Proverbs 3:3-7 Don't lose your grip on Love and Loyalty.
Tie them around your neck; carve their initials on your heart. Earn a reputation for living well
in God's eyes and the eyes of the people. Trust God from the bottom of your heart;
don't try to figure out everything on your own. Listen for God's voice in everything you do,
everywhere you go; He's the one who will keep you on track. Don't assume that you know it all.
Run to God! Run from evil! Honor God with everything you own;
give him the first and the best. ... No need to panic over alarms or surprises.
I have lived a frenetic life at times---that's my default mode. Someone please help me. Someone please rescue me. There's Only One Who can Rescue us from darkness. May we be more concerned about being rescued from darkness than rescued from my pain. It doesn't come from a good place in my heart when I try to ease my pain, minimize my pain, silence my pain. I've so wanted answers for my panic. And here is my God saying: Don't try to figure out everything on your own. Listen for God's Voice." Am I listening this day for His Still Small Voice? Or am I trying to figure out life on my own? Everything. Everywhere. Listen for His Voice today in the mundane and marvelous. And go be Prov 3:29---God's Hand to someone this day.
the more you get, the less you are.
ReplyDeleteGod gives out Wisdom free,
Trust God from the bottom of your heart;don't try to figure out everything on your own. Listen for God's voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; he's the one who will keep you on track.
Don't lose your grip on Love and Loyalty.
Run to God. Run from evil.
Don't walk around with a chip on your shoulder,
For the past few days, I haven't been in a very good place. Little things set me off. My priorities seems skewed. Sometimes it's as simple as The Message bopping me over the head and saying, "Don't walk around with a chip on your shoulder." But He doesn't stop there. He says "Don't lose your grip on love and loyalty." Wise words that may or may not turn my circumstances around, but I know they'll turn my heart back to Him and on the trail not the tumbleweeds!
"Well, you've made your bed—now lie in it;
ReplyDeleteyou wanted your own way—now, how do you like it?"
I want to read this in the NIV version because I just don't like the sounds of it. I've often wondered if God punishes and I don't like it. I am going to go read the other version. I sense a conviction here! ... Yep, it wasn't much better. I have made a lot of decisions in my life without asking God first. I didn't listen and now I'm paying the price. I'm lying in the bed I made. Hopefully I can learn to bring God Glory and He can make me Holy and I can learn the lessons He's trying to teach me.
I'm looking forward to Proverbs and the Wisdom. I may need to read it in the NIV version!
Annette, thanks for sharing your heart. The truth is for me I am where you desicribed as well. It is amazing how I can be walking around with a chip on my shoulder and not even know it until maybe my husband or another precious friend in love might reveal it to me. Thank you Annette for helping me remember to Run to God and Run From Evil.
ReplyDeleteAng, As I read your comment I just remember this, everyone is part of God's creation, therefore everyone is on their Plan A from God. We may not like what Plan A is but it is necessary for me to experience so I can grow the character God purposed in me when he created me before the world began. That was not difficult to write and then when I think about my life since January I am screaming OUCH! at Plan A...yet even still I can see I am better as I chose to persevere God is always faithful to this faithless sometimes faithful sojourner. Ang, you are not alone. Read which ever version helps you the most to KNOW God.
CiCi, you describe so well what I desire from God as I read through Psalms and The Message. Thanks for sharing your heart with me today.
This is a Song I must Sing to my String of Pearls. Sylvia