Don't worry... be happy!

"Worry is an act of rebellion:  doubting GOD'S promises to care for you.  whenever you find yourself worrying about the future, repent and return to GOD.  HE will show you the next step forward, and the one after that, and the one after that.  Relax and enjoy the journey in HIS presence, trusting HIM to open up the way before you as you go.”

Introduce me to someone who hasn’t/doesn’t worry about the future. It’s our human nature to wonder/plan/worry and try to make things happen.  At least it’s MY nature….maybe you are one of those amazing people who don’t struggle with that.
It struck me that it said “worry….is an act of rebellion.”  It’s true, but i never have thought about it that way. If we worry, we are not BELIEVING the promises we have been given.

- A POSTING FROM JOANNE'S SISTER

I read this from her blog.... I thought it was very important to post.  It says it all... Joyce

A work in Progress!!!!

“Look to Me, not to people. If you look to people, you will be disappointed. My followers are faulty just as you are faulty. All of you are in the process of growing and maturing. See to it, that nobody stumbles over your life.”

Haven't we all wanted a life of victory over sin and of fruitful work? Naturally, we looked to other  Christians. They will help me and lead me to the right way!
I expected that they would love one another and build each other up. Instead... I heard them gossiping and talking about each other. I saw some were being selfish and greedy. Some were mean and judgmental. They acted like everyone else! They were just as bad as I was!!!! What a let-down! If that’s the best Christianity can do, I thought, who needs it?

I needed guidance from God's Word, His Spirit, and to look to Christ...not man. The Bible spoke of a Savior who valued sinful persons enough to die for them. Could I, like Christ, look beyond a fault to the same value God puts on each person? Was I willing to let the Holy Spirit work in my heart and my life? Could I keep my eyes on the Lord and not on people?

It is still a work in process. I work on it daily! I don't know if I can ever be who God wants me to be... but it is my joy to strive to be her! It brings me and God joy!!!! My biggest desire is to please the Lord! Then to be a good witness to everyone watching me. When people look to me... I pray my example stirs others to want to know Christ.... and to look into His Word.

Have people in church hurt you?  Maybe your focus is in the wrong place.  

God is ALWAYS thinking about us!

Charles Spurgeon once wrote: God is always thinking about us, never turns aside His mind from us, and always has us before His eyes. This is precisely what we want and need, because it would be dreadful to exist for a moment beyond the observation of our heavenly Father.
His thoughts are always tender, loving, wise, sensible, and far-reaching. And He will always think about them, and this will result in their final perseverance by which they will be brought safely to their final rest.
In all our wanderings the watchful glance of the Eternal Watcher is always fixed on us, and we never roam beyond the Shepherd’s eye. In our sorrows He observes us incessantly, and no painful moment escapes Him. In our trials He perceives all our weariness. Not a nerve or tissue, valve or vessel, of our bodily organization is uncared for. All the little ones of our world are in the thoughts of the great God.
Is this precious to you? Then hold to it. Never be led astray by those philosophic fools who preach about an impersonal God (deism) or talk of self-existent, self-governing matter (naturalism). The Lord lives and thinks about us, this is a truth far too precious for us to ever abandon.
Catching the attention of an important person is valued so highly that those who have it counts their blessings. But if that is so, how much more valuable is it to be constantly in the thoughts of the King of kings! If the Lord’s thoughts are on me, all is well, and we may rejoice evermore.

Personally this causes me such comfort. He watches me and loves me much more than I can grasp!  He also watches when I fall... which causes me sadness, embarrassment and guilt. I am thankful He is loves me, helps me up, and forgives!!!! Arent' you?

“How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them!” Psalm 139:17