More Power to Ya ~Petra

This song really meant a lot to me last September. (I definitely helped raise the view count.) Thankful to have found it again.

God's Will

The will of God is never exactly what you expect it to be. It may seem to be much worse, but in the end it's going to be a lot better and a lot bigger. ~Elisabeth Elliot

Courage

Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I'll try again tomorrow. - Mary Anne Radmacher

When You are Down, Remember God Loves YOU

From Brother Lawrence, author of Practicing the Presence of God...

(Huge Thank You to the person who sent it to me.)

Fifteenth Letter: God knows best what we need. All that He does is for our good. If we knew how much He loves us, we would always be ready to receive both the bitter and the sweet from His Hand. It would make no difference. All that came from Him would be pleasing.

The worst afflictions only appear intolerable if we see them in the wrong light. When we see them as coming from the hand of God, and know that it is our loving Father who humbles and distresses us, our sufferings lose their bitterness and can even become a source of consolation.

Let all our efforts be to know God. The more one knows Him, the greater one desires to know Him. Knowledge is commonly the measure of love. The deeper and more extensive our knowledge, the greater is our love. If our love of God were great we would love Him equally in pain and pleasure.

We only deceive ourselves by seeking or loving God for any favors which He has or may grant us. Such favors, no matter how great, can never bring us as near to God as can one simple act of faith. Let us seek Him often by faith. He is within us. Seek Him not elsewhere.

Are we not rude and deserve blame if we leave Him alone to busy ourselves with trifles which do not please Him and perhaps even offend Him? These trifles may one day cost us dearly. Let us begin earnestly to be devoted to Him. Let us cast everything else out of our heart. He wants to possess the heart alone. Beg this favor of Him. If we do all we can, we will soon see that change wrought in us which we so greatly desire.

I cannot thank Him enough for the relief He has given you. I hope to see Him within a few days. Let us pray for one another.


Brother Lawrence died within days of this last letter.

Hello

This is a place for me to journal my thoughts as I grow up. I prayed last summer that God would take me and mole me into the man He wanted me to be, no matter what it cost. He's answered that prayer in ways I never would have imagined. (He tends to do that when we pray sincerely.) The past months have been tough, but good. I have a feeling the same will be true for the coming months as well. I need an outlet to write and record what I am thinking, and maybe this will encourage someone.

We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair...

2 Corinthians 4:8