♫ I'm in a hurry to get things done, oh I rush and rush until life's no fun. All I really gotta to do is live and die, but I'm in a hurry and don't know why.♪ Do you know this song by Alabama? It really explains how I lived my life. I did things my way. I remember a time in my life that my parents and siblings tried to explain to me that I didn't have to get married at age 18. I didn't listen, I wanted my life to begin, be my own boss, and do what I wanted to do.
Little did I know that that was the beginning of the hardest life's lessons I had to endure. It was a good time too, don't get me wrong. I have two beautiful children and a grandson that came from this adventure I call "wild child years."
My "wild child years" didn't stop until 2005 or more. I still wanted to have both of my feet on each side of the road. You know what I mean. The left foot is on the bible side and the yellow line in the middle with the right foot on the worldly side. I wanted my cake and to eat it too. I quickly found out that the Lord wanted all of me. So one day, I realized what I was doing, how being worldly made me feel and I decided that one Saturday evening coming home from Celebrate Recovery that I wanted all of God's blessings. So I turned my life around and made a complete change.
The best way for me to express what is happening in my life would to call it "New Beginnings." You see, I cling to what the LORD says in His word.
Psalm 37:3-4
Trust in the LORD, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.
4 Delight yourself also in the LORD, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
I truly believe that if the LORD wants me to surrender to His desires therefore His desires become my desires. I only have to trust in Him and do what He wants me to do.
I recently recognized that sometimes we relapse into our old selves in order to allow God to move us forward. We are tempted without knowing why and we relapse. It is in that moment we make a choice to live in this is old lifestyle or not.
No matter what I walked through I knew the Lord wanted to restore to me what the locusts have stolen.
“ So I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, The crawling locust, The consuming locust, And the chewing locust, My great army which I sent among you." Joel 2:25
I recently shared with you that Jesus showed me that I was in a relationship with Him and it really opened my spiritual conscious. I really enjoyed the reality of a personal, realistic, and progressive relationship with the Creator. He loves me and I love him, what could be better? Having a partner to share God's love with others, enjoying pleasing God the way He wants to be pleased and journeying on a road that He paves and not ourselves.
This to me would make life better. I want a relationship where I am free to be me, trusted, and not afraid of anything; a warrior. Yes, a warrior for Jesus in my life, that is what I want.
I think God looked at me and laughed "haha, I know what you want because it's what I want too." I wasn't looking for anyone to be my partner, I wasn't "scoping the scene," or
even looking. I honestly was crying out to God and surrendering that since Timothy states that it is better to be alone and serve the Lord that is what I will do. I found peace in my heart when I surrendered to this reality.
I can honestly say that my life has changed and it is changing in ways I never thought or imagined, but isn't that like God? He says his ways are higher than my ways and his thoughts are higher than my thoughts, so why should I be surprised at what he is accomplishing through me? I'm not surprised anymore. I have my spiritual conscious eyes open and I can see him at work around me. I love it.
I have so much to share, but for now I must go and do the work he has prepared for me to do today.
I pray you are seeing God's love like you have never seen it before. He truly is the King of kings and the Lord of lords and loves with an everlasting love.
Hmmmmm, oh how I love him.
~Marjorie
Everyone needs encouragement and I want to encourage you today. I hope you will enjoy today's write up.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Broken Hearts to Transformed Hearts
When you hear the word "professional" what comes to your mind? I think of a person that has gone to school and has obtained the required credits to receive a plaque and then hangs it on their wall. A professional _______ (you fill in the blank).
Jesus didn't call the elite, he called the lowly to accomplish His work, right?
It is written this way in the Message
"Take a good look, friends, at who you were when you got called into this life. I don't see many of "the brightest and the best" among you, not many influential, not many from high-society families. Isn't it obvious that God deliberately chose men and women that the culture overlooks and exploits and abuses, chose these "nobodies" to expose the hollow pretensions of the "somebodies"? That makes it quite clear that none of you can get by with blowing your own horn before God. Everything that we have—right thinking and right living, a clean slate and a fresh start—comes from God by way of Jesus Christ. That's why we have the saying, "If you're going to blow a horn, blow a trumpet for God."" 1 Corinthians 1:26-31
I often wonder why God has me talking to certain women and youth when it appears their problems need a professional counselor; not me.
