Standing your post

So my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and immovable. Always work enthusiastically for the Lord, for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless. 1 Corinthians 15:58
Pat Benatar said it best "Love is a battlefield".
In honor of Advent I am posting a picture a day. Today's word was steady or steadfast. It was once again one of those moments that I really needed to hear from God and He just overwhelmed me with His perfect love. This scripture just spoke so many beautiful things to my soul. I really can't even begin to tell you what a comfort my bible has become in my life. It basically is like a comforter, just like your favorite blanket can make things that are huge seem small. God does that for me, not just in by being God but in speaking to me through His word. I was thinking about how God puts us each in different areas, for the good of His people. That we sing songs about reaching out, we can stand on corners and we can share scripture in cards and posts on facebook. Here's the thing, a lot of the people that are lost are so much closer than we realize. They are good friends, they are in our families, they may even be in our own homes. These are the people that are missing something so important, they are broken. How many times have we cried out to God to put someone else at our duty station. How many times have we wanted to lay down our crosses and pick up a different one. How many times have we doubted God's plan in this? I'm with you , I look up daily and say things like "Are you sure God?" I have been listening to a lot of music today, a lot of different songs that I just hear the words I feel. The moments I am really weary and brought down. That's what the world does to us, it's right where the devil wants us. Lost, alone,uncertain of all God has shared with us to be truth.

What do people really get for all their hard work? I have seen the burden God has placed on us all. Yet God has made everything beautiful in it's own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God's work from beginning to end. Ecclesiastes 3:9-11

In reading all this I have one thing to share with you. God's plan never fails. I know this with all my heart, He would never bring you to a place that He is not going to walk you through, or carry you over. I know how this seems, that their is no hope, that nothing's going to get better. These are LIES! Lies that will just kill you, not only on the inside but the outside. Literally it will drive you to the place of no return. In that place there is no hope, no love and no resurrection. I never want you to feel like there is no point in going on with your life. In Christ there is always hope, in Christ there is always love, and there will always be a resurrection. So I wanna leave you with this : It doesn't matter what battles you may come across, Stand your post. God has you there for a reason and He loves you more than anything. You obviously are very strong or you wouldn't be asked to stand guard. Blessings to you while you stand your ground. S.

Praise the Lord, who is my rock. He trains my hands for war and gives my fingers skill for battle. He is my loving ally and my fortress, my tower of safety, my rescuer. He is my shield, and I take refuge in him. He makes the nations submit to me. Psalm 144:1-2

Daily bread, give us daily bread

It was a beautiful day today, I am unsure if it was outside but inside it was. My kids and I had a great day and we finished with a wonderful game and reading the J is for Jesus book. They went to bed without a fight and it was just beautiful. It's moments like this that I am just blown away at God's abundant love. I think it's really easy to loose sight of these little days. Especially when everyday is a battle, we are at war. This world is a war, living for the Lord is not the normal. I'm proud to say that I'm a Jesus freak, I wouldn't be anything without Christ. The picture at the beginning of this post is apart of the advent picture a day I'm doing. In looking at it now, I see this picture as our sin, it bounds us where we are. It holds us hostage and never lets us go. I see no way out of those chains without Christ. As in I'm not free if I'm not in Christ. I'm not able to move let alone talk. I just know how broken I am in those chains, looking at them aren't you feeling restricted. That person that you are without Jesus is limited. It's just like in Corinthians with the law. The people living in the law are bound by it. Not free in the grace that comes from Christ alone. Bound by the law and it holds them down, it clips wings. It holds you hostage never letting you be free from your sin. Can you imagine that? Never being free from your sin? Never being able to make up for your constant failures. Over and Over having it thrown in your face, never able to get your head above water. I love being able to swim because of Christ. To leave sin dead in it's tracks, I'm covered! Jesus has got me, you have no power over me. Every time I picture it I just watch those chains break, God breaks into those chains and does not let them bind me any longer.

6 He has enabled us to be ministers of his new covenant. This is a covenant not of written laws, but of the Spirit. The old written covenant ends in death; but under the new covenant, the Spirit gives life.2 Corinthians 3:6

See we don't have to see him, because we already know He's with us every single day.Especially this month know how much He loves you. Even when you can't see that He is with you. Trust that He is and He will never leave you.

Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD will personally go ahead of you. He will be with you; he will neither fail you nor abandon you.Deuteronomy 31:8

I was thinking as reading how Jesus is with us, just like our shadow. Even when you can't see it, He's with us. Just a constant, even though you can't always see your shadow you know you have one. You don't have to see Jesus to know He's with us.

"Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see." Hebrews 11:1

You know as this month is about to blow by. Just really take moments to see God through all the chaos. If you aren't enjoying the taste of the fallen snow on the tip of your tongue, breathe in the crisp air knowing you can breathe because God gave you breath. He died for all generations, let's do everything to keep him alive! Blessings and prayers my sweet friends. S.