THIS IS VERY HARD
Being obedient to God is not easy, let me tell ya!!! He takes us on some complicated paths full of hurts, dilemmas, disappointments, frustrations, challenges, sadness, pain, and lots of suffering. Many times I’ve said to Him, ‘God, I don’t want to hear from you!’ I want to turn into the crazy, drama, emotional Nik who wants to ignore God completely.
However, thank God for growth and maturity. I’ve learned that although God ways are tough to follow at times, they always lead me to the best and happiest places.
Like today, as seen in the pic, my fierce daughter, Ember, is at work with us. There is a project I need her to help with, and she was up and ready before me to come and help out. She is just an example of a tremendous blessing God has sent my way – a beautiful, wonderful, healthy, wise, responsible, excellent, and calm daughter. Proud of you, boo! And because God has filled my life with such amazing blessings, I ask Him, ‘God, how may I serve You?’
He has such sweet ways of revealing His Presence and love to me that I fall more and more love with Him every day. Yesterday, after writing my blog, I got the feeling from Him to go back and include one more sentence:
“I’ve made GOD’S UNCONDITIONAL LOVE THE FOUNDATION OF MY LIFE.”
Fast forward to later in the evening, I decided to read from a Bible app I had just downloaded on my phone. Of everything there, including the entire Bible and videos etc, the very devotional I decided to read confirmed this one sentence I just got the feeling from Him to go back and include:
“If we do not know, in the deepest places of our soul, that God loves us so much, then we will not love him, trust him, obey him, serve him, enjoy him, worship him, rest in him, or seek him. THIS IS THE FOUNDATION OF THE SPIRITUAL LIFE (Wink! Wink!). Nothing is more important.”
Call that a coincident if you want, but I’ve gotten to know God’s personality pretty well, and this was His way of letting me know He’s with me. That’s why His love is the foundation of my life. The troubles, stresses, and frustrations will come, but I TRUST that my God loves me, and there is never a moment when He is not with me. This gives me the PEACE and JOY to hold my head high, no matter what comes my way, allowing His wisdom to guide me safely through any storm.
I’ll never forget one Easter Sunday when I was crying like a little baby and God figured out a way to speak to me. Just that week, a new manager and I started referring to ourselves as God’s girls. Then of all songs that I decided to play to cheer myself up, Pitbull’s song came up first saying, “You know you’re my girl!” Wink! Wink! I knew this was again God reminding me of His deep love for me.
Are you getting to know God’s personality for yourself and His deep love for you?