"For skillful and godly Wisdom is better than rubies or pearls,
and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared with it." Proverbs 8:11 Amplified

Sunday, March 23, 2014

Icky Stuff


 
Change:
 
something that rattles around in the bottom of your purse or in your pants pocket,











something you do to a baby when the odor is distinct,
 
 

something you do to your tire when it becomes flat on one side, the side in contact with the pavement,
 
 
 
 
 
 
something you do in the morning so your worst nightmare doesn’t come true and you end up at work in your pajamas.
 

 

Hey you can handle these types of change…although you might grumble a little about the baby and the tire, they're both messy jobs.

 

But what do you do with the changes that inflict physical manifestations: breathing becomes shallow, heart rate increases, knees become weak, and your tongue sticks to the roof of your mouth. Your mind repeats a mantra, “I don’t want to, I don’t want to.”
 

This unwanted course is imposed on you when God says, “Prepare yourself, change is coming.”


As if that’s not frightening enough, when you ask Him to elaborate, you hear only crickets.


Status Quo – remaining in your present condition may be preferable to entering the unfamiliar, even if the status quo is making you unhappy, at least you know what you have to face each day.

 

That “change” thing – who knows what that will mean – a new job, a move to another state, a change of churches, a change in a marital status, an internal change, a new car, a new house.

 

Personally, change is hard for me. When I left Illinois after nineteen months and returned to Colorado God told me to expect change. I still don’t know what that means but God has impressed a word on my mind—trust.

 
Not trust in the world or myself but trust in Him,
entrusting the details to Him.
 

Now, that I think I can do.

Friday, March 21, 2014

Enough

Life has its joys and sorrows. Each day has its ups and downs,
crazy turns and sudden stops.

Elitch Gardens
          Some days we would prefer staying in bed, covers over our head and blinds closed.
 
Photo by Diane Shaw
                                                               
Unfortunately what we are hiding from won’t go away while we retreat from the world.

But, that day in bed, that day closed off from what’s out there waiting for us, may be exactly what we need to do.

A day of rest is NOT a wasted day.

Bury the guilt, turn off your cell phone,

silence the ringer on the home phone, send the kids to grandma’s and the husband on a camping trip.

You will be a better, stronger and emotionally healthy person.

Renew your strength, it is a good thing. Even God rested.


“He gives power to the tired and worn out, and strength to the weak. Even the youths shall be exhausted, and the young men will all give up. But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength. They shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.” Isaiah 40:29-31 The Living Bible
 
Bald Eagle photo by: Marietta Kappel
                                            

Friday, March 14, 2014

Heart Beat


 
HEART BEAT

 
Lift my heart Lord

    From the despair within.

Fill me with your presence

    Show me your light.

 

Night time needs to be over,

    I need the glories of your Sun.

The pain is deep

    And brokenness overwhelms me.


 

Your challenge is to trust

    I am weary from the battle.

 

Can you see my unshed tears

    Bottled so deep inside?

They want to be shed

    But something I don’t see or

    Understand stops them.

 

I am tied to this place

    With invisible chains.

I want to break free

    But what if when the chains fall

    There is nothing left of me but dust.

 

I return to you, my true refuge

    Gasping for air, for peace and

    For my heart to beat without pain.

 

Heal me Lord as only you can.

    Put my feet upon a clear path.

 

Surround me with Love.

 

By Diane Marie Shaw    (Being Real)