The only thing I benefit from by looking at myself is seeing my frailty...my depravity. When I see this reality I remember - it is not about me. I stop and I remember Who my God is.
So I started a little project for myself in the midst of dealing with [stuff I'm dealing with]. I keep a stack of Post-It notes and a Sharpie handy, and every time I begin to get overwhelmed, instead of putting up verses on my walls that tell me what to do (while those are good reminders, they drive me to legalism and self-condemnation), I am simply writing out "GOD is ____."
Today - and always: He is sovereign. He is loving.
**additional reflection 20130722@00:55**
So I started a little project for myself in the midst of dealing with [stuff I'm dealing with]. I keep a stack of Post-It notes and a Sharpie handy, and every time I begin to get overwhelmed, instead of putting up verses on my walls that tell me what to do (while those are good reminders, they drive me to legalism and self-condemnation), I am simply writing out "GOD is ____."
Today - and always: He is sovereign. He is loving.
**additional reflection 20130722@00:55**
I want to hold more tightly to the Cross in [this].
[This] should not drive me to respond any differently than I have before. Though, I hope it will force me to respond more rightly.
God is unchanging. Unchanging. If I go to Him, and if I respond to [this] in light of Who He is - should my response not be the same in [this] as in everything? Both in what often I call "bad" or "good," both in what I call "days of grace" and those days I take grace for granted.
God, be.
Our God is so beautiful and good. I'm so glad for your example of trust in Him, and not only trust, but continual seeking. May He pour out blessings upon your head.
ReplyDelete~Brittany S.