On a side note - Jesus Calling today notes the following: Jesus says "My strength and power show themselves most effective in weakness." I know this for sure. Before I began this new habit (even before Lent) of getting up in the morning, reading scripture and devoting both quite time to the Lord and my prayers, I found myself not living up to my Christian potential and calling on the Lord only in those times of weakness. I got to Mass every Sunday and I say my prayers daily, and now that we have Claire we say our blessings before meals, but I found that I need the Lord most and would call out to Him at times when I was at my weakest. The best part of that is that God doesn't care when we call to Him, but He does tell us that nothing is too small for him nor is anything too big. He can moves mountains remember? He gave children to Sarah when she was 90. I mean don't get me wrong I would like to have one more child before I'm 40 (I pray that often and more often now since thats really close.) But I pray for understanding of God's will for my life just as much as I pray for a bigger family. I know He will provide what I need and what will fulfill my life's plan. Isaiah 30: 15 Trust in the Lord..."I will keep you safe..."
God knows at our weakest moments we will turn to Him. He made me for Him and he knows I'll come back and He knows that He is strengthened at that moment of of my weakness. Which brings me to another favorite song of mine. Britt Nicole (who will be in town on Thursday, Feb 19th and I can't go see her) :(
Even today they hear this and think of me. I want to say that one class even used it during mass. I'm so proud that I have had some sort of impact on these kids (who are now like 25 - YIKES). It's wonder what we can do when we share our faith.
Now - on with the show. HA! It's Day 7. That means that there is 40 days to go. Yes, I heard me correctly - go count. The entire season of Lent is 47 days, if you count Sundays.
God is Our Father (Matthew 6:9) Which I didn't realize until now. We already have the text memorized, now we just have to remember where to find it in Scripture. ;) "Our Father, who art in heaven..."
Today we read that our identity is inextricably tied to Jesus. I looked up the word because although I know what it means, I wanted to read the definition...and how profound it turned out to be in regards to this statement: so intricate or entangled as to make escape impossible; difficult or impossible to disentangle or untie;too involved or complicated to solve. I like this word very much. The more we place Jesus at the center of our lives the more it makes sense. It's hard for us to do as human beings but we all know it to be truth. Simple truth.
So who does Jesus say that WE are? That's the third question. He says we are the following:
- a child of God
- infinitely valuable (WOW)
- free
POINT TO PONDER:
No matter what happens, God loves you.
VERSE TO LIVE:
"Am I now seeking human approval of God's approval? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still pleasing people, I would not be a servant of Christ." Galatians 1:10
QUESTION TO CONSIDER:
Do you value yourself anywhere near as much as Jesus values you?
That's really an easy question b/c I know that I don't value myself as much as Jesus values me. I should and perhaps that is something that I should work on this Lenten season. I don't think it's humanly possible to do that b/c I know how much Jesus values me as His child.
PRAYER:
Jesus, thank you for revealing yourself to me. Thank you for all you have done for me. Thank you for loving me even more than I love myself.
It's nice to be able to say prayers of Thanks instead of always asking for things. We need to need God, but it is still nice to say Thanks. God knows what's on our hearts both in need and thanksgiving. He just wants us to be still and know He's there and then talk to him about what is weighing on our hearts.
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