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Psalm 13:6
I will sing to the Lord, because He has dealt bountifully with me.
Here lately I've been in just kind of a bad mood. I haven't been thankful for what God's given me. And when I say "What God's given me", I don't just mean Ignite. It's the 29th of December of 2017. Christmas just came and passed, I just had my 19th birthday on the 11th, and I just got my package from my family. So what I mean by "What God's given me" is the people that God's put in my life. My dad, mom, brothers, grandparents, friends, and everyone else. God has given me SO MUCH MORE than I could ask for! So the reason I chose this verse is because it says, "He has dealt bountifully with me". Bountifully means large in quantity or abundant. God has dealt so abundantly with me! This bitterness and uncomfort in my heart has been blocking my joy out. Even today, bitterness caught up to me and honestly I dwelled on it for a bit. The moral of all this is I'm growing. I get lost sometimes but I'm learning to run to God with the bitterness that I get. God always finds me. So it goes back to the beginning of the verse, I will sing to the Lord. I will worship the Lord because He has dealt abundantly with me.
Friday, December 29, 2017
Sunday, December 17, 2017
Luke 7:37-38. Humble Servant Am I.
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Luke 7:37-38
37 And there was a woman in the city who was a sinner; and when she learned that He was reclining at the table in the Pharisees's house, she brought an alabaster vial of perfume, 38 and standing behind Him at His feet, weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears, and kept wiping them with the hair of her head, and kissing His feet and anointing them with the perfume.
Oh God! I can't believe all the places that I've been and all of those I've come to meet. Blessings of faith, when I have only a mustard seed. For every hardship in my life, I'll hold Your name, I'll do just fine. All praise are Yours and none are mine. Instruments played by hands that cannot read or recollect one solitary note or line, yet play in perfect harmony. God whispers into some mens ears, well He screams into mine. Speaking, endlessly, all my hopes and fears. Nay, simply I'll reply. Blessings so sweet and divine. None of which I do deserve, for only a humble servant am I. Am I. Lowly, I'll wash Your feet with the tears I've cried. Each joy in my life and each breath in my lungs attests to Your overwhelming grace. Show us Your love. You see my tattered shoes, my broken spirit. Unequipped to finish the race that I could have never won. So you snatched me up into Your strong arms and over Your shoulders, I was slung. Lord, You've given me the tools to live as Your own. Talent, drive, and the willingness to run. All praise are Yours, and none are mine, for only a humble servant am I. Am I. Hope my humility can outlast my pride.
Luke 7:37-38
37 And there was a woman in the city who was a sinner; and when she learned that He was reclining at the table in the Pharisees's house, she brought an alabaster vial of perfume, 38 and standing behind Him at His feet, weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears, and kept wiping them with the hair of her head, and kissing His feet and anointing them with the perfume.
Oh God! I can't believe all the places that I've been and all of those I've come to meet. Blessings of faith, when I have only a mustard seed. For every hardship in my life, I'll hold Your name, I'll do just fine. All praise are Yours and none are mine. Instruments played by hands that cannot read or recollect one solitary note or line, yet play in perfect harmony. God whispers into some mens ears, well He screams into mine. Speaking, endlessly, all my hopes and fears. Nay, simply I'll reply. Blessings so sweet and divine. None of which I do deserve, for only a humble servant am I. Am I. Lowly, I'll wash Your feet with the tears I've cried. Each joy in my life and each breath in my lungs attests to Your overwhelming grace. Show us Your love. You see my tattered shoes, my broken spirit. Unequipped to finish the race that I could have never won. So you snatched me up into Your strong arms and over Your shoulders, I was slung. Lord, You've given me the tools to live as Your own. Talent, drive, and the willingness to run. All praise are Yours, and none are mine, for only a humble servant am I. Am I. Hope my humility can outlast my pride.
Matthew 14:29
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Matthew 14:29
And He said, "Come!" And Peter got out of the boat, and walked on the water and came toward Jesus.
