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I ran across this quote one day that I’d saved from T. Davis Bunn-
“The whole world’s out there screaming for our attention and only one little voice in our heart is whispering ;The answers not out there. It’s in here.”
Oh how I want to listen to that still small voice beloved!

There have been times in my life I desperately wanted to hear from God. I know you have too. Write it on the wall, Lord. ❤️
Isaiah 30:21 says,
“And your ears shall hear a word behind you saying, This is the way, walk in it.”
Now more than ever it’s imperative that the sheep know the Good Shepherd’s voice.
We could just make up our own path but why would we do that when He can see down the road? He can direct our steps and lead us in triumphant procession.
For more on this check out my Seek and Savor podcast and search the episode, “The Good Shepherd.”
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Rest, the idea sounds nice doesn’t it?

Why is it so hard to live from that place?

Sometimes I wake up and after a quick prayer hit the ground running.
All day long it feels like an engine is revving in my heart and mind.
I may even be too busy too pay attention to that feeling so I just keep going like the energizer bunny from one thing to another.

When I finally pause in my day I notice feelings like, stress, irritability, worry, or frustration with others.
There is a lack of overall peace.

But when I wake up early grab my coffee, spend time “resting” in The Word of God and allowing him to reset my heart, everything changes.
He quiets my soul. He replaces lies the enemy has spoken to me with truth.
My perspective shifts from a temporary one to an eternal one.
When difficult moments come through the day I am more likely to let them roll off my back and choose joy.
It’s really other worldly, of course it is!
This world is not our home we are travelers passing through.
We require food from our native land to sustain us!
And, that is what He does He sustains us!

“ Cast your burden upon the Lord and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to be shaken.” Psalm 55:22
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Sometimes, we just need to step away and remind ourselves that our God knows all that is troubling our souls and He has not given us over beloved.

For me that often looks like walking.
After I walked this beautiful farm I sat on top of a hill and witnessed the ever changing sky. Minute by minute the colors changed, chasing each other until even the lavender faded to black.

It reminded me that everyday he goes to great lengths to show us He is present. We can either stop and notice or continue on, overwhelmed by what our feelings are speaking to us.

He is for you beloved!
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I’ve been asking the Lord for more.
I’m realizing I need Him more than I’ve reached for Him in the past.
What I mean by that is, of course we need Him to save us, friends.
But, He didn’t just sacrifice His life for ours and stop there.

Psalm 139 says He is intimately acquainted with all our ways.

When my husband went to heaven and the fog of constant grief started lifting, I began to see how very much alone I was..

Who would help me make all the decisions I was used to making with a partner?
The ones, we take for granted like; What’s for dinner?
What color should we paint the house?
Is it time to replace the water heater or should we wait?
And the bigger ones like how should I handle a conflict with my child or is it time to sell the house?
It only took a few weeks before I had decision fatigue.😰
Then one day out of frustration, I said, Lord, since he’s not here, I need you to do all these things….And you know what?
He did.
As I waited on Him, he answered.
I began asking him to be everything: my counselor, my friend, my physician, everything.
So, it was no surprise to me after one particularly stressful week, I came across this verse in my reading.

“The law of the Lord is perfect, refreshing the soul. The statues of the Lord are trustworthy making wise the simple.”
Ps. 19: 7(NKJV)

There He was again, giving me the perfect prescription for a dry, weary soul crying out for direction.

What do you need the Lord to do for you beloved?

Ask and he will answer. Seek and you will find.

Tag a friend who needs to remember that He wants to be our Everything!
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The Lord is your keeper.

Someone needs to hear this.

So often fear makes us want to turn around and go the other way.

Or we think we must hurry ahead to achieve all the things we want to. Staying steady, our hand in his hand is often hard. The enemy comes in and tells us that uncomfortable is not the place we want to be. He says “in control” is better.

But, oh beloved what joy is found in surrender.

“For I am the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand and tells you: Do not fear, I will help you. Isaiah 41:13

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Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think....(Eph.3:20)
We serve a God of FAR MORE beloved.

Somewhere along the way, whether by fiery arrows of doubt and fear from the enemy or by our own insecurities; this truth becomes threatened.

We begin to think small. We begin to ask for little. We begin to tell ourselves to settle for less. We may even begin to think that we are hoping for too much.

Ah, what welcome relief to know that we serve a God who is able to do far more, abundantly than all we ask or think.
And the cherry on the top is the next verse: “According to the power that works within us!”
When you follow Jesus and His Spirit comes to live inside you, you have this same power, the power that raised Jesus from the dead. That’s no small thing friend.
So let’s dream with God. Let’s set our minds on things above rather than the earth. Let’s ask and seek and knock and do it all for His Glory.
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I love this sweet reminder I stumbled across one day, that joy is found in His Words.

Although I often look for joy in so many other places, no one else’s words have the power to remake me.

Like a surgeon’s scalpel they can precisely strike the place in my heart that is believing something other than the truth.

And when His Word replaces that old lie, new life springs up and with it comes joy!

Oh that we would go to your Word FIRST, when all is not well, Lord! Gives us a hunger for it, so that it becomes our joy and delight!
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