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I don’t know where you find yourself today belov

I don’t know where you find yourself today beloved, but you have only to look up!
I’ve had this growing sense of urgency to have the Lord guide my every moment.
I need His wisdom all day long, in big things and small things.
If He doesn’t go with me, I don’t want to go.
I know that NOW more than ever, living for Christ requires courage and discernment and I want it all!
Don’t you?
That’s why I love this verse.
Lift up your eyes, seek his face and his counsel and follow his voice. Because we can trust Him to hold us fast!
#hewillholdmefast #seekandsavorpodcast #liftupyoureyes #trustinthelord #wisdomforlife #joyfulliving #incourage

As seasons change, the leaves they turn. A cold

As seasons change, the leaves they turn.

A cold wind blows, the leaves let go.

Back to the earth from whence they came.

First a seed, then a shoot, fully bloomed and then turning.

For us life has seasons, they too come and go.

We start out small unsure of who we are.

We grow and we flourish and plan our days.

But the days they don’t listen they have a mind of their own.

Still, we press on, though the future be unknown.

We persevere under trials, and we overcome .

We weather the storms, the wind and the rain.

Our branches may be bent, our leaves they may shake,

But our roots hold us firm, they are deep and stable

Rooted in the only one who makes us able.

He is the First and the Last.

He goes before and behind us.

When we can’t keep going, He holds us up.

When we are coming undone, He is the glue that binds us.

So, rest my friend and let the seasons change.

There is beauty in the turning, and freedom in the letting go.

There is rest in the waiting for the spring to return,

Which gives hope for the days to come!

And HOPE does not disappoint us!

* There is Hope to be found when we lift up our eyes and let the Spirit speak to our hearts, beloved. I hope you find some today, in these words and in creation before you.
Tag a friend who needs Hope in this season.
#liftupyoureyes #seekandsavor#incourage #joyfulliving #chrisitanwriter #christianpodcasters #hopewriterlife #heisfaithful #lifeafterloss #renewyourhope #renewyourmind photocred:Timothy Eberly

Therefore we will not fear, though the earth shoul

Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change.
Psalm 46:2
Every time in my life I’ve had a lack of peace, and there have been many, I can trace it back to a lack of trusting God.
Oh it may appear to be all about what’s going on in my life…. But still it ends up being me not trusting that God is enough.
I’ve struggled and doubted that He was enough for my sin, my grief, my provision, my children.
The list goes on and on.
I just felt the need to show up in this space and remind us all that He is more than enough beloved.
Even and especially when we don’t FEEL it.
Confess to Him where you haven’t believed that and then wash your heart with the truth of God’s word.
And maybe start with this verse…
Though the earth may change, though my finances, my church, my friends, my ___ might change, I will not fear!
Today Lord, we say, You are enough to overcome it ALL.
We surrender our hearts and choose to have faith over fear.
#liftupoureyes #seekandsavorpodcast #renewyourmind #faithoverfear #courageous #hopeforthefuture #heisfaithful #wewillnotfear

Fall is sweeping in and I just love it. I know so

Fall is sweeping in and I just love it.

I know some of you are mourning the end of summer but when the leaves dress in their finest, splendor and the air looses its heaviness, I feel my heart begin to skip.

The afternoon light carries a depth of gold that’s fleeting,

And, I wonder how and why nature puts on its greatest display of beauty right before it dies?

Deitrich Bonhoeffer said— ‘When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.’…

We do everything we can in the physical to prevent death dear ones but dying to our flesh so that the Spirit of Christ can fully live in us is True Beauty.
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May God encourage our hearts with the Truth that when “we no longer live but Christ lives in us,” we can walk in the fullness God has for us.
#liftupyoureyes #seekandsavorpodcast #christinus #incourage #joyfulliving #christianpodcasters

When was the last time you felt the hum of anxiety

When was the last time you felt the hum of anxiety run through you?
I mean let’s be honest.
Anxiety can threaten us on our worst days and our best days.
Whether today holds the excitement of a birthday party or a dreaded dental appointment, anxiety just loves to worm its way in there and steal our joy.
Even something as mundane as scrolling Instagram can bring it about. Before we know it, we are comparing our lives to someone else’s and we feel that anxious engine revving.
I was trying to be proactive the other day by renewing my mind in God’s word before the spiritual attacks came.
I read,

“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” James 4: 7 (ESV)

Immediately I got this picture of me as a super- hero with my hand help up as if to STOP the enemy of my soul, so he would flee. I skipped right over the “submit” part, because Jesus already had my heart. That was a given.

But then the Spirit whispered to my heart, wait, what does submit mean? Well, I guess it means surrender, Lord. And is there anything that you haven’t surrendered to me that might be causing you to feel anxious?
Instantly, I knew.
I dropped to my knees. This, Lord I surrender this. And, as I surrendered my will to His and resisted the enemy, he did flee. The peace of God came in like a flood.
It’s so easy to think our surrender to God is a one and done, friend.
But He wants us to surrender our hearts to Him every day. What are you holding onto?
Written for @joyfullifemagazine .
#anxietyattacks #stressrelease #lifeafterloss #surrendertogod #heisfaithful #comparisonisthethiefofjoy #seekandsavorpodcast #renewyourmind #incourage

As I rounded the corner this morning, on an early

As I rounded the corner this morning, on an early morning walk, I saw the birds come awake.
Flitting here and there, a happy song on their tongues , even before the sky was fully light.
And I was struck, by the JOY, the eagerness with which they greeted the day.
It was almost as if they knew it would be a good one. They hadn’t a worry or care, because their creator had gone before them to see to their every need.
I want that.
Don’t you beloved?
To know down to the very core of our being, that God goes before us! He truly is the lifter of our heads.
What could He accomplish, through us if we would but “Lift Up our eyes”, our heads, with eagerness, trusting that He has gone before us?
He has made a way!
#liftupyoureyes #seekandsavorpodcast #renewyourmind #hewillholdyoufast #incourage #joyfulliving #lifeafterloss

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