Something Beautiful

I love when God reminds me of His faithfulness and His power, and most of all I love when He reminds me of His promises. Something deep inside of me gains strength when He reminds me of His promises. I think it goes with Psalm 27:14, "Wait for the Lord; be strong and let your heart take courage; Wait for the Lord!" I think when God reminds me of His promises it causes my heart to take courage. I begin to believe once more that all things are possible, and I look for God's faithfulness to shine through the clouds. Running has such a way of reminding me that God is God and it ministers to my walk with Him in such a real way. Something that God told me a long while ago was brought to my mind as I was running this morning. What I remembered is that His faithfulness meets us when we step out in faith. What I mean is that if we would see God meet us in the way that we most need it, we must first step forward and see how He will come through for us when we need it most. God is o

I love running during spring thunderstorms for several reasons. The first is that it is quiet. No one else is out and around. It's just me, my thoughts and prayers and God. The second is that it is much cooler (temperature not coolness factor). But the third is probably my favorite. I love to run in a rainstorm because it speaks so greatly to my heart and soul about God. It reminds me of a time a couple years ago when I was in a similar situation which you can read about here . Today God spoke to me of how His grace is like rain. He spoke to me from these verses: " For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it." - Isaiah 55:10,11. His grace does not return to Him e

Sorry it's been so long since I've blogged. I've been a bit busy getting settled at my new job, working long hours and trying to keep up with the rest of life as well. Please forgive me. I made a very important realization yesterday. Okay, so I've actually known it for a while, but had just never really looked at it in this context. It's a little something called needs vs. wants. This is a great financial principle (one which I am tolerably good at), but yesterday I was thinking about how God is the only One I need and I came to understand it in a new light. Basically needs vs. wants means that you have to look at the situation from a stand point of do I need this or do I want this. I don't need a new dress but I do need to pay my rent. That makes for a fairly easy decision to not get the dress and pay my rent instead. I was thinking about how much I want to get married and yet I know that God is the only One I need always. He is it. If I never get married, if I

I have been re-reading a favorite book lately. It brings back so many great memories of the group study that I was in where we read this book. It is also reminding me of the valuable lessons that I learned while reading this book. I am remembering how important it is for me to keep my heart open. I am remembering that pain is just one of the tools that God uses to shape my heart into the lovely and beautiful creation He wants it to be. And I am remembering that I can't just fill in the gaps in my heart and life, but I have to wait for Him to fill them for me. The other night, I cried a lot. I cried for many reasons, some which I don't even realize or understand, but I needed to cry about them. I cried for the gaps in my heart that I long to fill, but know that I never can fill to my own satisfaction because they are gaps that only God can meet. As I was sitting there, crying out to God, He told me to write a poem. I love to write poetry, but I usually keep it to myself because