Life has been so fun for the past month. I can't explain the joy and blessings that the Lord has placed in my heart. HE is so special to me, and I find new things in Him each day.
God's presence has been SO heavy and so evident in my life recently. I cannot go one day without his word and his presence. It's time to step out and move in Christ; in all of my life.
I have been so confused about school and what to do about it. I will be attending Columbus State University in the fall.. but I have different ideas about the next year. The Lord has called me to use my music to touch the lives of people and invite His presence into their lives. I do not take this lightly!
If you know me, I love Kari Jobe. Her music is my music. Her talent goes far beyond just voice- it's ministry. She is completely drenched in the spirit whenever she sings and it's something that I want. I met a girl at The Door the other night. Come to find out she goes to Southwestern University in Texas. We started talking about college and things and she asked me why I have never considered going to Christ for the Nations Institute. It hit me like a ton of bricks! Duh Lindsey.. you see the ministry that comes out of that school. I have always loved that church and I can't seem to understand why I didnt think of it before. I feel like the girl that I met allowed me to open my eyes to something new. Yet it wasn't her, it was the Lord. I printed out an application and will be sending it soon! Yes, Dallas, TX is VERY far away. But nothing is too far for God. I can't wait to see what is in store for my life!
Be praying that God will allow me to go, and the resources will fall in place- because I know they are already there.
Thank you Lord for your evident presence in my life..
I pray everyone has had a great week!
MUCH love! <3
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 2009
thankful.
For some odd reason I am at a loss for words tonight. I read Max tonight but I didn't feel the need to post anything. One thing did stand out though, You CANT fix and INSIDE problem on the outside... ponder on that one :)
anyways. im just thankful for today. thankful for family and for friends and the chance to know God and fall more in love with him each day.
I hope everyone had a blessed day.
anyways. im just thankful for today. thankful for family and for friends and the chance to know God and fall more in love with him each day.
I hope everyone had a blessed day.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
you don't need anything but ME.
As I was spending time with the Lord and praying tonight before leading worship, He really laid something on my heart. I feel like there are so many things in life that I am either missing that I think I need or I'm not satisfied with the things that I do have.
God really placed that on my heart and He told me... "Lindsey, I'm all that you need."
That simply changed my heart tonight. I don't need affection from a man, I definitely do not need a relationship with a man right now. I do not need more money or nicer clothes, or do I need to have tons and tons of friends, because I know that my creator loves me and He has me in His hands all the time.
Satisfaction doesn't come by fulfilling our own wants but it comes through fulfillment of what God wants for us. He wants me, and He needs me. He created me to be His and I want to be wrapped in him everyday, all day. It's like a new romance, that will never end and never grow old.
Be honest with God. Admit you have soul secrets you've never dealt with. He already knows what they are. He's just waiting for you to ask him to help! He's just waiting for you to give him your sack of rocks. It's hard to throw stones when you've left your sack at the cross.
God's presence is the absolute best place to be. There is no fear, no doubt, no bars held. There's FREEDOM. Freedom to express yourself, freedom to fall and be picked up. Freedom to cry and freedom to be joyful. He knows my name.. He knows my every thought. I thank God for saving me from myself and placing me upon a solid foundation....himself.
God really placed that on my heart and He told me... "Lindsey, I'm all that you need."
That simply changed my heart tonight. I don't need affection from a man, I definitely do not need a relationship with a man right now. I do not need more money or nicer clothes, or do I need to have tons and tons of friends, because I know that my creator loves me and He has me in His hands all the time.
Satisfaction doesn't come by fulfilling our own wants but it comes through fulfillment of what God wants for us. He wants me, and He needs me. He created me to be His and I want to be wrapped in him everyday, all day. It's like a new romance, that will never end and never grow old.
Be honest with God. Admit you have soul secrets you've never dealt with. He already knows what they are. He's just waiting for you to ask him to help! He's just waiting for you to give him your sack of rocks. It's hard to throw stones when you've left your sack at the cross.
God's presence is the absolute best place to be. There is no fear, no doubt, no bars held. There's FREEDOM. Freedom to express yourself, freedom to fall and be picked up. Freedom to cry and freedom to be joyful. He knows my name.. He knows my every thought. I thank God for saving me from myself and placing me upon a solid foundation....himself.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Seeing What Eyes Can't
There is more to life than what meets the eye. For that is what faith is.Faith is trusting what the eye can't see.
