You were never meant to go
through life by the skin of your teeth
but to flourish in the love
and acceptance of Almighty God.
- Beth Moore
God is after me. That's a good thing... I think. I mean, I already belong to Him. Gave my heart to Him when I was six. (My Sunday School teacher scared the Hell out of me - literally!)
You'd think after being a Christian for almost thirty years, I'd have it all figured out by now.
Wrong-O!
The older I get, the less I realize I understand.
Trusting God and finding satisfaction in Him were topics addressed in the Bible study Stinky and I are doing together.
Sink asked what my "storm" is at the moment. I could toss out finances as usual. However, my true storm rages inside me. Why? I'm not satisfied with God. Uh, let me re-say that.
I'm not satisfying my self with God.
For some sick and demented reason, I keep looking for tangible things to fill me up. In college, as I sat by watching my friends get married off while the guys made mooing noises in my general direction, I believed a man's love would fill me. "If only I were loved by a man who wanted to marry me..." I said while laying on a log across the Houghton Creek.
I've been married nine years, am the mom of the Cutest Baby in the World, have 3 cats, a dog, two tanks of fish, house, pretty flowers in the yard, friends and an evil-stepbird.
Some people even tell me I have talent! ;) I can write, sing, take darn good pictures and make people laugh.
But I feel icky inside. Often.
Poor John shleps into the door after a long day at the office and my claws pop out. He doesn't have a chance to duck before I take the first swipe.
"What's got into you?" He asks.
"I have nooooo idea." I cry.
God is after me. He wants me to learn to let Him fill me with His peace like a river - rapids and all. He wants me to learn about extending Grace to myself. Something I suck at. He wants to be Enough.
Yeah. Enough.
Next post will be funny. I can't keep ignoring the JOY in my litterbox.
through life by the skin of your teeth
but to flourish in the love
and acceptance of Almighty God.
- Beth Moore
God is after me. That's a good thing... I think. I mean, I already belong to Him. Gave my heart to Him when I was six. (My Sunday School teacher scared the Hell out of me - literally!)
You'd think after being a Christian for almost thirty years, I'd have it all figured out by now.
Wrong-O!
The older I get, the less I realize I understand.
Trusting God and finding satisfaction in Him were topics addressed in the Bible study Stinky and I are doing together.
Sink asked what my "storm" is at the moment. I could toss out finances as usual. However, my true storm rages inside me. Why? I'm not satisfied with God. Uh, let me re-say that.
I'm not satisfying my self with God.
For some sick and demented reason, I keep looking for tangible things to fill me up. In college, as I sat by watching my friends get married off while the guys made mooing noises in my general direction, I believed a man's love would fill me. "If only I were loved by a man who wanted to marry me..." I said while laying on a log across the Houghton Creek.
I've been married nine years, am the mom of the Cutest Baby in the World, have 3 cats, a dog, two tanks of fish, house, pretty flowers in the yard, friends and an evil-stepbird.
Some people even tell me I have talent! ;) I can write, sing, take darn good pictures and make people laugh.
But I feel icky inside. Often.
Poor John shleps into the door after a long day at the office and my claws pop out. He doesn't have a chance to duck before I take the first swipe.
"What's got into you?" He asks.
"I have nooooo idea." I cry.
God is after me. He wants me to learn to let Him fill me with His peace like a river - rapids and all. He wants me to learn about extending Grace to myself. Something I suck at. He wants to be Enough.
Yeah. Enough.
Next post will be funny. I can't keep ignoring the JOY in my litterbox.
2 comments:
Your comment on my blog really, really blessed me today. Thanks for sharing your heart. It makes the heartache we endured make a little bit of sense.
I am a rookie at blogs so hope you don't get this comment two thousand times!? I know God's hand led me to your blog today. I have been discouraged. Sometimes it feels so unChristian to be discouraged and confused. Thank you for speaking what's on your heart! I will pray for you when I think of you - especially your school loan situation. Thanks again for your open and honest thoughts!!
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