Accepting

This was my prayer the other night. Just thought I would share it with you all!

Hope you have had a very merry Christmas today and remember Jesus in all you do & are.
-e

Accepting love
Accepting freedom
Realizing both how much I need him
And how he has pushed me forward
To go and do
The things that he will guide me through
But what good is it to wait
When all time festers is hate
But to pursue
And follow
Rather than sit and wallow
Now that's what's up
No half empty cup
Just love to the brim
Jump in the water
Let's do this
Let's swim
I'm everyday, all the way, in.

Psalms fill my heart with hope
When all around me says
Nope
You can't
It won't be
He says yes
And here
And it will be
God is love and love will be
Filling the empty
And no more will I inward fall
Or try to bare this all
But rather stand and give
My heart to my savior who helps me live
I might not always know what to do
Am overwhelmed by the things I feel
A ship about to keel
Over after a little shove
But fortified in love
My heart to build
In a way that will not wield
For any not of you or in your way
Who lovingly say
That all is yours today
It is but with open hands we willingly give
And in grace and abundance live.

Pull Me Through

Something in me just wants to write and write
until everything is right
until I am able to believe
all that you have placed inside of me

because now I cannot fully see
but just like Joshua
I will go and do
and see things through
without question or a moments glance
I will give each of these things a chance

in every moment be
so that you might use all of me
that my purpose be fulfilled
just as you have all along willed
and planned

I sit safely in your hand
though the world around me tumbles
and at times it seems you mumble
I know I haven't left that place

your hands cup my face
and say
"you will make it through this day"

so whether alive I wake
and ready to face what might come
or its that sad and weary some
there you will be
ready to help me

knowing that this is just a time and a season
with a perfect and specific reason
and in times when I forget
you teach me something new yet

I still don't know fully
all you are churning
or what is in my heart that is burning
but bring on the pain
if it will one day bring the refreshing rain
of you because that is enough to pull me through.

Karen Sessions makes my heart happy.

I was sitting in Caribou working on a post for here and she walked through the door and said hi. Just had so much joy in talking to her. If you see her or know her, give her a hug today because she is just one of the most wonderful people I know.

Praise God, for moments like that.

Bleeding Orange!

One of the things I remember that struck me as something good and beautiful is the Orange Initiative where Elevation Church has teamed up to help reach the city with the Mayor. Another great Elevation led initiative is to honor the great men and women of our city.

As I stood behind a police man in Dunkin Donuts I was just overcome by this want to bless him- not a feeling of, I have to do this, but a wanting to honor someone. I let him order and them chimed in asking if I could pay for his meal. He opposed at first but at my insistence relented. It resulted in meeting a police officer who was a nice man and getting to share a few moments with him. God blesses us with constant opportunities to share our lives with others and I'm thankful that he gave me so many today. Whether it was getting to see my roommate or meet a new person, it was a blessing to me all the same.

God is good and he has blessed me with a great roommate and a great life. I hope that tonight you get the chance to do the same and share/give someone a blessing whether its with your time or your money.

Love you all!

Liz

Today's Realization: Every time I freak out about something in life, I just remember- God is going to provide.

"Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to act."
    Proverbs 3:27

Can you not see yourself?

Everyone has insecurities- some formed on their own and others that came about by friends or people of influence in their life. Unfortunately, I have been filled with both.

Sitting and watching the people that come in and out of the coffee shop, I am aware of the things I am self conscious about. When I was caught up in one of those moments, either God or my heart reminded me of this question- "Can you not see yourself?"

So I ask you that today, as you sit and compare yourself to those around you, Can you not see yourself? because YOU are the most beautiful/handsome person in the world.

I love you,

Liz

"Instead, [your beauty] should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight. For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to make themselves beautiful".
    1 Peter 3:4-5