Good Morning Girlz!!!! Yes, it's 5:54 in the morning!!! I have been awake all night. I got a little sleep from 4-5, but that is it. Yesterday I got a horrible headache that quickly turned to dizziness. I made it through work came home and slept for 1 1/2 hours, ran, ate supper, and then proceeded to toss and turn all night. My eyebrow has also been twitching for 2 weeks - so go figure! Anyhow, in light of all that I figured I'd go ahead and blog. Please pray my headache goes away, my eyebrow stops twitching, that I don't fall asleep at work today, or if I do that I at least don't drool.
Any fun weekend plans for anyone? I am in a wedding tomorrow and I would actually really appreciate some prayers in its regards. I'll save y'all all the lengthy details, but prayers would be great! THANK YOU!!!!
S - For He chose us in Him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in His sight. Ephesians 1:4
O - I will never get over the fact that He chose us. He loved us that much.
A - In the thought of the day Lysa said something that jumped out at me, "But trying our security, joy, and identity to God's love is an anchor we can cling to no matter what our circumstances may be." Last summer was a horrible summer for me. It all revolved around a guy and the drama that spilled over into work. (I did not participate in the drama at work, but others were involved.) Anyhow to say it was a hard summer is an understatement. God gave me the verse that says, "cling to me." I can't remember where it is found right now and if I wasn't so dizzy I would try to lower my head and pick up my Bible and find it. I remember day after day saying over and over to myself, "Cling to Him. Cling to Him. Cling to Him." It was all I could do. I was so distraught and emotionally upset that I couldn't make any decisions, I didn't know what to do, I didn't know what to say. All I could do was cling, and the amazing thing is...that's all He wanted me to do. Just cling. One of the hardest things about last summer is that the other ladies in my office would get together at the front of our department and just talk, talk, talk and go on and on about all this. I would sit at my desk, trying to ignore them and just do my own thing, and say over and over to myself, "Cling to Him. Cling to Him." Well, it's been a year & the drama has ceased. Things are very different now. Yesterday they were all up there again chattin it up, and I just stopped and thought to myself I know they aren't talking about all that summer drama from last year. How good it felt to put a mark under God's side. He got me through (and trust me there were days I wasn't sure I'd make it) but I clung to Him and He brought me through that. So I tell that long story #1 to say thank You Jesus!, but also to be honest and say I've had happiness wrapped up in people, as well as food, as well as finances, as well as skinny legs and on and on and on. They only place we find that security, joy, and identity is in our Savior who is waiting on us to cling to Him. He'll take us through it. He'll get us there. Not always easy, but it will be O.K. All we have to do is cling.
P - Lord I pray that I always find my security, joy, and identity in You. No one or anything else. Thank You for loving me and carrying me through.
update* Aunt Lynn is still with us, but she is not doing good. She is totally gone mentally and doesn't say anything anymore. She is having trouble breathing too. Our prayer is that the Lord would be merciful and take her. That she would closer her eyes and be in His presence soon. Yesterday was especially hard on everyone. Thank y'all girls for praying. It means the world to me. Love you all lots and lots and lots!!!
Showing posts with label M2C week 8. Show all posts
Showing posts with label M2C week 8. Show all posts
Friday, June 8, 2012
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Ginny - M2C day 39
Good Morning Girlz!!!
S - Everything is permissible for me - but not everything is beneficial. 1 Corinthians 6:12a
O - I can do a lot of things, but not all things are good for me.
A - Here is my list of "I cans":
I can go to the grocery store and not buy a small chocolate something at the checkout.
I can continue to keep up my running.
I can make a difference in my thighs.
...all with the Lord's strength.
P - Lord, I pray that I would rely on Your strength to turn my "I can'ts" into "I cans."
S - Everything is permissible for me - but not everything is beneficial. 1 Corinthians 6:12a
O - I can do a lot of things, but not all things are good for me.
A - Here is my list of "I cans":
I can go to the grocery store and not buy a small chocolate something at the checkout.
I can continue to keep up my running.
I can make a difference in my thighs.
...all with the Lord's strength.
P - Lord, I pray that I would rely on Your strength to turn my "I can'ts" into "I cans."
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Ginny - M2C day 38
Good Morning Girlz!!!! Truly good morning! I'm early today :) Hope you all have a wonderful day!
S - We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. 2 Corinthians 10:5
O - We honor the Lord through our brains too!
A - I love how Lysa said on page 121, "I could leave it on the gym floor and walk away because it didn't belong to me." I need to learn to do this. How many times to I internalize what someone has said or not said, or done or not done, and begin to analyze and agonize over it???? Too often!!!! Today goes hand and hand with the day we talked about peace and not comparing ourselves. For me, it all comes down to finding my identity in Christ. Knowing Him and who I am in Him. He's helping me with this. It's a journey I'm on :)
P - Lord, I want to know You. Really know You. I want my whole being to surrender to Your soverignty. Today I pray specifically for my thoughts. May they come subject to Your authority and Your Word. Toss the ones out that don't need to be there and may the ones that stick be truth, beneficial, and necessary.
