Baby Steps

It starts right here. Right where I am. If I'm constantly waiting for the perfect conditions I'll be waiting FOREVER. It's a message that we've all heard a million times, but how often do we apply it? Especially in our relationships with Christ. It seems that at every level we find a way to excuse a stall. "God I'm too dirty to save. How could you ever love me?" "God I know that you want all of my life, but do I have to hand this part over? Because I really enjoy it." "God I know that you called me to serve, but I don't feel 'righteous' enough to tell people how to get to know you."

I promise I am not mocking the phrases. I have uttered them a few times myself, and the trouble is that they aren't even lies. They may all be true but there is a bigger truth. It may change your life so make sure that you are ready to read it. Here it goes...it doesn't matter.

He knows you, he's known you, before you came to him, before you knew him, before you were even born. He knew every mistake you would make, every lie you would tell and who you would tell them to and he sent his son to die for you anyway. He loves you and that's it. Period. There is nothing you can do to change it so you might as well get used to it. And all he wants in return is for you to trust him with your life, your whole life. I will go on record as saying that he is the most trustworthy friend that you will ever have. And he's patient, so you don't even have to do everything at once, but if you take the first step he will meet you.

Remember, "you don't have to be a seminary graduate to pray and read the Bible, or a prophet to hear from God, or a specialist to minister to hurting people. To do great things for God, be faithful in the little ones." - from The Word for you Today Daily Devotional

Live blessed,
Ina

Something New

It's peeping through your window like the first ray of dawn. Like rain on a warm day you can smell its approach. It is almost close enough for you to touch. On your side; breathless anticipation. On the other; a still small voice whispers "see I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do not you perceive it?" You smile back in confirmation, you know its almost here. Each moment prepares you more and more for its arrival. You don't have to see it yet, you sense it. And the strength of each of your senses enhances your faith. No one else perceives it. They all think that your aim is too high, but you know better. You close your eyes, open your heart and hands, and receive...