With All of Your Heart…

with all of your heart blog“As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God.  My souls thirsts for God, for the living God..”

Psalm 42 1-2

I so understand the desperation of these words…

There have been times in my life when I have felt so distant from God.. My heart was heavy and my soul thirsting…

This scripture opened my eyes and helped to understand that I was not crazy, abandoned or lost.

Other’s from old felt this way too…

What I have come to understand; is that this deep void I was feeling, was a real need, and only God could fill it…

So I had two choices…

I could run from this pulling of my heart

or

 I could meet it dead on…

I tried running.. keeping busy.. watching Reba lol.. (one of my all time favorite shows to watch;)  I just  had no time to surrender.. busy, busy, busy!! That didn’t turn out well at all.. just sayin!

So once I put my big girl pants on, I was ready to make a commitment to seek God’s presence..

To surrender my life into His hands, and meet him daily in His temple…

It was a rough start.  But I knew if I wanted to “Love God with all of my heart” I needed to know Him.

Do you find yourself feeling distant from God?  Thirsting to know Him better?

If that’s you, let me encourage you, sweet friend…

Make a commitment to yourself to read His word daily…

Start with the Psalms, and let His tender voice of love and goodness draw you into His presence.. Let Him speak sweetly to You..

He will feel all the empty places.. Cover you will hope and gladness…

Because that’s who He is, and that’s what He does..

Live in Love,

Lisa

“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your souls and with all your strength and with all your mind.  This is the first and greatest commandment”

Matthew 22:37

“Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you.  He rises to show you compassion..”

Isaiah 30:18

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