Whoever of you loves life and desires to see many good days, keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking lies. Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it. -Psalm 34:12-14
I am a Christ Follower.
I believe that God sent His only Son, Jesus Christ.
That He died for OUR Sins.
That He rose from the Tomb.
That He sits at the right hand of God and Intercedes for US.
I am Blessed.
This is a Definition of Intercession-
- A Prayer to God on behalf of another person.
- Is the act of interceding (intervening or mediating) between two parties.
I have been visiting Numbers lately. Actually I have been reading it from beginning to end out loud to my husband. When we got to Numbers in our reading plan, I admit to groaning. I have read this book a few times before, Forgive me but I have a hard time not falling asleep.
Whereas it does hold some of my favorite verses ever in it….
“The LORD bless you and keep you;
The LORD make His face shine upon you,
And be gracious to you;
The LORD lift up His countenance upon you,
And give you peace. -Numbers 6:24-26 (NKJ)
It also can be redundant. As I was reading though I noticed something that I really hadn’t paid much attention to before. Moses and Aaron. These two guys are like the Big Wigs in Numbers. I started to feel sorry for them. Every chapter I read pretty much had the same story in it.
The Israelites mumbled and complained about e.v.e.r.ything. Seriously EVERYTHING, No Meat. No Veggies, Only Manna (which supposedly tasted like a pastry, yum), we’d rather be slaves, blah blah blah. It was never ending. God was angry with them, tired of listening to them complain. He wanted to take care of them. But who stepped in every time…. Moses and Aaron. “They Fell FACE DOWN on the Ground” and pleaded with God for His mercy…MANY TIMES. Most of the time God would listen and offer a lesser punishment than complete annihilation. Poor Moses and Aaron…It sounds like they ate alot of dirt.
I take comfort knowing that when I mess up that Jesus is sitting there, next to God, His Father and He is saying something like….. “I know Dad. She sinned but She is Mine. I have paid for that.”
Does everything ever just go black in your life?
Do you ever wonder “Why Bother”?
Well that is exactly what happened to me about two months ago. I just woke up and felt broken. I wish I could say that there was just one major event that caused the darkness. I wish that I could blow it off like it was nothing. I can’t….It was and is something. It is God telling me to STOP! It is God telling me to LET GO and LET HIM. It is God telling me to REST IN HIM.
I have been. I will continue to.
My pastor did a series last year called Can You Feel It?
I revisited a message he did on Depression. He said that…..
“Depression is God’s Gift to you,
to buy time to enable your
soul to heal.” -Bill Giovannetti
I have accepted that gift and God is working on healing my soul.
We are pressed on every side by troubles, BUT…
we are NOT crushed.
We are perplexed, BUT… NOT driven by dispair.
We are hunted down, BUT… NEVER abandoned by God.
We get knocked down, BUT…
we are NOT destroyed.
Through suffering,
our bodies continue to share in the death of Jesus
so that the life of Jesus may also be seen in our bodies.
We can concentrate on what we “Are”:
Pressed
Perplexed
Hunted Down
Knocked Down OR
We can concentrate on what we are “Not”:
Crushed
Driven to Dispair
Distroyed
I pray that the Life of Jesus is seen in my life and my body.
Most of all though
Isn’t it exciting that…
We are NEVER ABANDONED BY GOD!!!
We were at Disneyland.
Craig, Ryan, Hope, Katie and I
One room – Four Nights
3 Days in the Park
As I was laying awake at 3am….I really felt blessed. My feet hurt. My husband and son were snoring. My daughter was hacking with a cold. Peace at it’s finest…NOT
But wait…..
It really WAS Peaceful!
I knew where my family was and even though my sleeping was disturbed…..
I knew I was Blessed!
Sometimes Life’s Chaos is very Soothing.
Even if I find myself playing Words With Friends at 3am. Even if I finally fall back to sleep with my earphones in and music playing. Even when I wake up tired and know that I am running around Disneyland all day.
Life’s Chaos can be very soothing!!
Remember there are reactions to every situation in Life….
Sunday we leave on a family vacation. We have chosen to go to the “Happiest Place on Earth”. So I have chosen to represent Disneyland with the most well known song ever!!
OK This is a super long video but it was the best I could find with an authentic feel!!!