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I have always enjoyed writing, and I used to keep a journal, but now that I have been married for 10 years, and have two kids, I don't have the time to sit down and write. I have come to realize, I have not been getting the outlet I need, so I began sending a random thought to my friends and family each morning. I have discovered new things about myself, my friends, my family, and about life!

Monday, January 28, 2008

Seek His Will


Proverbs 3: 5-6

5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. 6 Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take.


I was reading Biblegateway.com today at work. I should be working, but I needed some inspiration and I typed in Proverbs and read the verses above.


It's not easy to walk away from yourself and let someone else take control. Let God take control. Can He do it? Does He have time for me? How will He tell me what my path is? I'm not that important to Him right now, my needs will go unnoticed. Seek His will in all you do. Should be easy, but your human instinct to control does exactly that and takes over. I want to allow His will to take me where it leads, but sometimes I think it needs a push. I doubt my faith sometimes, and its not out of non-belief, it's out of fear that God may put me on a path that I don't think is right for me. It's out of fear of letting go of control completely. God knows my heart, so why do I hesitate? Why do I doubt?


In reality, His will doesn't need a push. Somewhere it says He knew me before I was born, He knows each hair on my head. Most importantly He loves me, unconditionally, and he forgets my faults from yesterday and pushes me forward through today and tomorrow.


Guide me to the path I should be on, grant me patience, grant me self-control, show me Your love, give me wisdom, because today I am lost, the path is not in the light, the patience has fallen away to frustration and the self-control has been over-powered by anger, and my wisdom has been blinded by ignorance.


I don't understand, and I don't think I will ever understand it all, that's not my job, that is God's job. All I can do is hope and pray that He will show me the right path for me. Until He does, I have to keep believing, I have to keep going, I have to pray for His will to be done, for Him to grant me with wisdom, self-control, and patience. I have to believe and stay strong. I know, when I think I can't make it, that I feel as if I need to give up, God will see this, and He will carry me, He will show me how to make it through each day.

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

thanks !! very helpful post!

Wednesday, February 24, 2010 5:30:00 PM  

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