I first wrote this on August 4, 2011. These words are just as relevant today as they were two years ago. I don’t find it any coincidence that we are at another crossroads in our family.
A time of trusting and believing God’s best is just around the corner.
There are no coincidences with God.
“I firmly believe that the moment our hearts are emptied of selfishness and ambition and self-seeking and everything that is contrary to God’s law, the Holy Spirit will come and fill every corner of our hearts; but if we are full of pride and conceit, ambition and self-seeking, pleasure and the world, there is no room for the Spirit of God. I also believe that many a man is praying to God to fill him, when he is full already with something else. Before we pray that God would fill us, I believe we ought to pray that He would empty us. There must be an emptying before there can be a filling; and when the heart is turned upside down, and everything that is contrary to God is turned out, then the Spirit will come…”
D.L. Moody
D.L. Moody
Oh, how God is working in me this week. Soul searching, heart aching work. But it is good. It is God.
It is all about surrender.
Surrendering:
my husband
my children
my career
my home
my desires
my life
He is building the foundation for a new chapter in my life, our lives.
It is frightening
It is insecure
It is unknown
It is God.
For more of my favorite Simple Gift Sunday posts:
Christy Nockels “Already All I Need”
Tim Timmons “Cast Your Cares”
Jeremy Camp “Healing Hand of God”
(If you are watching via email or reader please click post title to view video.)
One day eyes that are blind will see you clearly
And one day all who deny will finally believe
One day hearts made of stone will break in pieces
And one day chains once unbroken will fall down at your feet
So we wait for that one day come quickly
And one day all who deny will finally believe
One day hearts made of stone will break in pieces
And one day chains once unbroken will fall down at your feet
So we wait for that one day come quickly
Chorus
We want to see your Glory
Every knee falls down before thee
Every tongue offers you praise
With every hand raised
Singing Glory
To you and unto you only
We’ll sing Glory to Your name
We want to see your Glory
Every knee falls down before thee
Every tongue offers you praise
With every hand raised
Singing Glory
To you and unto you only
We’ll sing Glory to Your name
One day voices that lie will all be silent
One day all that’s divided will be whole again
One day death will retreat and wave it’s white flag
One day love will defeat the strongest enemy
So we wait for that one day come quickly
One day all that’s divided will be whole again
One day death will retreat and wave it’s white flag
One day love will defeat the strongest enemy
So we wait for that one day come quickly
We know not the day or the hour
Or the moments in between
But we know the end of the story
When we’ll see
Or the moments in between
But we know the end of the story
When we’ll see
Linking with: The Alabaster Jar, A Mama’s Story, The Modest Mom Blog, Time-Warp Wife, Far Above Rubies, Imparting Grace
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Love this and thanks so much for sharing it with all of us here. Have a blessed day! 🙂
Thanks so much, Debra, for reading every week and encouraging me!
Seeing more than one post today about surrender…I best take that message to heart! Thanks for sharing this. Off to click on the video now…
I always (somewhat) anxiously await what God is doing when He directly puts something in my path! So glad I could be part of your journey today.