CALM TO THE STORM

He brings  calm to the storm. I have to write this for someone this morning. Are you at war with your heart. Let it go. Let go. Your Maker won't let you fall. You are not as strong as you think. You are but frail in human flesh. Your strength is a lie until it is in Him. Let go. He is next to you, closer than your breath. You have nothing more to lose. Its going to be ok. If you take one step toward letting go, He will meet you and calm the storm.

A thought on trials....

Trials..they are meant to guide and steer. They are not meant to be terrible but what I do with them gives me more grief then God ever wanted me to go through. The longer I take to get His perspective on it, the harder the trial gets. They are not from His hand but He knows my own tendencies apart from and in contrast to the glorious life within need to change into the glory He intended all along for me; and we have an enemy working on this earth.  So I have 2 choices when a rough spot in my day, week or life comes along. I can go to fear and pride..defending myself, blaming others, or things, judging the offender. I have done this. Its not pleasant which is an understatement! but nevertheless my pride has kept me blinded to the fact that it was my choice that put me on that path, my choice that is,  to how I responded to the trial and continue to respond to it. Now the other response is humility. Its looks like this: thanksgiving, seeking God's truth about the situation, continuing to love and not judge the offender, giving God praise and adoration in the midst of pain. I aim for this to be my 100% response but I am not there yet. I am amazed how quickly pain to my heart causes my pride to swell up ...wanting so to defend myself from the harm coming my way, wanting to blame, not wanting to think it is my fault. Fault is not really the question. Another human being in relationship with me has the propensity to act wrongfully toward me and I toward them. It does not really matter why they are doing so, what matters, is how well I am loving in the midst of that. After all it is I who will stand before my Creator and discuss how I loved in this life when it is all said and done. So trials. They invite me into pride or humility. Which will I choose today? How long the trial lasts, or why is not usually information I have access to, so the point is not that..but what I do with my heart along the way. Here is the cool thing about this...if I choose to humble myself under His hand, stay in thanksgiving and love of the other and of God, if I continue to lift up His Name above every name (person, place, thing, situation) then I get to enjoy the full life of joy, peace and His love for me personally. Then truly the glory which He placed in me when I became His girl will shine in my life and others will taste and see that the Lord is good and they too may want to become the adopted child of the Father of lights, the King of Kings, Creator of the Universe. Its worth it, I think to quest after this and I am putting my heart to the task today!