I read this and it makes me think. Attempting the impossible to get to Jesus. Jesus told Peter "Come!", and Peter came. Peter walked on the water. Peter did the impossible with Jesus. So how can I pull anything out of this? Well the main part that hits me in this is the one word that Jesus says, "Come!". When Jesus said to me "Come!", I thought to get there was impossible. I thought, "10 months out of my life, away from home, family, and friends? Haha. HECK NO!" I think the thing scared me the most was just the thought of two words, "Being away". I'm away. Simple as that. I'm away from my family, my friends, my oklaHOMEa. But Jesus saw me and said, "Come!". It goes back to that everytime. He said, "Come!". So I pushed past the fear of being away. I pushed past the guilt of feeling like I'm leaving my family. And I came! And has it been life changing? Yes. Has it been all unicorns and rainbows? No. But when it comes to my Jesus, I'll attempt the impossible to get to Him.
Matthew 14:29
And He said, "Come!" And Peter got out of the boat, and walked on the water and came toward Jesus.
I read this and it makes me think. Attempting the impossible to get to Jesus. Jesus told Peter "Come!", and Peter came. Peter walked on the water. Peter did the impossible with Jesus. So how can I pull anything out of this? Well the main part that hits me in this is the one word that Jesus says, "Come!". When Jesus said to me "Come!", I thought to get there was impossible. I thought, "10 months out of my life, away from home, family, and friends? Haha. HECK NO!" I think the thing scared me the most was just the thought of two words, "Being away". I'm away. Simple as that. I'm away from my family, my friends, my oklaHOMEa. But Jesus saw me and said, "Come!". It goes back to that everytime. He said, "Come!". So I pushed past the fear of being away. I pushed past the guilt of feeling like I'm leaving my family. And I came! And has it been life changing? Yes. Has it been all unicorns and rainbows? No. But when it comes to my Jesus, I'll attempt the impossible to get to Him.
Exodus 10:21
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Exodus 10:21
Then the Lord said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even a darkness which may be felt."
A darkness which may be felt. I first read that in Guat when I went through Exodus. When I read it, it caught me and hung on to me. I've thought about it alot, wondering if God is saying just physical darkness that is so dark that you can feel it, or spiritual darkness that your soul can feel. Lately, I've been thinking alot just about my life. What I've been through. The pain that I've come out of. The loves that I've lost. Thinking about that goes in turn with this verse for me. I've had a darkness that I coud feel. I think that's why the verse has hung on to me for months, I've been their and there's no real way to explain that feeling, just to say that it really is a darkness that you can feel. As I write this, I'm listening to a song called "Dissolve" by Being As An Ocean. There's a lyric in the song that says, "Anxious for loving embrace to dissolve this ache I felt". That explains everything for me. I was so anxious for the loving embrace to dissolve the ache I felt. I remember literally screaming at God to help me and drive out this darkness that I felt. Looking back, I know that God used that darkness and that pain to put me right where He wants me. My Father showed me the loving embrace that I needed and could only get from Him. You see, God never left me. God is omnipresent. God heard every prayer, every scream, every cuss word, and every cry that I poured out to Him. He used His perfect timing to show me why I needed that ache and why I needed Him more. Because as He speaks, the ache I feel, it dissolves.
Exodus 10:21
Then the Lord said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even a darkness which may be felt."
A darkness which may be felt. I first read that in Guat when I went through Exodus. When I read it, it caught me and hung on to me. I've thought about it alot, wondering if God is saying just physical darkness that is so dark that you can feel it, or spiritual darkness that your soul can feel. Lately, I've been thinking alot just about my life. What I've been through. The pain that I've come out of. The loves that I've lost. Thinking about that goes in turn with this verse for me. I've had a darkness that I coud feel. I think that's why the verse has hung on to me for months, I've been their and there's no real way to explain that feeling, just to say that it really is a darkness that you can feel. As I write this, I'm listening to a song called "Dissolve" by Being As An Ocean. There's a lyric in the song that says, "Anxious for loving embrace to dissolve this ache I felt". That explains everything for me. I was so anxious for the loving embrace to dissolve the ache I felt. I remember literally screaming at God to help me and drive out this darkness that I felt. Looking back, I know that God used that darkness and that pain to put me right where He wants me. My Father showed me the loving embrace that I needed and could only get from Him. You see, God never left me. God is omnipresent. God heard every prayer, every scream, every cuss word, and every cry that I poured out to Him. He used His perfect timing to show me why I needed that ache and why I needed Him more. Because as He speaks, the ache I feel, it dissolves.
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