So, the prayer devotional came! Yay!
This week I wondered what God would show me, and I was afraid I might not have anything to share. But He always comes through. Even in ways I least expect it. There’s always something in the week that points to Him, if not every day!
This week began with me forgetting where I placed my comb. And it wasn’t until I needed it that I realised it was missing, and your girls will understand. I realised when it was time to wash my hair. The important thing is that I lost sight of it from the beginning, so I had to as you would do, retrace my steps. After a while I did give up cuz I realised it wasn’t in the obvious places in the house, or even when I searched the whole house – high and low and came up empty. Until I just accepted it could have been lost for good, or there was the chance that maybe I’d find it if I just stepped back and wasn’t consumed with searching for it. As I was going in circles and sometimes you find things when you least expect it.
Exactly a few days later, my mind suddenly remembered one last place it could be, and not in the house. Yep, it was in my cars glove box. May we never forget God who is unseen, for He is our source of true life! For He is always there [Deuteronomy 4:9 AMPC].
A continuation of my week. I got a facial! Mirco needling to be exact. Not the most fun but hey beauty be pain, right? Now from my experience I realised something, and bare with me as I try to share. When you cannot see clearly you put things into your own perspective. Whether it’s good or bad for you etc. When I was prepped for the microneedling, I closed my eyes – cuz yeah it just felt best to have them shut for what was coming. But I made things up in my mind. Honestly, I knew it was little needles that was on my face, but there was some levels of stress when at the touch of the tool, I felt like my skin was being sanded! Yes sanded! I pictured my Dad’s sanding tools from his shed and it rubbing my skin. Now, for one this was not the case and two it did not make it any better. I represented the feeling I had with something harmful. While the needling isn’t going to “harm” me – as it was in the safe and careful hands of the facial lady. And I’ve known her for a while now, so I had nothing to fear. The whole time I depicted this image in my mind, of what she was using based on a FEELING. The whole time I was battling my mind. With what was REAL and what was made up – FAKE. The reality was, it was little needles and nothing more. I exaggerated the fact. Our minds really do make things up! Our imagination and making up scenarios over in our heads. Never healthy. Reality is fact! Other than that, it’s fiction.
What happens when we put things in our perspective is dangerous. We need to know God and His perspective! Without Him we rely on our own thoughts. We put life into our own perspective and what we believe God is doing.
Flowing on, this week when I was on the train, I realised we only sit next to each other if its busy and packed. No one would purposefully sit next to someone on public transport, unless we knew them of course, because it would make us feel uncomfortable. Can you imagine an empty train and you get on and sit right next to the only other person on the train? They’d be so weirded out, because there’s so much space you choose to sit right in their personal bubble space. But just how we leave sitting near others when things are busy and packed, ask yourself and I will also ask myself, do I put God as my last resort? Like, “Hey God, I’ll sit with you when I have no choice… or when I’m in the lowest place? Is He a stranger to you and me? Or is He our friend? A friend is someone we would seek out, and we would sit with Him no matter the circumstances. Like a friend on a train, is He our familiar face?
With God by our side, we can have clarity and make good decisions, leading us to walk in His ways, ways HIGHER than our own. We only need to be open and willing to do it, even if at the time we might be uncomfortable. Uncomfortable because we’ve never done it before, or others are watching – we wonder what they think or might say. Because let’s be real, no one will willingly sit next to a person if there’s so much space on a train. Not only do they have a personal space, we also have our own personal space.
Just how I was forgetful, its one to forget – cuz we are only human. But it’s disappointing to God if we use busyness of life to forget to seek Him and be next to Him.
Let your “Yes” be “Yes” and your “No” be “No” [Matthew 5:37]. Do I choose Him to rule over my life?
Trust in Him for He is our loving Father who only has the best intentions.
God, You Amaze Me!
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Deuteronomy 4:9 AMPC
Only take heed, and guard your life diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes have seen and lest they depart from your [mind and] heart all the days of your life. Teach them to your children and your children’s children.
Proverbs 8:17 NIV
I love those who love me,
and those who seek me find me.
Psalm 119:10 NIV
I seek you with all my heart;
do not let me stray from your commands.
Matthew 5:37 NIV
All you need to say is simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.
Ps. I truely believe God wanted me to start this blog and share Him in the little things! And even if no one reads these blogs, for me reflecting on the week and being in the Word has been fruitful. I am grateful to God and all He does and yet to do.
God of clarity