The Lord is absolutely amazing... I guess that is all I really have to say. The way he works in my life. The way he shows himself to me through others when they don't even realize. The fact that I can have such Joy when the world thinks I have nothing to be Joyful about. Lord I just rejoice in you. I finally finished Genesis!!! Absolutely amazing... the funniest part is probably that I could start again in Gen 1 tomorrow and still get more out of it. Lord you truly show yourself in every word. You divinly inspired the bible so that we may be able to read your word and truly see you!
One of my favorite things that my Youth Pastor said when I was in high school was when he illustrated the way we need to keep our eyes focused upon the Lord at all times as an Ostrich has to keep one eye on it's nest at all times, otherwise, it will truly forget where it's nest is. Lord I am that stupid bird. The second I take my eyes off of you I fall and I trip and I start wandering around and you are continue to sit there and wait for me. You are such a patient Lord. I appreciate that so much. I am prone to wander Lord, I am prone to close my eyes. Lord but you are not a baby ostrich egg. You search me out and you find me in my time of greatest need and you meet me there. I am so blessed that you the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords, The Alpha and Omega would chose me. However, I guess in a sense I do fit the mold of the weak and the foolish. People can see me and know that I am nothing without you. Lord, I want to not just have one eye upon you at all times, but I want both eyes upon you at all times, for I do not desire to go astray. Keep a spot for me at your feet, Lord. For that is where I desire to be all the days of my life.
Maybe because I am the second child, maybe because I consider myself unworthy, maybe because I feel absolutely nothing without you, but I love that you chose to use Isaac instead of Ishmael, I love that you used Jacob instead of Esau, I love that you chose Joseph over Reuben and you chose Ephraim over Manasseh. Lord you truly are a Lord that uses means other than that of this world. You do not conform to the world, when the world puts investment into the eldest child, and when the world chooses the hairy and masculine man over a smooth decptive heel snatcher brother. Lord, I truly believe that it was not so much the means that just these men were the weak and foolish, but they were men that realized they could do nothing without you. They were men with a heart for you. When their brothers' hearts were not always in the right place you saw that and you knew who would be a better representatives of you Lord. The forefathers of the faith, men not to be worhsiped, because only you are to be worshiped, but men to take notice of, for their faith is what makes them great. As are the men and women of the bible - for we are saved by faith alone, but faith alone is not faith.
Thank you Lord for all that you have given me, most of all Life. I pray that I will use every minute as you have planned it for me. For your will is greater than I can comprehend and everything always works to the benefit of your plan. You never give me more than I can handle and I appreciate that so much.