I expressed my concerns to a friend and his response was "you are the professional." I replied with "huh?" Once he explained what he meant another friend, a day later, gave the verse above.
Now it all is clear to me and I hope it is to you too. God of Creation is about relationships right? We go and do worldly things sleep around, eat bad foods, drink to get drunk, smoke to feel better, and the list goes on and on. He, God Almighty, comes at that moment you are in the darkest pit. He comes with His arms stretched down ready to pick you up and see if you are going to reach up to Him. We have to walk through some serious garbage in order and get to our lowest of lows sometimes. We don't know why people treat us the way they do and hurt us along the way. We don't even know why we hurt other people sometimes, but we do. It is at the moment we decide to make a change in our lives. We turn from the ways of the darkness of this world and towards the light of Jesus Christ. Now, He has something to work with and change now that we've surrendered.
So now we're on this road of recovery and we happen to have people in our path that can help us. I've always said, that people need to hear your story. It's true because you are now the "professional" that they need to help them in their garbage.
I like being an ambassador for Christ. I am willing to talk to anyone about Jesus that will listen to me, but most importantly will listen to Jesus through me.
In my mind's eye I can hear a crying heart of a child, a youth, a woman, and a man. In my heart, I know there are people, like me, desiring a change to be made. Some of them have no control over their environment and others have a lot of control, they are just not willing and ready to make the change. For some of these people they don't even know there is a change possible for them.
I had a friend ask me "why are you being nice to me." Isn't that a loaded question? I didn't have to think to hard or long over my answer because I knew why. The problem I had was saying the right words for her to understand why. You see God is love. Jesus lives in me and forgives all sins when we ask. God is the God of Restoration and he has and is restoring me. If God can forgive me and restore me shouldn't I love others too? Shouldn't I be an example to others? Therefore, if God is love and He loves me than I have love and can show love. I know I was called by God to help this young lady, but what I have found is that I see me in her. Ironic isn't it? God calls me to help out someone else that reminds me of me?
I lead by my example; my own experience that God has seen me through time and time again. He still loves me, He died for me and restored me to sanity.
Some people see God as they do their earthly Fathers. People today believe that God doesn't care about them, will leave them, wants to hurt them, and has no time for them. My dear friend, that is a lie from the pit of hell. Satan and his demons wants you to be separated from the love of God. He wants you to believe those things so that He can keep you in torment. Oh precious one, God's word tells us that He cares about our every thought, word, emotion, problems, and situations. God does not hurt you He loves you and He is there for you 24/7. In the middle of the night, you may not be able to call your best friend Doris, but you can call on Jesus. He's waiting to hear from you. All you have to do is start the conversation. By the way, He already knows your name because He gave you your name. Just talk to Him about your hurt, habit, or even a hang up you have. Talk to Him about what you are mad about. He will listen and He will answer you. Sometimes His answers come in an instant and other times it is gradual. One thing is TRUE though; He's an on time God.
You can even write a letter to Him; he reads too.
Need some help talking or praying? I'll help you....
God I am hurting because __________________.
God I am angry because ___________________.
God I've read and hear that you love me, I need you to show me that love.
Start pouring your heart out to Him; He'll listen and He will answer.
"If you love me you will hear me. The reason you do not hear me is because you are not of God."
This means that if you have not accepted Jesus Christ into your heart, you will not hear from God. No one comes to the Father accept through His Son, Jesus. Ask Jesus into your heart today, right now.
He will lead and guide you into all truth. He promises this and cannot lie.
~Marjorie
Jesus didn't call the elite, he called the lowly to accomplish His work, right?