Once again, Max Lucado just really speaks to my heart. It's so easy to get lost in the day to day routine and lose sight of what really matters and why God allowed you to breathe His air that day. My own thoughts fall so short of the Lord's.
One thing I am longing for is to see things the way that God sees them. To take everything as a grain of salt and know that it is in the hands of my creator. I think things through way too much sometimes and I believe I get lost in that. God is helping me realize just who He is and how He can impact my life, not just impact it, but live it. He is so wonderful to me!
Just a few moments ago I saw something on facebook from a previous teacher of mine that made me so angry at him.. I wanted to say something but I held my tounge because I read a few nights ago that revenge is not mine, it is the Lords. God knows where I am, he knows what I am feeling and I have to allow Him to work things out. Not my own selfish desires...it's definitely a learning process!
G'night!
Eyes see the prowling lion.. Faith sees Daniel's angel.
Eyes see storms...Faith sees Noah's rainbow.
Eyes see giants...Faith sees Canaan.
Your eyes see your faults... Your faith sees your Savior.
Your eyes see your guilt... Your faith sees his BLOOD.
Your eyes see your grave... Your faith sees a city whose builder and maker is God.
The very hands that were nailed to the cross are open for you. hold them..
Eyes see storms...Faith sees Noah's rainbow.
Eyes see giants...Faith sees Canaan.
Your eyes see your faults... Your faith sees your Savior.
Your eyes see your guilt... Your faith sees his BLOOD.
Your eyes see your grave... Your faith sees a city whose builder and maker is God.
The very hands that were nailed to the cross are open for you. hold them..
Once again, Max Lucado just really speaks to my heart. It's so easy to get lost in the day to day routine and lose sight of what really matters and why God allowed you to breathe His air that day. My own thoughts fall so short of the Lord's.
One thing I am longing for is to see things the way that God sees them. To take everything as a grain of salt and know that it is in the hands of my creator. I think things through way too much sometimes and I believe I get lost in that. God is helping me realize just who He is and how He can impact my life, not just impact it, but live it. He is so wonderful to me!
Just a few moments ago I saw something on facebook from a previous teacher of mine that made me so angry at him.. I wanted to say something but I held my tounge because I read a few nights ago that revenge is not mine, it is the Lords. God knows where I am, he knows what I am feeling and I have to allow Him to work things out. Not my own selfish desires...it's definitely a learning process!
G'night!
Monday, July 13, 2009
it's for real.
if you know me, you know what happened a few days ago in my life! i ended a relationship that had been off and on for almost 4 years now. i've been thinking a lot about blogging about it, and i've finally decided to do it.
he was the answer to my prayers 3 and a half years ago and i knew that he was right for me then. that's the whole reason. that was then and this is now. here i am 18 years old, going to be 19 in 5 months and i'm finally beginning to find ME. the real me. the me that i am in God and no one else and it's time to focus on that. i loved this boy with all that i had mustered inside of me for the longest time and i still count it a blessing to this day. but things change, feelings change, and life moves on. it's a new beginning, it's for real this time, it's mutual and it's somewhat exciting to see what the Lord is going to do in not only my life, but in his as well. i'm thankful for the past, i'm thankful for the hurts and i'm thankful for this because i'm finding out who i am and i am ready to know what God has in store for me..God REALLY revealed himself to me through this and i love him more than i ever have because i have experienced his peace and his love more than ever before.
"God's power is very great for those who believe. That power is the same as the great strength God used to raise Christ from the dead." (Ephesians 1:19-20)
The same power that conquered the grave lives in me. Your love that rescued the earth lives in me, lives in me..
i serve a GREAT God!
he was the answer to my prayers 3 and a half years ago and i knew that he was right for me then. that's the whole reason. that was then and this is now. here i am 18 years old, going to be 19 in 5 months and i'm finally beginning to find ME. the real me. the me that i am in God and no one else and it's time to focus on that. i loved this boy with all that i had mustered inside of me for the longest time and i still count it a blessing to this day. but things change, feelings change, and life moves on. it's a new beginning, it's for real this time, it's mutual and it's somewhat exciting to see what the Lord is going to do in not only my life, but in his as well. i'm thankful for the past, i'm thankful for the hurts and i'm thankful for this because i'm finding out who i am and i am ready to know what God has in store for me..God REALLY revealed himself to me through this and i love him more than i ever have because i have experienced his peace and his love more than ever before.
