when i find my heart and my head traveling
all sorts of ways and paths
questions and dreams
pouring out hope
i rest
my heart settles
into His loving arms
i trust that knowing Him is better
that He will have His way and bring it to pass
confident
face to face
“Thus the LORD used to speak to Moses face to face, just as a man speaks to his friend.” Exodus 33:11
The last few days, I’ve been craving some face time with God. Sometimes I just need to get away and soak Him up. Fall in love all over again by discovering new things, learning more, and spending some quality time while letting Him woo me all over with His words. (Can you tell I’m a words of affirmation girl with a mix of quality time and then throw in gifts after that?)
Between work and life, I thought I wasn’t going to get this time until later in the week, but God surprised me last night. I went to a night of prayer and worship focused on healing (specifically for a family at church–which by the way–if you could join in prayer for them that would be awesome!). I walked away being refreshed and so confident. Confident that God is who He says He is. That I am who He says I am. That to be holy…to be set apart…means not devaluing yourself or others. Because, you know what? We are children of God whose bodies are a temple for the Holy Spirit. And in the depths of Your LOVE we find peace makes us whole. So, I’m running after His peace and letting go.
Have you spent some time face time with God lately? What’s He speaking to your heart?
Works for Wednesday
Work=activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a purpose or result.
Ergon (Greek word): deed, doing, labor, work. From a primary (but obsolete) ergo (to work); toil (as an effort or occupation); by implication, an act — deed, doing, labour, work.
John 6:27-29
“Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you, for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal.”
Therefore they said to Him, “What shall we do, so that we may work the works of God?”
Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent.”
I read this passage and walked away wondering…Am I trying to make this so complicated? Am I trying to find a formula or isolate those areas that “work” for me rather than keeping it as simple as believing in Him? Maybe, just maybe, it’s more of a risk in trust to venture confidently with belief rather than reason, logic and oh, yes…experiences or what’s worked in the past. I don’t want to get what I’ve always gotten…I want to let Him take me places that go beyond what I can ask or imagine.
Just a few rough-edged thoughts…what do you think?
b'ahava 