Have you never heard? Have you never understood? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of all the earth. He never grows weak or weary. No one can measure the depths of his understanding. (Isaiah 40:28 NLT)
Hope, with a splash of romance.
Tag: Hope
For nearly a year, I was in the routine of writing for an hour and a half each morning before I went to work. That routine was busted because I didn’t feel the urgency of that time. Meaning, I told myself I could do something else during that time because, “I have all day to write.”
But I didn’t. I didn’t write, because I didn’t intentionally set aside time to do so. This tells me a lot about the importance of a routine in my life.
When I came to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ, it wasn’t because someone told me that sleeping around, drinking, and having an abortion was wrong. In fact, the people who told me that are the ones who drove me away from church.
The message I received was, “Stop sinning and trust Jesus so He can love you.”
While we are both fairly adept at meeting these needs when we are at home, I recently came to realize they were causing some mismanaged expectations during our Quality Time moments.
It all comes down to defining what “Quality” is to Robert verses what it means to me.
I now live my life FROM acceptance, not in pursuit of it, and that changes EVERYTHING. It is a foundation that can’t be shaken, altered, or taken away from me. I don’t do things so that God will love me or love me more. I do what I do BECAUSE God loves me, and because I love Him, I want to please Him. I don’t have to please Him so He will love me.
My perspective has changed drastically over the last year, because I have learned to enjoy the process and focus on the positive. I have successfully LEARNED, by consistently and intentionally retraining my mind, to look for the good instead of letting the ‘bad’ or inconvenient things stress me out.
The story of Mephibosheth is so encouraging to me. Not just because he was shown mercy by the King who let him keep breathing. Not just because he was brought into the palace. Not just because he was welcomed into the dinning room. Not just because he was seated at the table. Not just because he ate continually at the King’s table –
But because his lameness was never healed.