"God's power is very great for those who believe. That power is the same as the great strength God used to raise Christ from the dead." (Ephesians 1:19-20)
The same power that conquered the grave lives in me. Your love that rescued the earth lives in me, lives in me..
i serve a GREAT God!
Sunday, July 5, 2009
it's been a while! Hidden Heroes.
About a month ago, I was roaming through Barnes & Noble looking for a great study book. I came by a book written by Max Lucado and knew it was exactly what I was looking for. Thankfully, it was on clearance as well! Woo for bargains!
I was about to go to sleep one night and I had a hankerin' for a good story. So, I opened my book and began to read about Paul. Little did I know that I would be sobbing by the end of this story. Let me share a little with you....
Chapter three, pg. 27. changed my perspective on a few things. The title of this article is called, "Hidden Heroes".
It speaks of Paul in Romans and how he gave all he had to the Lord. Paul shaped history. Paul would die in the jail of a despot. No headlines announced his execution and no observer recorded the events. To the society, Paul was a peculiar purveyor of an odd faith. (Lucado) Doesn't look like a hero, doesn't sound like one either. He never recieved a salary. He had to pay his own travel expenses. Kept a part-time job to make ends meet. He introduced himself, while writing Romans, as the worst sinner in history. He asked who would save him from this body, which brough him death? ( Rom. 7:24). Only heaven knows how long he stared at the question before he found the logic to write "I thank God for saving me through Christ Jesus our Lord!" ( Romans 7:24)..
Bystanders would not believe the things that Pauld did for the Lord. No one gave him any credit because they saw him as a murderer. Paul's name would blow like the dust his bones would become. He was a hidden heroe. He was noble, but passing. Courageous, but small. Radical yet unnocticed. No one bade farewell to him thinking that his name would be remembered more than a generation.
A hero could be next door and you wouldn't even know it.
Tomorrows Spurgeon might be mowing your lan. And the hero who enspires him might be nearer than you think. He might be in your mirror.
(MAX LUCADO)
1. In what way do heroes seldom look like heroes? Heroes are not boastful. They do not walk around with their heads hung high. They keep to themselves and continue to do what they do from the love of their heart. Not from their own egos.
2. What's your picture of a hero? One who lays down himself including his image and his pride to impact another persons life. big or small.
My prayer is to rejoice in sorrow. Be rich in the Lord through rejoicing in his promises and know that I possess everything even when I have nothing. (2 Corinthians 6: 10)
...just as Paul did.
I was about to go to sleep one night and I had a hankerin' for a good story. So, I opened my book and began to read about Paul. Little did I know that I would be sobbing by the end of this story. Let me share a little with you....
Chapter three, pg. 27. changed my perspective on a few things. The title of this article is called, "Hidden Heroes".
It speaks of Paul in Romans and how he gave all he had to the Lord. Paul shaped history. Paul would die in the jail of a despot. No headlines announced his execution and no observer recorded the events. To the society, Paul was a peculiar purveyor of an odd faith. (Lucado) Doesn't look like a hero, doesn't sound like one either. He never recieved a salary. He had to pay his own travel expenses. Kept a part-time job to make ends meet. He introduced himself, while writing Romans, as the worst sinner in history. He asked who would save him from this body, which brough him death? ( Rom. 7:24). Only heaven knows how long he stared at the question before he found the logic to write "I thank God for saving me through Christ Jesus our Lord!" ( Romans 7:24)..
Bystanders would not believe the things that Pauld did for the Lord. No one gave him any credit because they saw him as a murderer. Paul's name would blow like the dust his bones would become. He was a hidden heroe. He was noble, but passing. Courageous, but small. Radical yet unnocticed. No one bade farewell to him thinking that his name would be remembered more than a generation.
A hero could be next door and you wouldn't even know it.
Tomorrows Spurgeon might be mowing your lan. And the hero who enspires him might be nearer than you think. He might be in your mirror.
(MAX LUCADO)
1. In what way do heroes seldom look like heroes? Heroes are not boastful. They do not walk around with their heads hung high. They keep to themselves and continue to do what they do from the love of their heart. Not from their own egos.
2. What's your picture of a hero? One who lays down himself including his image and his pride to impact another persons life. big or small.
My prayer is to rejoice in sorrow. Be rich in the Lord through rejoicing in his promises and know that I possess everything even when I have nothing. (2 Corinthians 6: 10)
...just as Paul did.
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