Rejection Can Be A Gift
Wow, we teach people how to treat us…never thought of it that way. Thank you Kristin!
Hope
Changing my vision
Sometimes, I just gotta stop and change what I am looking at. Am I living in the problem or the solution? Whatever I look at more is what will get magnified. If I look at my problems all day, I get depressed. If I look at the solution – Jesus and His Word, I have … Read more
Transformed
TRANSFORMED Transformed from glory to glory, as the LORD renews my mind. Restored by the image of God, through Jesus Christ my Lord. I’m changing from day to day, as I behold His face. I’m just a reflection, of His Spirit in me. I’ve been planted by the Master Gardner, with the seed of the … Read more
God Blesses What Was Broken
GOD BLESSES WHAT WAS BROKEN © 2013 Diana Rasmussen I refuse to be bound by my past, I will not be defined by your label. Only God knows the road I’ve traveled, God blesses what was broken. All things work together for good, ‘Cuz I am called and chosen. Nothing will be wasted or thrown … Read more
God Blesses What Was Broken
GOD BLESSES WHAT WAS BROKEN © 2013 Diana Rasmussen I refuse to be bound by my past, I will not be defined by your label. Only God knows the road I’ve traveled, God blesses what was broken. All things work together for good, ‘Cuz I am called and chosen. Nothing will be wasted or thrown … Read more
Unwritten
When we judge, it’s like putting a period at the end of a sentence that God is still writing.
I have to admit, one thing that drives me up the wall is when people judge. I am not my past, I am not a mistake. Why do people look at me through tainted lenses? Let me explain. I ran into an old “friend” last week. We haven’t talked in about 4-5 years. The first thing out of her mouth was “Are you still married?” I think she was shocked when I said yes. It seems some people just want you to fail.
Then, I had to look at myself. If I see something in someone else and it bothers me, it may be that I have that same issue. Do I want myself to fail? Do I look at myself through my mistakes and failures? Or do I look at myself through the Word? I have to admit, sometimes I see myself through my failures. Sometimes I think that things will never change. Once again, I am amazed at how quickly I go back to the old tapes, and beat myself up. Help us Lord. Let me not put a period on my life, You are still writing my story…
I like this song Unwritten because it reminds me that my future is yet unwritten. I don’t need to have all the answers, I can trust God with the end of my story. Jesus is the Author and Finisher of my faith…
“I am unwritten
Can’t read my mind
I’m undefined
I’m just beginning
The pen’s in my hand
Ending unplanned”
GOD’S PROMISE TO YOU:
So be merciful (sympathetic, tender, responsive, and compassionate) even as your Father is [all these].
Judge not [neither pronouncing judgment nor subjecting to censure], and you will not be judged; do not condemn and pronounce guilty, and you will not be condemned and pronounced guilty; acquit and forgive and release (give up resentment, let it drop), and you will be acquitted and forgiven and released.
Give, and [gifts] will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will they pour into [the pouch formed by] the bosom [of your robe and used as a bag]. For with the measure you deal out [with the measure you use when you confer benefits on others], it will be measured back to you. (Luke 6: 37-38 AMP)
Meanwhile, the moment we get tired in the waiting, God’s Spirit is right alongside helping us along. If we don’t know how or what to pray, it doesn’t matter. He does our praying in and for us, making prayer out of our wordless sighs, our aching groans. He knows us far better than we know ourselves, knows our pregnant condition, and keeps us present before God. That’s why we can be so sure that every detail in our lives of love for God is worked into something good.
