- Nov 3, 2003
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Yay, the lord has done so much in me lately. I actually am feeling pure, happy! I have learned how to stop the "imaginations" that get me into so much discontentment and am learning how to be content where I'm at!! There is so much peace in contentment! OH, that I always be content in the here and now and trust my whole life and circumstances to the lord. Who am I to make myself happy? To bring about the right circumstances to make me happy. There will always be circumstances and outside forces and situations that are beyond my control. Yet I have a choice, whether or not to let them bring me down, still my peace and joy. The clarity of my mind. I may not know everything, and I may not be doing everything perfectly, oh, but he is faithful, and he is giving me what I need!!!
Giving me what I need, another subject. And of course the subject of being perfect. Hmm, there is a balance, a holy ghost balance. Been in need of that balance for a long time. I find that as I cease from my striving and from letting my failures bring me down- to learning to be open to the unctions of the holy spirit. Yes, I am starting to see that that is where true peace lays. That as I submit to the righteous voice in me, there is no guilt, no blame, no condemnation, no regret. Am I perfect at it?? No, by no means. But I hope to continue to get better at it and get to the point to where I might only miss yielding about 3 times per week as opposed to it being a rarety when I do submit. I realize that even the most yielded christian faces new areas of growth, where they encounter a crisis of belief, and may not always chose to yield- but the good new is- atleast it's my hope and unspoken prayer, that even in those times when I fail, the lord will not give up on me. That I can trust that the lord will still be there, leading me to do the same thing, if the opportunity is still there, and that once I've picked myself up, that I can continue walking in the right path, maybe I should reword that. Into the path of peace. Amen.
Giving me what I need, another subject. And of course the subject of being perfect. Hmm, there is a balance, a holy ghost balance. Been in need of that balance for a long time. I find that as I cease from my striving and from letting my failures bring me down- to learning to be open to the unctions of the holy spirit. Yes, I am starting to see that that is where true peace lays. That as I submit to the righteous voice in me, there is no guilt, no blame, no condemnation, no regret. Am I perfect at it?? No, by no means. But I hope to continue to get better at it and get to the point to where I might only miss yielding about 3 times per week as opposed to it being a rarety when I do submit. I realize that even the most yielded christian faces new areas of growth, where they encounter a crisis of belief, and may not always chose to yield- but the good new is- atleast it's my hope and unspoken prayer, that even in those times when I fail, the lord will not give up on me. That I can trust that the lord will still be there, leading me to do the same thing, if the opportunity is still there, and that once I've picked myself up, that I can continue walking in the right path, maybe I should reword that. Into the path of peace. Amen.
