In prayer this morning, my heart was heavily touched by the phrase "are you living in me?" I had to stop several times and try to understand what he was saying to me, what he was impressing upon my heart, what he needed from me today! "Are you living in me?" I thought about that for a long time, my head back on my chair, my eyes closed, my ears hearing the heavenly sounds and I thought, "am I living in him?" I like to think I am, I try to live in him each and every day but most days I fall short. Am I happy with my life, yes and no, there are so many things I would change right this very minute if I had the power, do I try to make the changes, yes and no...somedays I feel defeated because I do not have uber power to make changes that I know would be better for my health both mentally and physically! Do I live as Christ would have me live??? Yes and no, my faith waxes and wanes much like the tide of the ocean, it will be at all time highs and then will sometimes be at all time lows! I get angry, I pass judgement, I swear, I get depressed....I am human. I do hold fast to the rod, I may allow my faith to lessen but never do I walk without faith. I love God our father and Jesus Christ with all of me, I know they are the beginning and the end, I do not fear death for I know that I will have to atone for my shorcomings but I also know there will be a place for me to walk along side Christ on the golden path and that I will earn wings! I make mistakes many times throughout the day, but never do I not acknowledge and atone, I ask for forgiveness with true intent in my heart, I look for lessons in all things and make many mental notes as to why I do the things I do, then I ask God to give me strength not to do them again. The 10 commandments are tough, they are my guide and at least once per day I catch myself breaking one of the orders! I thank God for the power of atonement, for allowing us to be able to ask him for forgiveness, for knowing that if we ask with truth that he will forgive us! So "am I living in him?' I would have to say yes, I look to him as a child does her father, for guidance, for kissing away boo-boos, for scaring boogy men away, for understanding when no one else will, for unconditional love, for sharing secrets, for advice....etc......I look to him many times a day and know that he will always be available to guide me, I am like the stubborn child and sometimes get caught up in thinking I know best...but I don't!!!! I pray that you are "LIVING IN HIM" today, I pray that if you are not that you will lift your head to the heavens and through Jesus Christ ask him to come into your heart, to be your father and that you will ask him to walk side by side with you in all that you do! It is never to late to bring him into your life, no sin is to great to ask for forgiveness and know that if you speak in truth that he will forgive. Even in the last breaths of life people come to him and accept him into their hearts, they see his light and they accept his hand. Take his hand today and make it the first day of the rest of your life, allow him to love you, allow him to shelter you, allow him to heal you physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Begin to know his love and begin to share his love, the world will be a much more beautiful place if beauty resides within your heart! God bless you with his spirit today, may he offer his hand and you reach out and take it! Love in Christ to each of you!
John 15:5
New International Version (NIV)
5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.
Please pray with me today for those so desperately in need of a miracle, I know that together we can help to make a difference and I know that mass prayer produces miracles that only God can make happen!
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