“If we were writing the script for our lives, we would not assign to ourselves the tasks that God assigns us. We would play it safe. We would do something we think we could manage. Some of you have a lot of children and if you were writing the script for your life, you would probably have determined how many children you think you could manage and then that’s how many children or how few you would have had.

But God knows what you can manage and God wants you to live in the realm of faith, so whether it’s children or marriage or work or church or relationships, God takes us past what we think we can handle, past what we can handle apart from Him, and He says, “Now go in and be strong and courageous.” “

 

I am so very thankful for the ministry of Revive Our Hearts. I listen every morning I can & it never ceases to amaze me the way The Lord speaks to me through the teaching I find there. Nancy is doing a series on the life of Joshua.  Today she was speaking about God’s repeated command to Joshua to be courageous & not fearful.

The theme of courage has been much on my heart & mind lately (as my young petitioning friend can attest) I am so prone to fear and realize that my fear is due to acting in my own strength. In my devotions lately the theme of courage & the word continually keep coming to the front. The need to continually be before God pleading for His strength, His power, His grace & mercy. I’m afraid I am often guilty of using the Lord like jumper cables- “if you’ll just get me started, I’ll be able to take it from there”. Would I really say that? No, but that’s how I often live. Ya know, it isn’t working to well for me. The Lord has really been showing me lately (again) how very weak I am in my own strength & how much of my fear comes from trying to do things in my own strength.

O.K. This was going somewhere related to Personhood but a brief interruption to rescue a hummingbird from the living room made me lose my train of thought……

On that note. Have you read Duck For President ?

Emily came into the kitchen this morning holding petitions in her hand & said “Three sticky sheets found behind the guest room dresser”

Yes! I really need help with organization!