About a week ago I think I was talking to a friend of mine and we were talking about my usually blank/dismal look on my face, and the only thing I could come up with was well I don't smile much and so I always look the same regardless of my mood. Well, that had an affect on my heart, whether I totally got that or not. Well, no more can I use that excuse.. The joy of the Lord is my strength which not only means that when my Father is happy I am strong but that when I am filled with this Unshakable joy I am also strong. Nehemiah 8:10 "Don't be dejected and sad, for the joy of the LORD is your strength!" It seems so simple... Oh wait because it is. All week I have been witness to God's grace and provision. If I can witness the everpresent love that God pours out on me it would be hard not to be giddy. I made the mistake of getting distracted and got up from writing and thus this has suffered because the next thing I was going to say I can no longer remember. Must not have been destined to be blogged.
So, I am a pretty analytical guy and thus I see things in numbers and way success rates based on output although I am learning not to do that any longer and God has sent some amazing encouragement in that area.
Wednesday I got the chance to talk with a middle schooler about the grace of God and the joy of repentance after he came to me thinking he would need to be baptized again because of sin. I was blessed this week to be able to afford insurance. I have witnessed what God can do through me even when I am not fully prepared, even if it looks like I am. God is truly full of grace and thus pours it out on us like a monsoon even though we don't realize it. The verse that says, "Out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks" applies as much to God as it does to us. His heart is for us and for us to worship Him and receive grace and mercy because He is. Simply because He is.
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