Growing in strength, and trusting God right where you are, is living on purpose…

If we believe that God has our days; and our hearts, then we need to believe that we are

right where we are supposed to be…  until we are not.

Striving for direction, and living to change others will certainly be our down fall…

We only have the moments that we are living in…

Moment by Moment…

Sometimes, when our lives don’t make sense, we would be smart to consider … that  maybe… just maybe…  we are being used as a blessing to someone else,  so that their life does makes sense…

Does that make sense?  Hahaha

Bleeding hope, and a sense of belonging into another’s heart, even if our heart is broken,

stirs something deep within our soul, doesn’t it…

Jesus was our most perfect example of such love…

As He walked through the valley of death, knowing that His time in the world was limited, He surrendered His own emotions and feelings to walk in the power of God’s love and plan for His life.

Jesus whole life was about comforting those who felt lost in the world…

He has a plan…

We all have regrets…  sorrow,  and heartache… for sure!

But…

If we keep hashing and rehashing pain, worry… anger or resentment in our minds, we block the love God wants to pour through us.

People will let you down.

You will let people down.

Both of which should not take control of our mind, and stir us off track.

We can so be our own worst enemy…

I feel like our lives are like cars driving casually along an open road…  we hit bumps, get our of gear, crash, and sometimes break down…

Being a quick and determined lover of God, forgiver, helper, and friend, keeps our cars on

the roadway, and strengthens our engines :)

We rise by lifting others…

Those words; comfort and surround my heart with goodness.

Surrender of self is a fight within our soul…  yet;  that’s the very place we find God’s hope, peace and God’s will for our lives…

Surrendering means putting my feelings behind me.  It means focusing  all of my energy, hope; and thoughts on who God is..

“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?”

Jesus replied:

“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind.

This is the first and greatest commandment.

And the second is this,

 ‘Love your neighbor as yourself’

Matthew 22: 37-40

Our days are limited…

Jesus kept His eyes on God.

Not on emotions and feelings.

He trusted God’s plan, and didn’t focus on fear or worry…

(And boy he had a lot of darkness ahead of Him, didn’t He?”

He believed all the good God was doing through His life…

He knew His life was on purpose, and for God’s purpose.

And so are ours…

“For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord, plans to prosper you,  and not to

harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

Jeremiah 29:11

Keep on keeping on…

Love someone today :)

Live in Love,

Lisa