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Autumn Beauty and Taking Up Our Cross.

Posted on October 2, 2021October 9, 2021by tara.dickson

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 […]

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The Word of God is living! Yesterday I received The Word of God is living! 

Yesterday I received the sweetest gift, artwork from one of my student’s mama and a beautiful note from that student.

But the cherry on top was the scripture chosen and written into the card. 
Only God knew it was the verse He had spoken to me many years ago when I was in the trenches of motherhood. 
At the time it was something He told me to “remember” and speak over Alan. So I had a piece of art made with it. 
So much has happened since then! Years have gone by. 
There has been sickness,death, joyful, weddings and babies born. 
And through it all I’ve seen the hand of God. 
I think He knew I needed a personal reminder that He is still working out that particular verse for our family. 
Everything changes! 
People grow up and move. People are added to our lives and some removed. 
But God, the Creator of Heaven and Earth remains the same! 
His Word is the very lamp for our feet. 

“And though the grass withers and the flowers fall, the Word of our God endures forever. “
(Isaiah  40:8)
#liftupyoureyes #seekandsavorpodcast #wordofgodspeak #renewyourmind #joyfulliving #lifeafterloss
“Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righte “Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness; and ALL these things shall be added unto you.” Matt.6:33

I’m holding these words close because planning and dreaming and doing is hard.

Decisions are hard.

Even if we feel like we know what God is requiring of us, the follow through can be tough.

We ask, we seek and we knock and then with a breath of courage from Heaven we step out.

Exhale beloved. He is the one that determines our steps.

When we are trying hard to lean in and listen and step out brave we can begin to carry the burden of it all.

Am I getting it right Lord? Should I have made a right turn or left? Should I has said yes or no?

Where is that writing on the wall I asked for?

He sees you beloved. He’s got you.

So lean in. Listen. Step out brave, and trust Him to show you the way as you seek first His kingdom. ❤️
#rejoicealways #seekfirstthekingdomofgod #seekandsavorpodcast #hopeforthefuture #lifeafterloss #givethanksforlife
The world is so loud right now and I find myself p The world is so loud right now and I find myself pressing into Jesus more and more.
I want everything he has for me. Don’t you friend?
I’m often reminded that life is short and  I don’t want any of the breaths he gives me to be wasted. It feels like a weighty thing we’ve been entrusted with… this life we’ve been given.
This doesn’t mean I can’t rest.
In fact I think resting in Jesus is a valuable thing.  It produces good things.
It DOES mean I want Him to search my heart.
I want him to sweep away all the things that might be keeping me from doing the very things he has created  me for.
Have you asked him that lately?
Father, search me.
What needs to go?
What needs to GROW?

What if we started with this beloved…
Search me oh God, tell me if there be anything in me that is not of you.

Life can press us dear ones and do it’s own kind of revealing.
Perhaps you’ve had times when life has pressed you and you have allowed it to press you into Jesus.

Or maybe you are remembering times when hard things have caught you unaware and the small places of bitterness or unbelief that you have held onto have risen up.

Let today be a day of fresh beginnings.

“O Lord, you have searched me and known me!
You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
you discern my thoughts from afar.
Psalm 139:

#liftupyoureyes #seekandsavorpodcast #renewyourmind #searchmeohgod #hopeforthefuture #hideme #christianwriters #christianpodcasters #lifeafterloss
Sometimes the Truth is clear and simple! As this Sometimes the Truth is clear and simple! 
As this school year draws to a close and I consider the brevity of time with my third graders I remember the best gift I can leave with them is the one I want to leave with my own children and grandchildren. 
It’s the reminder that everything they need is found in Jesus and His word.
It’s simple.❤️
They’re everywhere, now that I can see. I used They’re everywhere, now that I can see. 
I used to look for them, straining my eyes to see the good things when life felt especially hard.
I counted them one by one until my eyes were lifted back up to the Father and away from my chaos.
At times life spins us out of control and we get dizzy and forget again.
Life’s not really, too busy.
When the world stops, the blur of moments, people, and days passing stills.
In the quiet my eyes can see in detail the lavish lengths our God has gone to show us He is here.
He is with us and He loves us with an everlasting love.
 
I’ve been asking for a long time now that God would help me see him as clearly in the light as I do in the dark.
That He would help my hunger for Him  not to wax and wane but stay steady and remain.
He is doing it. In His kindness, He is drawing me in.
 
Somehow in the unknown. I am being known by Him and being known reminds me I am loved.

How have you seen the kindness of God? Let it draw you to His side. Let it deepen your love for Him and hold onto that when life feels hard. 
 
Jeremiah 31:3 I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.
#liftupyoureyes #rejoicealways #onethousandgifts #renewyourmind #givethanksforlife #graceupongrace
The Pathway to Courage is today’s episode on the The Pathway to Courage is today’s episode on the Seek and Savor podcast! Find it at the link in my bio. ❤️
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