What God can do if you let Him.
I'd like to talk to you today, this day before we celebrate the Savior overcoming death and offering us eternal life, about God.
That's no surprise, but what surprises me is how much I'm learning about God these days. Our relationship has changed into one where I'm discovering what a real presence He has in my life. I may not understand what He's doing at the time, but He's making me want to really learn more about His ways.
God put someone in my life a couple of years ago and told me to love her. I failed because I didn't just love her. I tried to do this and that. I made judgments based on my own experiences. None of that was what God told me to do. He just told me to love her.
He did NOT tell me to love me.
He told me to love her.
A while back, I asked God to pick a mate for me. And then I had some things happen to me and it looked like God was working in my life, so I followed. Today, I had it all explained to me. If I would have just loved her, I wouldn't have to try to do this all over again.
I am yielded to God and His way. My way isn't working.
The lesson for this came as part of my workbook I'm going through again. God's people were stubborn so he left them to their own devices. He also told them that if they'd just do things His way, he'd quickly overthrow their enemies. OK, I am officially on God's way. It would have been so much easier.
Lesson learned.
The other thing I learned is also part of the lesson. God can use anyone to accomplish His purposes. I heard a story I cannot repeat on the blog today that showed me a couple of things. First is that you should never underestimate the importance of anything God asks you to do, even as a vocation. You have no idea what God is up to. Second: God really does use the foolish things of the world to battle the wise.
Man, what a story!
Next up is the noise that's going on in my life. Found myself at home last night and flipped on the TV to see Clark Gable in San Francisco. The name of the character he played is "Blackie". You had to figure he was gonna make a cameo in there someplace.
I'm in Wal-mart looking for Easter basket grass this morning. They don't have any. I get a text from my ex-sister-in-law Cyndee. She wants me to pass a phone number to her mom. Well, it's not busy in Wal-mart and the old lady is there working so I give her the number and go to the next register over to pay for what I did find there. The old lady can't wait on me. The next customer the old lady waits on is buying bicycles. One of them has a big sticker on it, and I kid you not it says "TROUBLE".
OK, that's weird. But no grass sends me to another store. On the way up Riverdale Road, while waiting at a light, I look over and see a Suburban from Nevada with the vanity plate "Shanda".
Shanda was the Maid of Honor at my last wedding.
Just telling a story. That really happened. To me. Today.
Me, personally, though.... I see God doing something. He's changing me. Leading me. Teaching me. Loving me. Me. Reprehensible, despicable, unworthy little old me. It's incredible.
And it's what keeps me going.
That's no surprise, but what surprises me is how much I'm learning about God these days. Our relationship has changed into one where I'm discovering what a real presence He has in my life. I may not understand what He's doing at the time, but He's making me want to really learn more about His ways.
God put someone in my life a couple of years ago and told me to love her. I failed because I didn't just love her. I tried to do this and that. I made judgments based on my own experiences. None of that was what God told me to do. He just told me to love her.
He did NOT tell me to love me.
He told me to love her.
A while back, I asked God to pick a mate for me. And then I had some things happen to me and it looked like God was working in my life, so I followed. Today, I had it all explained to me. If I would have just loved her, I wouldn't have to try to do this all over again.
I am yielded to God and His way. My way isn't working.
The lesson for this came as part of my workbook I'm going through again. God's people were stubborn so he left them to their own devices. He also told them that if they'd just do things His way, he'd quickly overthrow their enemies. OK, I am officially on God's way. It would have been so much easier.
Lesson learned.
The other thing I learned is also part of the lesson. God can use anyone to accomplish His purposes. I heard a story I cannot repeat on the blog today that showed me a couple of things. First is that you should never underestimate the importance of anything God asks you to do, even as a vocation. You have no idea what God is up to. Second: God really does use the foolish things of the world to battle the wise.
Man, what a story!
Next up is the noise that's going on in my life. Found myself at home last night and flipped on the TV to see Clark Gable in San Francisco. The name of the character he played is "Blackie". You had to figure he was gonna make a cameo in there someplace.
I'm in Wal-mart looking for Easter basket grass this morning. They don't have any. I get a text from my ex-sister-in-law Cyndee. She wants me to pass a phone number to her mom. Well, it's not busy in Wal-mart and the old lady is there working so I give her the number and go to the next register over to pay for what I did find there. The old lady can't wait on me. The next customer the old lady waits on is buying bicycles. One of them has a big sticker on it, and I kid you not it says "TROUBLE".
OK, that's weird. But no grass sends me to another store. On the way up Riverdale Road, while waiting at a light, I look over and see a Suburban from Nevada with the vanity plate "Shanda".
Shanda was the Maid of Honor at my last wedding.
Just telling a story. That really happened. To me. Today.
Me, personally, though.... I see God doing something. He's changing me. Leading me. Teaching me. Loving me. Me. Reprehensible, despicable, unworthy little old me. It's incredible.
And it's what keeps me going.
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