Well, I haven’t written in a while, but I figured I’d share a few things that have been encouraging me lately. First is the verse 1 Peter 1:3. My favorite part in that is where it talks about God giving us a living hope. How encouraging is that!? I mean, hope that is living is also growing, right? That means, no matter what, our hope is consistently growing, and our hope is always grounded, so it’s not going to up and fly off somewhere. Christ is our hope, and he is a living, breathing, and growing hope that is solidly planted in us as believers. Coolio!
Another thing that has really been catching my attention is just how much the Lord is faithful to provide. I mean, yah, we talk about it all the time, and most times we know He will be faithful. But , snapdragons, He always manages to surprise me, even when I expect Him to provide! It makes me laugh with joy, but it also makes me sad. I mean, yes, I love how He always goes at least one step further than I expect, but in trying not to expect great things, I realize how weak my faith is.
Thankfully, the dependability of Christ is not connected with anything I do, and any faith is enough to do great things with! Faith as small as a mustard seed and all that, eh? =) Which brings me to another point! Confidence in Christ. I have realized how much I worry when I’m around other people. Did I say the wrong thing, do they think I’m acting stupid, am I too weird? But God has consistently been reminding me in the most gentlest of ways, “Why does their opinion matter? I am all you need.”
Snapdragons, the release that you feel when you understand that! I don’t have to worry about what they think of me, in fact, I can hope they aren’t even thinking about me! I can just love God, love them, and be a servant to Christ. It takes up so much time when you are worrying about other people, but when you are freed from that, you can focus so much more on serving as Christ’s worker.
Then people notice you, but you wanna know a secret? Haha. It’s NOT you! They don’t always realize it, but it’s Christ in you! So wasting all this time worrying about oneself is really rather pointless and stressful! God has given us freedom from that!
Anyway, those are just a few main points that have been brought to me lately, and I figured I’d share them with you. If you have anything to share, please include me, ‘cause I’d love to hear about how God is working in you! Love you my wonderful siblings in Christ! Angie Out!
