Our dreams must be purified and refined. Our hearts must be content with where we are right now (in everything). In the places our hearts are longing, our expectation (hope) comes from Him to make all things right in those areas in His perfect timing. Our dreams will come about unexpectedly, and that is the […]
Category: A humble and contrite spirit
Prayers that make His heart Glad
The other night we were praying at a prayer group and one sweet lady’s prayer was so beautiful to me…so short…so sweet. She said she wasn’t sure how to pray. She felt timid. She felt unworthy. She felt without knowledge. I thought her prayer was the most humble of all: short, sincere, and pleasing to our […]
Failure…
Much of what is happening in my life right now is meeting with much failure. I’m thankful for the perseverance God has given me to press on. My focus is on having joy in obedience. My delight is in His law. My thanks is in my sweet family right now who all really fill me […]
Changes…
A tree in wintertime…that has lost its foilage…seems all but dead. Just like that tree, during winter seasons, it seems that bearing fruit and being a light to anyone is impossible. There is so much that is dying inside of me right now. So much I hold onto so dearly…so much pride, so much sin, so […]
Divine Humility
Mark 10:18: “Why do you call me good, Jesus answered. No one is good – except God alone.” Wow. Jesus was the Son of God and perfect in every way. Surely He was good! As my husband told me this morning, Jesus said this for US. To show us HIS picture of Humility. This is […]
A beggar leading a beggar….
I heard this recently on a Christian radio station and I LOVED the picture it created in my mind. A beggar leading a beggar for food. That is what we are as Christians! I think a lot of people get turned off to Christianity because of the judgmentalism and pride of Christians. ‘They think they have […]
Humility in Parenting
Tonight, as my son had a total meltdown over candy (he has a heart after his mama’s for sweet things!!!), and was totally OUT OF CONTROL…I was totally humbled. I was saying goodbye to my little AWANA friends as their parents were coming to pick them up…and low and behold, my little boy came in […]
A triumphant day :-)
All last week, the Lord filled me up. It was so sweet to my soul. It was a long time coming….Today, the Lord tested me. By His grace, my thoughts were guarded, my focus on Him, and an unoffended heart emerged. I am so thankful. The Lord is hitting this over and over with me […]
A Humble Heart
Lately, I have desired the most to have a humble heart. I have tried in my own skin….and it seemed more to me like “false humility.” I didn’t want to have to try to be humble. It shouldn’t be that way. It should come naturally, from a true understanding of my complete dependence on my […]
Christ-like attitude
“Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who being in very nature God did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness, and being found in appearance as a man He humbled Himself and […]
Walking in Faith 