God knew what he was doing from the very beginning. He decided from the outset to shape the lives of those who love him along the same lines as the life of his Son. The Son stands first in the line of humanity he restored. We see the original and intended shape of our lives there in him. After God made that decision of what his children should be like, he followed it up by calling people by name. After he called them by name, he set them on a solid basis with himself. And then, after getting them established, he stayed with them to the end, gloriously completing what he had begun. (Romans 8:28-30 MSG)
MY PRAYER FOR YOU:
Dear Lord,
Help me see the good in people. Help me see the good in me. Help me see what You see. I do not want to throw rocks at your children, or beat myself up with them either. Let me be slow to speak, and quick to listen. I trust You to work all things out for my good. I am not the Savior, and it is not my place to “fix” someone else. Don’t know about you, but I’m putting down my rocks today. 🙂
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Famous God Quotes
for the days I forget awesome God is
Hope
DAILY PROMPT
Write about anything you’d like. Somewhere in your post, include the sentence, “I heard the car door slam, and immediately looked at the clock.”
HOPE
© 2012 Diana Rasmussen
(PSALM 62/Matt 12/Romans 4)
My soul waits silently for God,
My expectation is from Him.
I pour my heart out before Him,
He is a refuge for me.
His name is the Hope of all the world.
I will trust Him at all times.
He is my rock and my salvation,
I shall not be moved.
Even when there is no reason for hope,
I will keep on believing,
God is more than able,
To do what He says.
I woke up with this song in my head this morning. And the verse “God’s mercies are new every morning”…hmmm.
Sometimes I think I limit God by what my expectations are. I have lived in the chaos (the desert) for so long, that is what I got accustomed to. It was familiar. And even though I didn’t like it, I knew what to expect – nothing. When you expect nothing, you get nothing. Nothing changes, everything stays the same. Predictable. Boring. Not healthy. Staying in the desert with my victim mentality meant that it was always someone else’s fault. I could blame others for their bad choices while I failed to make any new ones for myself. I did not take responsibility for my own life – I was too busy telling everyone else what to do. Then I didn’t have to do anything. I didn’t have to change, or make a new choice. I learned this was ‘criminal thinking’ at its best. And I was robbing myself of a better future.
There are times when you are at the edge of a new season, and you admit to yourself that you can’t go back. But you are hesitant to go forward. Almost like time has stopped. And then
I heard the car door slam, and immediately looked at the clock.
I am still here. Time has not stopped. I survived. My life will go on. I don’t need all the answers to take the next step forward. It will be ok. Today is the day to say “Yes” to God. I choose to be healed. I will be made whole. God promised to help me, so I am going to let Him.
In the valley of decision, I admit that my hope is not based on my ability, nor the things others do or don’t do. My hope is not based on my failures. My hope is not based on my past abuse. I am no longer a victim. I can make a new choice. I will get up. My hope today is anchored in what the Word says
GOD’S PROMISE TO YOU:
” My soul, wait only upon God and silently submit to Him; for my hope and expectation are from Him. He only is my Rock and my Salvation; He is my Defense and my Fortress, I shall not be moved”. (Psalm 62:5-6)
It is because of the Lord’s mercy and loving-kindness that we are not consumed, because His [tender] compassions fail not.
They are new every morning; great and abundant is Your stability and faithfulness.
The Lord is my portion or share, says my living being (my inner self); therefore will I hope in Him and wait expectantly for Him. (Lamentations 3:22-24 AMP)
To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. (Colossians 1:27 NIV)
MY PRAYER FOR YOU:
Dear Lord,
Thank you for slamming the car door and waking us up. Thank you for shaking what can be shaken to see what remains in our lives. We admit, we have tried to live without You, and it hasn’t worked. You are our Hope, show us a new way Lord. We choose to trust in You. Refresh our souls. Renew our minds. Restore our lives, in Jesus’ Name.
MORE POSTS ON HOPE:
http://unshakablehope.wordpress.com/2013/02/13/more-than-just-a-dream/
http://anewcreationtoo.wordpress.com/2013/01/17/one-thing-remains-his-love/
When I’m Weary
When I’m Weary When I’m weary, heavy laden, I come to You, You give me rest. When the storms are raging, And waves of despair abound, You bring me peace in the storm. I rest my head on Your shoulder, Look into Your eyes of love, Troubles melt and hope’s renewed, Suddenly, everything will … Read more