Dear Life....

Dear Life.  I say ‘Dear Life’ as life is dear to me and God who gave me life.  What a great thought to know that God gave us life, God created us, God breathed in us! I say ‘Dear Life’ as I share my life that I have been able to live. In this life I love I am thankful for an awesome husband who believes in me, an awesome super Dad that brings support to our family.  In my dear life I want to journal  how God’s grace and love are the main thread in everything I do, in my everyday life.

I love this life that is dear!

Yard Work In Our Life

Since we have been working in our backyard I have seen how much time, money and effort my husband has put into it.  There are many stages when gardening as each plant requires different attention.  Our life in God's hands is like that.  Not only does God invest time, money and effort but He gave us LIFE! Know that your life rooted in Him will grow and bear fruit.  Be encouraged today that your life will flourish successfully in Him!

³ They (we) are like trees growing beside a stream,trees that produce fruit in season and always have leaves. Those people (us) succeed in everything they do. Psalm 1:3 (Contemporary English Version)

Roller Coaster Surrender

 Listening to Kim Walker's song "I Surrender" this morning made me think about the word surrender.  You can find in the dictionary words like 'to give up possession', 'to yield', or 'to resign'.  however in God when we surrender we can look at the antonyms of surrender, we can 'withstand and stand firm' in Him.  We surrender, stand firm into His Grace and Love, we surrender into His blessings, we surrender into His peace and strength!  As we stand in line for the roller coaster we have that moment of hesitation as we know that we will allow the ride to take over and we give up in twists and turns.  We just take that breath, lift our hands, close our eyes and enjoy the ride with a huge smile.  How much more in God can we ride the roller coaster of surrender? We can lift our hands, close our eyes and enjoy life!

Connecting Lines

Recently my perspective has changed, my outlook, my vision, my view as I have connected new lines to my box.  Do you remember in art class when they taught how to create dimension in a simple drawing of a box by adding lines and connecting them? Your box would turn after looking at it.  Well as I have connected lines of God's love, faith, hope and peace my box has turned!  I see a life where I can be fearless through God. I see a life that is full of positive expectation.  I see a life with good days ahead. I see a life that I love!

Glue

We hear so many references to the influence we have as women.  'Women are the neck that turn the head' to 'women are the ones to get things done'.  My favorite one though is "women are the glue that keep relationships sticking".  As I think of that statement it makes me wonder what kind of glue am I. Do I give love to all my relationships as it is the love of God that never fails?  Do I give to my relationships knowing that in return I will find life?  We should strive to be the kind of glue that gives love in all times because that is what will hold our relationships together for the long run. 

Punch Bread Down

Lately I have been making a lot of homemade bread and starting to really feel comfortable with the steps.  Mix flour and spices, yeast with warm water, add to flour, shape and let rise.  After you let the dough rise you punch it down so that you can shape it and let rise once more for baking.  As I was thinking about the steps I wonder how many times do we feel like we are being punched down? But even more than that how many times do rise again! We should be encouraged that we can only rise up and conqueror to be who God has called us to be regardless of circumstances. 

"No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us." Romans 8:37

Truth

We were discussing an action plan with a doctor and she was explaining that we should go ahead use the time that we have to collect data in presenting a case to the insurance company.  I was remembering the quote that I recently read in my devotional about facts and truth.  Regardless of the 'data' facts that we are looking at I am glad to know that we can collect on God's truth for our life! We can trust and stir faith within us leading to drown out the facts.  Let us be encouraged to collect and present our case with truth that God loves us and has given us everything we need!

"What is the difference between fact and truth? Facts change but truth, the Word of God remains" Joseph Prince