I'm a lover, not a fighter
Its been QUITE a Spastic Springtime here at the Childers' home!
All of the business that Spring and end of the school year brings is starting to come to and end... and with it comes SUMMER!!
Can you tell I'm so ready?
I've had a few major bumps in my road lately. And me being me, I try to figure it all out so that things will work smoothly. And the lesson I've been taught over and over and over through this season is that
1. Sometimes I can't have control over the situation
2. Not every situation is supposed to go smoothly and
3. Its not about me.
Things don't always work out the way we want them to. We have to endure hard things. We've all been there. Maybe my "hard thing" doesn't seem to be as tough as what you've gone through, but God knows how hard to push each of us to get to that breaking point where we realize, all we have is Him. Sometimes its takes me thinking that He's all I have left.... as I've grown I've realized, He's not all I have LEFT, He's all I have At ALL! I cannot work out some situations because I have no authority over them. God will cause certain things to happen to test my faith, to help me grow, and sometimes its the only way He can get me to listen to Him!!!!
I hope I'm done learning this lesson ;-) But I'm sure I'm not, because I'm a sinner.
Anyway! That's not all I wanted to blog about tonight! There is a verse that is VERY dear to my heart. It is what I held onto with everything I had when I endured an excruciating time in my life.
"The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still." Exodus 14:14
At that point in my life, the verse meant that the truth will prevail. People have seriously wronged you, but God's got their number. I need not to retaliate and cause myself to sin, He'll take care of it :-)
In that situation, at times, it was the only thing that kept me going. And sometimes when I think back to that time in my life, I still have to remember that God never forgets.
So today, I had a bit of a hard evening and that verse was brought to the front of my mind. Interesting. I'm not under attack, nothing really bad or devastating happened. I may have no agreed with the way some things went down, but I wasn't going to retaliate or anything like that. So why would God bring that verse to mind? Then He started speaking to my troubled heart.
Be still, and know that I am God. And knowing that I am God, you know that I work everything out for your good. I open some doors, shut some doors. I am orchestrating everything to follow in my plan for your life. If you are just still, and obedient, instead of trying to figure what's best for you, I will always take care of it. I have taken care of everything thus far, why would I stop now? I love you, I know what's best. Be still and let me fight. Let me save you from your need to help in everything. Let me save you from your idea of wanting things done right. I am giving you opportunites and planting you in certain people's lives where I know you will make a difference in my name.
Be still beloved, let me fight for you.
Wow. My heart is beaming with the love my Savior has for me. Its nice to be still sometimes :-)
Love yall, Candi
All of the business that Spring and end of the school year brings is starting to come to and end... and with it comes SUMMER!!
Can you tell I'm so ready?
I've had a few major bumps in my road lately. And me being me, I try to figure it all out so that things will work smoothly. And the lesson I've been taught over and over and over through this season is that
1. Sometimes I can't have control over the situation
2. Not every situation is supposed to go smoothly and
3. Its not about me.
Things don't always work out the way we want them to. We have to endure hard things. We've all been there. Maybe my "hard thing" doesn't seem to be as tough as what you've gone through, but God knows how hard to push each of us to get to that breaking point where we realize, all we have is Him. Sometimes its takes me thinking that He's all I have left.... as I've grown I've realized, He's not all I have LEFT, He's all I have At ALL! I cannot work out some situations because I have no authority over them. God will cause certain things to happen to test my faith, to help me grow, and sometimes its the only way He can get me to listen to Him!!!!
I hope I'm done learning this lesson ;-) But I'm sure I'm not, because I'm a sinner.
Anyway! That's not all I wanted to blog about tonight! There is a verse that is VERY dear to my heart. It is what I held onto with everything I had when I endured an excruciating time in my life.
"The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still." Exodus 14:14
At that point in my life, the verse meant that the truth will prevail. People have seriously wronged you, but God's got their number. I need not to retaliate and cause myself to sin, He'll take care of it :-)
In that situation, at times, it was the only thing that kept me going. And sometimes when I think back to that time in my life, I still have to remember that God never forgets.
So today, I had a bit of a hard evening and that verse was brought to the front of my mind. Interesting. I'm not under attack, nothing really bad or devastating happened. I may have no agreed with the way some things went down, but I wasn't going to retaliate or anything like that. So why would God bring that verse to mind? Then He started speaking to my troubled heart.
Be still, and know that I am God. And knowing that I am God, you know that I work everything out for your good. I open some doors, shut some doors. I am orchestrating everything to follow in my plan for your life. If you are just still, and obedient, instead of trying to figure what's best for you, I will always take care of it. I have taken care of everything thus far, why would I stop now? I love you, I know what's best. Be still and let me fight. Let me save you from your need to help in everything. Let me save you from your idea of wanting things done right. I am giving you opportunites and planting you in certain people's lives where I know you will make a difference in my name.
Be still beloved, let me fight for you.
Wow. My heart is beaming with the love my Savior has for me. Its nice to be still sometimes :-)
Love yall, Candi
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