Lovin and Livin
This is a place for me to just be me… (All content Copyrighted Yeve Eeffoc 2008, 2009)Archive for August 11, 2008
Who Am I?
According to a friend – I have lost the way and forgotten who I am so he is trying to remind me:
you need to realize who you are
you’re a child of God
this is a spititual war
satan is controlling T%&*
and he’s manipulating you
you’re a freakin child of the living God
nothing can stand against you
So the question really is – how do you put that back into play when you have lost who you are?
Actual Conversation:
Amy
Ragean – do you believe in God?
7:19pmAmy
Do you believe in all He stands for?
7:19pmRag
yea i do
7:19pmAmy
(just bare with me here)
7:19pmRag
yea
7:21pmAmy
Then you would not consider moving in with Brad if you really loved him. God is going to give you the signs and let you know when it is the right person. You have to trust Him. You stating you need to move in with each other to see if it would work is going by the flesh – it isn’t trusting God to lead you to the right person.
7:22pmRag
i said nexy summer i will but thats if i still feel for him that way and much more i have seen my real mother go through some bad ones after knowin someone for a while and how bad it got w/ livin w. that guy i kno
inever was goin to move in if it didn’t feel right
its a BIG choice to make
7:23pmAmy
but your totally missing my point girl!
LOL
7:23pmRag
i just wish ppl would see me ore then that
7:24pmAmy
it is a big choice – but see this is the mistake I am trying to get you to avoid. Following the flesh instead of following God’s will. Ragean – I have done it so much and it has done nothing but screw up my life! That is the error I don’t want to see you make!
7:25pmRag
ok ok ok o ok o kok oko koko
7:25pmAmy
I am trying not to be a broken record
I don’t want to upset you
I just know how easy it is to think we know better than He does!
(I STILL do it!)
7:27pmAmy
I so often think I know so much more than God does. Think my way is better than His way. I make mistake after mistake because following God’s way seems harder than my way. Yet all I do is screw things up when I follow my way instead of His way. Life sucks sometimes.
7:29pmAmy
okay – i am done
That was the 1st – the other one was the 2nd… Guess I was not really done!
Sins of the Flesh…
I was chatting with a young lady this weekend. Her life is filled with drama and I could do without that part of it but it was eye opening even for me.
She is dating a guy who is different than anyone else she has ever dated before (what women hasn’t used that line for starters?!). After she graduates she is planning on moving in with him if it is right. They need to make sure they are right for each other by testing it out first.
Okay so here is what went on with this conversation:
Me: “Do you really believe in the Lord?” Her: “Yes” Me: “Do you really believe what is written in the Bible and that the Lord isn’t going to mislead you?” Her: “Yes” Me: “Then how can you think that moving in with him prior to being married to make sure you two are right for each other is the right thing to do? Don’t you think the Lord is going to let you know if you pray and listen?” Her: “Why can’t everyone just let me make my own mistakes and learn on my own?” Me: “Because you are claiming that you believe in God and yet you are not trusting in Him enough to believe He is going to lead you down the right path. We all make mistakes we all have to learn but what you are doing is a sin of the flesh. You are believing you know better than Him! I have done it and I am still doing it.”The conversation pretty much ended there. There was a bit more said but I don’t remember exact words.
Why is it is so hard to trust the Lord? If you truly believe in Him – don’t you believe if you pray and listen He won’t lead you down the wrong path?
I do it as well – I struggle with believing I hear Him and so I don’t trust. When does that get easier? Will it ever get easier?
My favorite Bible verse has been since 2004 has been:
Philippians 4: 4-9
4Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.8Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. 9Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.
So my struggle right now is just putting that into practice and allowing me to believe. Trust is such a hard thing for me.
I have more than not – be a huge sinner of the flesh!
