journey to the center

Man is born broken. He lives by mending. The grace of God is glue.

Eugene O’Neill

One way to be humble is to cast all your anxieties on God. Which means that one hindrance to casting your anxieties on God is pride. Which means that undue worry is a form of pride.

Now why is casting our anxieties on the Lord the opposite of pride? Because pride does not like to admit that it has any anxieties. And if pride has to admit it, it still does not like to admit that the remedy might be trusting someone else who is wiser and stronger.

March 9, Solid Joys, John Piper

i am not a consistent devotional app reader, but some messages stay with me for a long time. still working on this lesson.

meaning, candidly, that i feel anxious and antsy these days.

i can see myself from a distance high in the atmosphere. i see what a foolish thing i’m doing, picking back up my burdens and fears when i have laid them down already. but in any whisper of insecurity, i lose all sense and revert back to what feels familiar and comfortable.

grace for today, grace for tomorrow. glad to be reminded i am in need.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/10/us/10iht-letter10.html?src=rechp&_r=0

I find my strength, I find my hope
I find my help in Christ alone
When fear assails, when darkness falls
I find my peace in Christ alone
I give my life, I give my all
I sing this song to Christ alone
The King of Kings, the Lord of all
All heaven sings to Christ alone
To Christ alone
To Christ alone

Till He returns or calls me home
Here in the power of Christ I’ll stand
Here in the power of Christ we stand

a fresh part of a week, month, and spirit

If we continually try to bring back those exceptional moments of inspiration, it is a sign that it is not God we want. We are becoming obsessed with the moments when God did come and speak with us, and we are insisting that He do it again. But what God wants us to do is to “walk by faith.” How many of us have set ourselves aside as if to say, “I cannot do anything else until God appears to me”? He will never do it. We will have to get up on our own, without any inspiration and without any sudden touch from God. Then comes our surprise and we find ourselves exclaiming, “Why, He was there all the time, and I never knew it!” Never live for those exceptional moments— they are surprises. God will give us His touches of inspiration only when He sees that we are not in danger of being led away by them. We must never consider our moments of inspiration as the standard way of life— our work is our standard.

—My Utmost for His Highest 

not even the middle of the year…i get it now!!!

or do i? maybe i don’t really know if this is the largest bump in the road i’ve to meet this year. given how the LORD is always surprising me, i probably can’t even fathom what will come next. hm sighs hm.

but it’s friday…. so confused yet i will praise You.
so yay anyways. yayayay. 

catching up on reading
links so i don’t forget

http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2013/04/23/5-tools-needed-to-reach-todays-teens/

http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2013/04/18/blessed-to-be-a-blessing/

http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2013/04/18/gospel-listening/

http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2013/04/26/the-complementarian-woman-permitted-or-pursued/

http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2013/04/25/four-lies-about-introverts/

if i am to testify of God’s continued faithfulness, then i must be in the habit of writing down each circumstance and prayer

and the year… ends?
v unceremonious. but i think that’s the best way it can be.