Susan's Blog: At the End of the Day...A Good Indicator

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

At the End of the Day...A Good Indicator

A good indicator that I’m trying to get through each day on my own strength, power, wisdom and might is when I arrive home completely spent. It’s an exhaustion that a good night’s sleep won’t remedy. In fact sleep often evades me because my mind is constantly on the go. I feel like I can’t turn it off.

Along with other changes in recent months, I am not able to listen to my IPod and partake of good solid Christian teaching as much as I used to. I desperately miss that. It fed my heart, mind and soul. Somehow I need to build that back into my daily life.

I think I’ve let the busyness and demands of life…work, home and responsibilities crowd God out…or assign Him to a small place that I will get to when I have the time. Ouch! Not good…not good at all.

Like any relationship…my relationship with God grows when I spend time with Him and listen to Him and share what’s going on with me. Trust Him with what I’m going through. Trust His counsel and be quick to obey.

It’s the time spent in prayer…or opening the Bible and reading with my ear inclined towards God.

You know that feeling when you are in love…and you hang on every word that comes out of your loved one’s mouth. You can’t wait to hear what they will say next. You treasure and value their advice because their wisdom is combined with love for you.

I feel like that’s what I’m missing with God. And I want it back…starting tonight. I want to hold on to Jesus and not let go.

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Joshua said...: I think we all want to hold on to Jesus and never let go of Him. You know what Susan. I cannot wait to see His very face. To be able to hold Him, touch Him, and thank Him for all eternity. What a day that will be!

In Christ,
Joshua :); 12:16 AM

My Colors Will Be Clear

I am a part of the fellowship of the unashamed. I have Holy Spirit power. The die has been cast. I have stepped over the line. The decision has been made. I'm a disciple of His. I won't look back, let up, slow down, back away, or be still.

My past is redeemed, my present makes sense, my future is secure. I'm finished and done with low living, sight seeing, smooth knees, color-less dreams, tamed visions, mundane talking, "chinchy" giving and dwarfed goals.

I no longer need position, promotions, or popularity. I don't have to be right, first, tops, recognized, praised, regarded or rewarded. I now live by presence, learn by faith, walk by patience, lift by prayer, and labor by power.

My face is set, my gait is fast, my destination is heaven, my road is narrow, my way is rough, my companions few. My Guide reliable, my mission clear. I cannot be bought, compromised, detoured, lured away, turned back, deluded or delayed. I will not flinch in the face of sacrifice, hesitate in the presence of adversity, negotiate at the table of the enemy, ponder at the pool of popularity.

I won't give up, shut up, let up, until I have stayed up, stored up, prayed up, paid up, and preached up for the cause of the One that gave me life, drew the line in blood for me in the hour of my destiny.

I am one of Christ's remnant people. I belong to Him and none other. All I do to bring this life to another is done because of that blood covenant poured out for me.

I must go till He comes, give till I drop, preach till all know, and work till He stops me. I must share will all that one more might hear and be drawn from the flaming darkness that longs to consume. Reach for another, touch but one more!

Until that moment...He will have no problem in recognizing me- my colors will be clear!!!

Not only are the words inspiring but so is the man behind them. The above letter was written by a Pastor in Africa who was undergoing severe persecution. On the eve of his execution he sat down and wrote the above note.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

At the End of the Day...A Good Indicator

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