crate to sleep in for a manger. He can use you and me; if we could change our accusing questions into engaging questions, but none the less He can handle our questions and He will answer us.
What are you asking for today and how are you asking Him? I encourage you to not be afraid to ask God anything. He is loving, caring, kind, gentle, and most of all love and in love with you.
~Marjorie
Think about this and see if you can relate it to your own life.
Have you experienced fears in your life? Fear is an emotion created in you for a reason. If there is a fear of danger in your presence you will probably take notice of it and get out of the way. Have you ever experienced a fear and questioned God about it? That is what Mary did.
Luke 1:34-37
New King James Version (NKJV)
She freely asked God a question with freedom, the great news is that God can handle all of our questions. Fear and doubt can actually keep us from a deeper relations with God. We've bought into the lie that God is uncaring and begrudging. Mary went straight to the source with her confusion and emotions, she was honest in her response after being told the Holy Spirit was going to come upon her and the power of God was going to overshadow her for the Holy One to be born, Jesus Christ. I believe if that if an angel appeared to you, you'd be a little frightened and confused too. No more could Mary hide her heart's confusion than we can. We've all bit into the lie that we can hide from God, but he already knows our fears, doubts, confusion and questions. We just need to be strong and courageous in approaching Him and trusting in Him to receive us.
There are two types of questions. There are the questions that are filled with accusation or vain insistence and questions that interact and engage.
Looking at the way Mary handled questioning God has helped me to change my questions towards Him too.
Recently in prayer I had a few questions for God. Normally my questions would sound something like accusation "Lord, if you want this to happen then I need this, this, and this." Instead, my prayers changed to "Lord, I know you have done this thing and I know you have a plan. I choose to surrender to your will.I ask you Holy Spirit to show me what to do because I believe you will supply all that I need to accomplish your purpose. What do I do next?"
God spoke to stars into existence, he set the moon and sun into place. We can't limit God if we do, we limit all that He wants to give us.
This season I am taking notice that God used the lowest of lows to accomplish His purpose. A young woman, an older man, shepherds, a stinky stable, and perhaps a wooden crate to sleep in for a manger. He can use you and me; if we could change our accusing questions into engaging questions, but none the less He can handle our questions and He will answer us.
What are you asking for today and how are you asking Him? I encourage you to not be afraid to ask God anything. He is loving, caring, kind, gentle, and most of all love and in love with you.
~Marjorie
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