Galations 6:4-5 --> Make careful exploration of who you are and the work you have been given, and sink yourself into that. Don't be impressed with yourself. Don't compare yourself with others. Each of you must take responsibilty for doing the creative best you can with your own life.
I was reading in one of my devotionals by Rebecca St. James this past week and this part of her writing just really seemed to pull everything together, she states....
"We can just settle for the status quo in our spiritual growth or the way we choose to express it. Our culture is moving incredibly fast. We have to move with the times, staying on our toes so we don't become irrelevant. You can opt to just coast along, doing the same old, same old. It's safer, less risky, but 'where's the adventure?' 'where's the 'sieze the day' mentality in that?' I don't know about you, but I'm not a coasting kind of girl. God has created us to enjoy life to its fullest and he delights himself in our creative pursuits!"
Now I don't know about your but I am totally with Rebecca on this one. I'm not a coasting kind of girl I want to get out there and do all I can to share with people, to reach people through whatever God has blessed me with to do. To use my creative pursuits to do the work assigned to me by my Heavenly Father. :) I love the "sieze the day" mentality part, because sometimes we seem to just want to think that someone else will do it, and it doesn't really matter. But if we have that "sieze the day" mentality and we are not afraid to show it we can try anything with our talents that delight our Lord! We can show people the love of Christ! And, here's the beauty of it....we don't have to be perfect! It's great that we don't have to compare ourselves to others, that God loves us for who we are as individuals! And, he loves when we can give everything to him as we use our creativity he has given us. :)
Exodus 31:3-5, tells us of Moses and how he was instructed by God to design the arc of the convenant. God provided Moses with the skills to do this task. How awesome is it to be able empowered by God to complete such a task. Then, what about Solomon in 2 Chronicles 2:13-14, building the temple in Jerusalum. Using their talents provided by their creator to finish the work assigned to them by God.
God has blessed us with specific talents, but how can we use them to glorify God? Developing our gifts and using our creativity in such a way the delights our Father in Heaven and it lets His Great Love shine down through us and to the people we are sharing with.
Sieze the day!!!
Friday, February 18, 2011
Friday, February 4, 2011
Life’s a climb!
Music is apart of our lives. Each and everyday many of us listen to the radio, a cd/iPod, or a media playlist. But when that one song comes up that just happens to define that point in your life as of right then, it can really make you stop and really think about the lyrics that go with the music of that one song.
The song, ‘The Climb” has come up many times, and the lyrics to this song just seem to pin point so many struggles and difficulties that we face everyday. Because, there always seems to…
“be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be a uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb”
Sometimes it seems as if I’m reaching and reaching as far as I can and I still come up short. Sometimes it seems as if I try and try and give it my all and there is still that upward battle. But it’s what I can learn from staying strong and pursuing through the uphill battle, and it may take a long time to get there, but it is defiantly worth it every time I climb higher and take another step!
“I can almost see it
That dream I am dreaming
But there's a voice inside my head saying
"You'll never reach it"
Every step I'm taking
Every move I make feels
Lost with no direction
My faith is shaking
But I gotta keep trying
Gotta keep my head held high”
But because I know I can keep trying and never giving up and keep praying and stay strong in faith of my Heavenly Fathers plans for my life. And with the support of family, friends and my church family, I know that the struggles I face, I am not alone….
“The struggles I'm facing
The chances I'm taking
Sometimes might knock me down
But no, I'm not breaking
I may not know it
But these are the moments that
I'm gonna remember most, yeah
Just gotta keep going
And I, I got to be strong
Just keep pushing on
'Cause there's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be a uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb, yeah!
There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Somebody's gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb, yeah!
Keep on moving, keep climbing
Keep the faith, baby
It's all about, it's all about the climb
Keep the faith, keep your faith, whoa”
Even being knocked down, I know I can get back up again and keep on climbing. Just keep pushing on and climbing that mountain. I’ve heard this several times this past year, “don’t tell God how big your mountains are, tell you mountains how big your God is, and your God will move your mountains!
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