One Word: With
I thought this year would be one of DOING much for the Kingdom, of discovering “what’s next” in ministry, and yet the Lord is reminding me to focus on BEING with Him.
I thought this year would be one of DOING much for the Kingdom, of discovering “what’s next” in ministry, and yet the Lord is reminding me to focus on BEING with Him.
Why do we continue to allow ourselves to be seen by our own goodness instead of allowing others to see His grace and mercy and love through our brokenness?
God is a Master Artist. He reimagines and refashions and redesigns our most tragic life circumstances into His own masterpiece.
The world asks me, “What are you waiting for?” Implying that I am the one that needs to make things happen, and get things the way I like them. Do what I want, when I want, and get results, fast. But my God asks me, “No Amy, WHO are you waiting on?”
If you look at my other words, they all have elements for something to do, but this year, this word, it about who I am.
If you could choose one word to be your North Star this year, what word would you choose?
The greatest danger lies in this: in great pride I want to believe that God has created me for the purpose of saving the world, as if Jesus failed to “finish the job.”
Pleasure overpowered pleasure. Delight overpowered delight. One love overpowered another. I began to wonder if my problems in life were rooted not merely in lack of self-control, discipline, or personal will power, but were rooted in misplaced delight.
We did what most couples do. We started living parallel lives. We were called to oneness but we instead were living our own separate lives.
But the reality was that I did have emotions, and I was ashamed at what my emotions would tell me about myself.