Unapologetically and Honestly Loving Others with Reckless Abandon

The other day I was under a bit of stress and confusion about a few things. It was really interesting at how God totally took the situation and redirected my focus back on Him. I am so excited to see how God speaks, when I am willing to turn my ear to Him. I love that God desires my attention and He will do WHATEVER it takes to get to my heart. I love that God loves me that much that He desires my undivided attention. So when I decided to listen He spoke VERY clearly. I was supposed to go and visit my sister and her family, but plans got changed and so in that very moment I had a choice to make. I could get really upset, which really had no warrant, or I could choose joy and realize that God had something else for me to do that night. I made myself available to God and He made things incredible. I love that God has His way every time. I was sitting there trying to figure out what I needed to read and God spoke again. He asked me to read Habakkuk and since I have not ever read that book...

...is " I Refuse" because usually I am having to say that to my flesh and my nature. I have to constantly remind myself that I am NOT the same person I was and that I need to make sure that I am hearing God. I have to REFUSE to be afraid like I tend to get at times and I have to REFUSE to give into my flesh. I have to REFUSE to live like I don't have a loving Savior who rescued me and I have to REFUSE to allow the enemies lies to penetrate my heart. I have to REFUSE to put myself first and I have to REFUSE to get distracted by the things of this world. I have to CHOOSE life, I have to CHOOSE joy, I have to CHOOSE peace and I have to CHOOSE to be obedient. So the other day I was in a moment of trying to feel better about something and allowing my flesh to have a bit of control, God spoke very clearly and showed me this song. Before I have you read the lyrics I want you to know that God did this for me and if you allow Him to, He will do it for you too!! This song has beco...

This morning I started to read Romans, I can already tell this is going to be slow going in that I have 4 bibles, 2 different translations but each has different commentaries on the verses I read as well as a book to help me understand each book in the bible. I chose Romans because it is the most basic in the whole truth of the Gospel. I am just blown away by the things Paul has said and I am only through the first few verses. I have been reading for about two hours and yes only the first few verses but part of that was getting all the back ground of a new book. But really what I want to focus on is the amazing heart Paul had for the people of Rome. Yes he was a Roman citizen and yes he knew many people in Rome, but when the Jews, they believe, came back from Pentecost started a church and allowed the Gentiles to be apart, they received flack from the other Jews who had not yet converted. I just love Paul's heart though because he longed to be with them. He desired for them to know...

In the Beth Moore study of David I am doing at church, questions have risen. So I have been seeking out answers and talking about things that my heart tells me. I am in constant discussions about many things but this seems to be one of the common topics and so I went to my source of wisdom and knowledge...MY dad!! He always points me in the right direction and I so appreciate that. I have been faced with the question of, "Was it God's perfect will to have a king in Israel such as David or was that apart of His permissive will because of the people wanting a king and not allowing God to be their king?" Well all I can do is go by scripture and read what it says, ask God to show me, and trust that I may not understand certain things about God and why He does or allows things. So far all this question has done is raised more questions, and honestly the answer is up to God but I bring this up because how many times do we miss the things God wants for us because we haven't ...