P.S. It's thundering as I type. PRAISE the Lord for rain!!!
S - We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. 2 Corinthians 10:5
O - We honor the Lord through our brains too!
A - I love how Lysa said on page 121, "I could leave it on the gym floor and walk away because it didn't belong to me." I need to learn to do this. How many times to I internalize what someone has said or not said, or done or not done, and begin to analyze and agonize over it???? Too often!!!! Today goes hand and hand with the day we talked about peace and not comparing ourselves. For me, it all comes down to finding my identity in Christ. Knowing Him and who I am in Him. He's helping me with this. It's a journey I'm on :)
P - Lord, I want to know You. Really know You. I want my whole being to surrender to Your soverignty. Today I pray specifically for my thoughts. May they come subject to Your authority and Your Word. Toss the ones out that don't need to be there and may the ones that stick be truth, beneficial, and necessary.
P.S. It's thundering as I type. PRAISE the Lord for rain!!!
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Ginny - M2C day 37
Good Morning Girlz!!!
S - The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Galatians 5:22-23a
O - We are like Christ when we bear the fruit of the Spirit.
A - Goodness! I could use a dose of all those fruits! Lysa talked a lot about self-control, but right now I could use a lot of patience and faithfulness as I pray for certain situations.
P - Lord I pray that fruit would abound and that others would see You in me.
S - The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Galatians 5:22-23a
O - We are like Christ when we bear the fruit of the Spirit.
A - Goodness! I could use a dose of all those fruits! Lysa talked a lot about self-control, but right now I could use a lot of patience and faithfulness as I pray for certain situations.
P - Lord I pray that fruit would abound and that others would see You in me.
Monday, June 4, 2012
Ginny - M2C day 36
Good Morning Girlz!!!
S - A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones Provers 14:30
O - Eeew! I don't want rotted bones! So what's the remedy? Peace, and Lysa's point today is that we are not going to find peace if we keep comparing ourselves to others.
A - Sometimes it's easy to want something someone else has, but when I do this and compare my life to theirs, I miss out on all the good things I have to be thankful for right now.
P - Lord I pray for a thankful heart. I heart that sees first all the blessings and good things I have before I wish away for someone else's life.
Thank y'all for praying for Tim. A couple of weeks ago his old firm called and made him an offer to come back. After much praying and thinking, he decided to stay at the hotel. Thank y'all so much for praying for him. As far as my Aunt goes, she is pretty much out of it, mental wise. My mom got there yesterday and family was meeting with doctors this morning. There was the option of doing something that would give her a couple of more weeks, but I don't think they were going to do it. So, she is receiving hospice in the hospital and they are taking it one day at a time. She is in no pain. I'll keep y'all posted. THANK YOU for praying! I also have a personal request today. The next few weekends I've got a lot of events and committments coming up that I'm not looking forward to. On a couple of them I wish I hadn't even signed up for them, but I'm moving forward knowing God's plans are higher and good can come from all this. I've caught myself trying to worry and stress out about this, but each time I give it back to the Lord. If y'all would just pray that everything would turn out O.K. That events would go good and that God would be glorified through it all. Love you gals!
S - A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones Provers 14:30
O - Eeew! I don't want rotted bones! So what's the remedy? Peace, and Lysa's point today is that we are not going to find peace if we keep comparing ourselves to others.
A - Sometimes it's easy to want something someone else has, but when I do this and compare my life to theirs, I miss out on all the good things I have to be thankful for right now.
P - Lord I pray for a thankful heart. I heart that sees first all the blessings and good things I have before I wish away for someone else's life.
Thank y'all for praying for Tim. A couple of weeks ago his old firm called and made him an offer to come back. After much praying and thinking, he decided to stay at the hotel. Thank y'all so much for praying for him. As far as my Aunt goes, she is pretty much out of it, mental wise. My mom got there yesterday and family was meeting with doctors this morning. There was the option of doing something that would give her a couple of more weeks, but I don't think they were going to do it. So, she is receiving hospice in the hospital and they are taking it one day at a time. She is in no pain. I'll keep y'all posted. THANK YOU for praying! I also have a personal request today. The next few weekends I've got a lot of events and committments coming up that I'm not looking forward to. On a couple of them I wish I hadn't even signed up for them, but I'm moving forward knowing God's plans are higher and good can come from all this. I've caught myself trying to worry and stress out about this, but each time I give it back to the Lord. If y'all would just pray that everything would turn out O.K. That events would go good and that God would be glorified through it all. Love you gals!
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