Devotions or Devotion; Duty or Delight

The other night at our corporate women’s meeting Mrs. Calabello spoke a message titled, “Devotions or Devotion; Duty or Delight” and for me, this was a very timely message. You see lately devotions have not been a delight and they have not been very persistant. I have been getting too involved with my very busy life lately and devotions most definitely have not been number one on my priority list. Thanks to the wonderful message Mrs. Calabello spoke the other night God has convicted me very much so!

She opened up the message with scripture out of Matthew…

Matthew 11:28-30-“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

Yes! That is me! I have become to feel weary and burdened and there are times that I begin to think that my busyness has robbed me of my joy. But no, it is not my busy life that has robbed me of my joy in the Lord. My joy in the Lord has been robbed simply because of my sinful heart! As Jesus goes on to say “I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” I have found that there is absolutely nothing that will get me through my stressful days besides humbling myself before the Lord and asking Him for guidance and strength.

“I saw more clearly than ever, that the first great and primary business to which I ought to attend to every day was, to have my soul happy in the Lord. The first thing to be concerned about was not, how much I might serve the Lord, how I might glorify the Lord; but how I might get my soul into a happy state, and how my inner man might be nourished.” George Mueller

Open the eyes of my heart Lord and help me to remember that your glory is to be my ambition in whatever I do! Thank you Lord for once again convicting me!

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

1 Corinthians 13:4-“Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrong doing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends!”

Galations 5:22-“But the fruit of the spirit is love…"

Getting Ready For a New Season!

Sorry it’s been a while… my life has been pretty crazy these days! Work has been getting busier which means I get busier. Though there have been some stressful days and days that aren’t always the most enjoyable, I know I’m serving my family and I know this is where God has called me to be right now.

Please pray for me and my family as we are about to enter into a VERY crazy season! Especially my mom… though she has gotten pretty used to crazy and stressful seasons by now, she is going to need God’s grace and mercy on her life the most out of all of us! One thing that I love about both of my parents is that they constantly have their trust in the Lord during difficult times and that is such a great example to me!

Though I know that things coming up are going to get pretty crazy, I also know that God is a merciful and loving Father and He will get us through it!