It is written this way in the Message
"Take a good look, friends, at who you were when you got called into this life. I don't see many of "the brightest and the best" among you, not many influential, not many from high-society families. Isn't it obvious that God deliberately chose men and women that the culture overlooks and exploits and abuses, chose these "nobodies" to expose the hollow pretensions of the "somebodies"? That makes it quite clear that none of you can get by with blowing your own horn before God. Everything that we have—right thinking and right living, a clean slate and a fresh start—comes from God by way of Jesus Christ. That's why we have the saying, "If you're going to blow a horn, blow a trumpet for God."" 1 Corinthians 1:26-31
I often wonder why God has me talking to certain women and youth when it appears their problems need a professional counselor; not me.
I expressed my concerns to a friend and his response was "you are the professional." I replied with "huh?" Once he explained what he meant another friend, a day later, gave the verse above.
Now it all is clear to me and I hope it is to you too. God of Creation is about relationships right? We go and do worldly things sleep around, eat bad foods, drink to get drunk, smoke to feel better, and the list goes on and on. He, God Almighty, comes at that moment you are in the darkest pit. He comes with His arms stretched down ready to pick you up and see if you are going to reach up to Him. We have to walk through some serious garbage in order and get to our lowest of lows sometimes. We don't know why people treat us the way they do and hurt us along the way. We don't even know why we hurt other people sometimes, but we do. It is at the moment we decide to make a change in our lives. We turn from the ways of the darkness of this world and towards the light of Jesus Christ. Now, He has something to work with and change now that we've surrendered.
So now we're on this road of recovery and we happen to have people in our path that can help us. I've always said, that people need to hear your story. It's true because you are now the "professional" that they need to help them in their garbage.
I like being an ambassador for Christ. I am willing to talk to anyone about Jesus that will listen to me, but most importantly will listen to Jesus through me.
In my mind's eye I can hear a crying heart of a child, a youth, a woman, and a man. In my heart, I know there are people, like me, desiring a change to be made. Some of them have no control over their environment and others have a lot of control, they are just not willing and ready to make the change. For some of these people they don't even know there is a change possible for them.
I had a friend ask me "why are you being nice to me." Isn't that a loaded question? I didn't have to think to hard or long over my answer because I knew why. The problem I had was saying the right words for her to understand why. You see God is love. Jesus lives in me and forgives all sins when we ask. God is the God of Restoration and he has and is restoring me. If God can forgive me and restore me shouldn't I love others too? Shouldn't I be an example to others? Therefore, if God is love and He loves me than I have love and can show love. I know I was called by God to help this young lady, but what I have found is that I see me in her. Ironic isn't it? God calls me to help out someone else that reminds me of me?
I lead by my example; my own experience that God has seen me through time and time again. He still loves me, He died for me and restored me to sanity.
Some people see God as they do their earthly Fathers. People today believe that God doesn't care about them, will leave them, wants to hurt them, and has no time for them. My dear friend, that is a lie from the pit of hell. Satan and his demons wants you to be separated from the love of God. He wants you to believe those things so that He can keep you in torment. Oh precious one, God's word tells us that He cares about our every thought, word, emotion, problems, and situations. God does not hurt you He loves you and He is there for you 24/7. In the middle of the night, you may not be able to call your best friend Doris, but you can call on Jesus. He's waiting to hear from you. All you have to do is start the conversation. By the way, He already knows your name because He gave you your name. Just talk to Him about your hurt, habit, or even a hang up you have. Talk to Him about what you are mad about. He will listen and He will answer you. Sometimes His answers come in an instant and other times it is gradual. One thing is TRUE though; He's an on time God.
You can even write a letter to Him; he reads too.
Need some help talking or praying? I'll help you....
God I am hurting because __________________.
God I am angry because ___________________.
God I've read and hear that you love me, I need you to show me that love.
Start pouring your heart out to Him; He'll listen and He will answer.
"If you love me you will hear me. The reason you do not hear me is because you are not of God."
This means that if you have not accepted Jesus Christ into your heart, you will not hear from God. No one comes to the Father accept through His Son, Jesus. Ask Jesus into your heart today, right now.
He will lead and guide you into all truth. He promises this and cannot lie.
~Marjorie
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