Pass It On

God places people in our lives. I believe he purposefully places people in our lives to be a blessing, an encouragement, and to help us learn hard lessons we would rather not face. I believe God places people in our lives for us to be a blessing, an encouragement , and to help them through hard and trying times. The Bible says we are made in Gods image. I take that to mean we are to imitate God. So what is God? He is mercy. He is love. He is compassion. He is so many things we can't even begin to imagine! I continually pray for God to help me be a better person. And I like to believe that keeping that in mind and with Gods help I reflect a glimmer of his incredible mercy, love, and compassion! I believe it means I give love freely and without conditions! I'm finding that it is not hard to give my love. Because every bit or love I give, I find myself a bit closer to my Heavenly Father! To be honest it is a glorious thing! O how I love him and I can't wait for the day I get to see him! Keeping this in mind I do my best to be thankful for each and every person he has placed in my path. So try your best to give a kind word whether you believe the person deservea it or not! God has already said that they are! God has freely given each and every one or us his love ... so do your best to pass it on "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your rather which is in heaven" Matthew 5:16 "The light of the body is the eye: if therefore your eye be single, your your whole body shall be full of light" Matthew 6:22

Take him at his Word ...

The other night my 3 year old repeatedly wakes crying with the words, "no no no no" I realize he's having a bad dream and my husband immediately asks our son if he wants us to pray. We receive a sleepy yes, so we begin to pray for our son. In a matter of moments he's asleep and snoring. I'm laying there holding my precious baby boy when I realize its that simple for him! We pray for him and he has no doubt that God has taken away the monsters and he can now rest peaceably. I'm thinking about the fact that as adults we don't trust God nearly enough or give him enough credit! And we use all kinds of excuses to neatly sidestep the call of Faith he desires from us! But I believe the truth of the matter is we can't really wrap our heads around the fact that God is God! The same way its hard for us to truly comprehend Gods love for us! At the bottom of the matter is do we sincerely, truly trust God? Not just love him for what he's done? Do we wholeheartedly believe he can keep all those promises he made to his children? You may say yes but deep down in the recesses of your heart do you believe it? I'll admit I have trouble processing it! But I'm learning that the closer I am to God the more easily my trust in him becomes! God does keep his promises, its just realizing we have to take him at his word!