Hello Ladies! This has been quite a journey so far! Let's continue with chapter 10: "A Confused Mind".
Be Blessed!
-L.Faith
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John 3:16
For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life.
About Me
- Linda Faith
- I am a proud Air Force wife with an amazing supportive husband, Jarod. I am a stay at home mom of 3 wonderful boys. (Aiden 10, Micah 5 1/2, Jordan 1) I am currently pregnant with our 4th (and final...NO REALLY!) baby. I hope this blog helps family and friends follow our journey through the ups and downs of pregnancy especially since we live far away from all of them.
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Hey ladies. I have to be honest with you all...I have gotten way off course. I adopted a dog two weeks ago and I am having a time with him. He is such a sweet dog but he has behaviorial problems I am having a hard time dealing with. Keep me in your thoughts and I hope to get caught back up soon. Love you ladies!!
~~*Sarah*~~
This chapter by far hit me at my most vulnerable place. I'm so glad to learn that reasoning is not normal. Listening for the Spirit of God for His take on a situation is what is normal. I have reasoned to the point of confusion most of my life. A few statements that helped change the way I think: Unanswered questions crucify the flesh life (I really need that). Satan frequently steals the will of God from us due to reasoning. (No way I want that to happen) You and I must grow to the place where we are satisfied to know the One Who knows, even if we ourselves do not know (This is the most crucial statement because it will help me to live in rest, which is God's will). Be encouraged everyone. We can continue to learn God's ways if we do't give up. Grandma Linda
TRUST...that has been the key word God seems to be bringing up a lot lately in my life. Even when I read scriptures that have the word faith I substitute it with the word trust. I've seen the great fruit of obedience to the word of the Lord in my life and in the stories of others. What a longing desire I have to live in that place of peace as He directs my path, even in the everyday stuff like giving a red dress away! I've done the reasoning thing more times than I care to admit but I'm encouraged to trust (His voice) and obey...which brings inner peace and Divine Order.
A mind that wavers, is not completely convinced that God's way is best. When we pray, we must TRUST in God for the answer. Of course, He doesn't answer all prayers, (selfish or self-centered prayers), but He does answer prayers that are in line with His word. When we have an important decision to make, we must TRUST God to know what is best for us.
The way I feel, we shouldn't omit reasoning altogether, but to always be willing to listen to and be corrected by God's Word and wise counselors. Bring your decisions to God in prayer; use the Bible as your guide, and then follow God's leading. He will make your paths straight. (Prov.3:5)
Love in Christ,
Roxanne
Wow! I have wrestled back and forth with thoughts in my mind and now I can identify it as "reasoning". So many times I have felt led to do something but then asked myself "is this a good idea?" "is this really God or is it just me". Even silly stuff like this week we purchased a brand new bedroom set. We've been looking around for a few weeks and something has always come up that we couldn't get one. Mainly because of our California King size bed. Well I've been looking a lot online to find something in our price range. I've nearly obsessed over it. Finally I decided to pray about it and explain to God that we don't HAVE to have a new bedroom set. We have extra money coming in and we wanted to treat ourselves so if it's God's will then please help us find a set. I felt like God told me to trust Him and stop worrying so much about finding the perfect set for the perfect price. Maybe 30 minutes later I went back online and found a set in our price range and for a California King. I called the company and they had 1 Cal. King left! We ordered it! But then I started asking myself if I jumped the gun and found it myself or if that was God who was blessing us. Then I felt like maybe I didn't really trust Him and I took matters in to my own hands and kept looking. I began to feel confused and guilty that we ordered this set. I started looking online again to see if there was a better deal somewhere. What a good time to read this chapter! I recognized that these negative thoughts were not from God. I prayed and felt like God said to relax and enjoy our new bedroom set. He desires rest for us and we get ourselves all worked up over silly stuff. I trust that we found a good set that we can afford and God is smiling on us and I don't need to "reason" with it anymore!
I could give more examples but it would be a book! This is exciting to learn and grow! Don't give up!
The journey of a thousand miles began with one step.
-L.Faith
Reasoning:STOP IT!! Lean not on your own understanding. Being comfortable to know the one that knows. That requires us to trust, have faith, and believe that. Because anyone who wants to approach God must believe both that he exists and that he cares enough to respond to those who seek him. Hebrews 10:5-6 That's a very comforting scripture. It shows my part and it also shows that God is love and that he will respond to us with that love. I love my kids! The Bible says that He loves us more than that....can you imagine, that's pretty big. To reason is an addiction and it's painful to let go of old habits but God can change that in our hearts if we ask him to. Remember to ask big, tell your mountain how big your God is and not the other way around. I'd rather ask for everything and get only part of it that to ask for nothing and get ALL of nothing.
The vision in this chapter is one that I can relate to. I love to use my imagination and ask God to use my imagination to show me things. Sometimes a picture has better communication...can you imagine if we could look on the hearts of people like God? I think some of that can come with discernment, listening to your heart rather than your head. Doubt usually comes much easier for me when I'm not connecting with God on a regular basis....when I'm not pluggin in. Good news is that when it happens often enough I get fed up and then make it even more of a point to plug in....then find myself staying up late when i should be in bed......because the flesh is into extremes? I'm still unbalanced in that area. Pray for me girls! HA! The part about dreams and visions really hits home for me. I've got a couple of dreams that I'm working on, believing for, trusting God to work in me. Stay focused on the end and what the end will be.
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