Fear not tomorrow, God is Already there

I am overwhelmed with the amount of peace I feel right now. I have been so stressed this whole week with the amount of projects I have due tomorrow and the little amount of time I have to do them... God miraculously moved all of my projects due dates to Monday. The relief and peace I feel right now is incredible. Loved driving home with the windows down, country music up... Summer is almost here. 10 more days... I can do this...

oh my God

Words cannot describe how wonderful worship was tonight. The band was incredible. I am so thankful for the talents God gave all of the players so we can enjoy them. Their music just brought me joy. After such a stressful past couple of days, I am so thankful I was able to dance, sing, act like a fool, and let go while bringing glory to God.
After about an hour of straight worship, we took time to reflect on what God was doing in our lives. It's amazing what God can reveal to you when we are surrounded in His Presence. In the process of me always trying to make sense of things, and trying to make everything perfect, I lose all sight of trusting God. I push Him aside and try to take control for myself. In the quietness of my prayers, He whispers to me, "Do you trust me?" A simple question, I know. But one I have yet to grasp. While saying I trust the Lord to the world, deep in my heart I am scared to death. I am so scared to let go of what I think to be a perfect plan, for the unknown. God is gently bringing me to my knees, pulling me closer to Him.

Thank you Lord for still pursing us when we continually screw up. You know we are not worth it, but through You, we are. Thank you.

   "Meet Me in morning stillness, while the earth is fresh with the dew of My Presence. Worship Me in the beauty of holiness. Sing love songs to My holy Name. As you give yourself to Me, My Spirit swells within you till you are flooded with divine Presence.
    The world's way of pursuing riches is grasping and hoarding. You attain My riches by letting go and giving. The more you give yourself to Me and My ways, the more I fill you with inexpressible, heavenly Joy." -Sarah Young, Jesus Calling

God, help me to let go and give. Help me not to hold on, but daily give up my ways for Yours. Help me to give, so I can be filled with the inexpressible,  heavenly Joy of Your Presence.

Don't Worry, Be Happy

You know, we have the choice to be happy. And I guess I am just kind of realizing this now... Every morning I can choose to dwell on the positive and not the negative. God gave us that ability. Through Christ we have the power to forgive and experience life to the fullest. Sure there are struggles, things will not go our way, people will let us down; but "Christ stays the same, Yesterday, today and forever" (Hebrews 13:8). That peace is overwhelming. It's hard to accept, but denying it would deny the power of Christ dying on the cross for our sins. I am so thankful that I can rest in God's plan for my life.

Something Beautiful

My history teacher shared this with our class while we were learning about the Holocaust last year. I don't know why I just remembered it today, but I just thought I should share it. 

This story comes from a woman named Gerda Weissmann Klein; she shares about her time in the concentration camps and how this one moment restored her faith in humanity. (There was more background to the story, but I figured no one would want to read it.)

"All of a sudden I saw (pause) a strange car coming down the hill, no longer green, not bearing the swastika, but a white star. It was sort of a mud-splattered vehicle but I've never seen a star brighter in my life. And two men sort of jumped out, came running toward us and one came toward where I stood. He was wearing battle gear. I have to think...you know. His helmet was this mesh over that and he was wearing dark glasses and he spoke to me in German. And he said, "Does anybody here speak German or English?" and I said, "I speak German." And I felt that I had to tell him we are Jewish and I didn't know if he would know what the star means or anything, but you know, and I uh looked at him, I was a little afraid to tell him that but I said to him, "We are Jewish, you know." He didn't answer me for quite a while. And then his own voice sort of betrayed his own emotion and he said, "So am I." I would say it was the greatest hour of my life. And then he asked an incredible question. He said, "May I see the other ladies?" You know, what...what we have been addressed for six years and then to hear this man. He looked to me like a young god. I have to tell you I weighed 68 pounds. My hair was white. And you can imagine, I hadn't had a bath in years. And this creature asked for "the other ladies." And I told him that most of the girls were inside, you know. They were too ill to walk, and he said, "Won't you come with me?" And, and I said, "Sure." But I didn't know what he meant. He held the door open for me and let me precede him and in that gesture restored me to humanity. And that young American today is my husband. "

This might be one of the most precious love stories I have ever heard. And the hope that this man brought her is just beautiful. It just warms my heart.

http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/phistories/phi_individuals_kurt_gerda_klein_uu.htm