So.......as life rolls along there are things that weigh on us heavily. I've currently got some things on my plate to "fuss and fret" about. The world has a plan for our focus, life direction, and general happiness. The plan is "chaos and utter distress". God's plan for us it to stick close to Him and let Him shield us from emotional chaos via His promises. Doesn't mean the world won't be hitting us with waves of yuk, it just means when we cling to the Rock (do I sound old school yet?) we will not fall because He's SO awesomely unchanging. Woohoo!!! Finally, something stable in life....HIM and His LOVE and PROVISION and PROTECTION and MERCY!!!
Sorry, had to break out into a little praise moment. Actually, not sorry.
Anyway, back to the point, ever notice that the revelations of Christianity are often cyclic? Several times a year, month, or week I get different lessons with the same message: 1)God's love is incalculable. And I love this lesson, 2) God's provision-He's faithful. 3) He's waiting, ready, and able to forgive 4) He is in the restoration business(of people). And so on and so on.
Most recently the cyclic message that hit me like a ton of bricks (again), is Quit Trying To Play God, Give It Up to God.
I have a couple of treadstones around the neck that have been weighing me down recently. And they seem to keep my focus off course. I'm so busy focussing on them and how I can "play God" with them and make things happen (out of love of course) that I lost sight of my goal. I'm suppose to give them to the capable, willing, unwavering, nail scarred hands of God. He has rescued my life from the serious pits of despair, coddled me along the way, restored me over and over again, not to forget the tiny thing of CREATION of the UNIVERSE, and so many other things......tell me, why is it that I think I have to have my hands in these "treadstone" sitatuations?
Wednesday night I went to church just aching to be in the presence of 1,000 or so people who genuinely love God. I wanted my voice to be able to cry out to the Lord in prayer and praise and get lost in a sea of others all loving God. I wasn't let down. During praise and worship, I felt like the Lord was speaking another cyclic message to me, "Give me your treadstones! You're trying to make them work, your trying, your trying, your ....but you need to give them up to Me. I'm God, I've got it." A lesson that I've learned and heard over and over and over was revealed as fresh and new as a new born child. Oddly enough, when our Pastor got up on stage and began talking, he was saying the same thing! Ahhh!! Is it possible that the whole church is going through the same "lessons" at the same time and that God is so awesome that He can speak the same message to a church filled with over 1,000 people? Is it possible He speaks to our hearts gently during worship, and then has the pastor speak from his/His heart to confirm the message? Crazy cool stuff.
One of the treadstones: I had been obsessing over and over in my mind about how to make this adoption happen quicker. Bwahahahahahahahahahaha! Just typing that makes me laugh.
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