July 20, 2010

• We are God’s Workmanship … Nothing Less!

  

  Am I growing or eroding in who I am becoming? 

  
  

  A wise woman grows in understanding who she really is.
  A woman who knows how God sees her is confident in her identity.
  She knows God made her just the way she is and for specific tasks.

  She does not compare the inside of herself with other women.
  She makes the effort to grow in her knowledge of the truth of what God says about her.

  A woman who understands who she is in God’s sight knows she is:

  Accepted    (Ephesians 1:5)
  Secure        (Philippians 1:6)
  Significant   (John 15:16)

  Her identity is not bound up in what she has, how she looks, or what she wears.
  Her identity is secured in who she is as a beloved child of God.

  “For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works,
  which God prepared in advance for us to do”  (Ephesians 2:10).

  Read Psalm 139 and ask God to fill your heart with the knowledge of just how treasured you are to Him.
  Ask Him to help you grow in your understanding of who you really are!

  Father God,
  Sometimes it’s hard for me to think of myself as a piece of Your artwork – created to be just who I am. Help me to embrace the knowledge of who You say I am! I know all too well the weaknesses in me. I invite You to use these very things that I dislike in me to be the entry points of Your strength and power in my Iife. I know You have things for me to do that go beyond this “to do” list of mine. Help me to be ready to give a kind word or a hug to someone today. Show me who You want to touch through me. Help me to live as an accepted, secure and significant child of the Almighty God today by the power of Your Holy Spirit. In Jesus’ name I pray, amen.
  
  A Daily Devotion – By Gail Rodgers

  
  

  
  Hope you’re all doing well, and enjoying your summer.  We’ve been enduring a lot of heat, along with the ‘muggies’, and rain. I’m so very thankful for air conditioning!  I don’t remember it being so muggy and humid as it’s been the past few years.  I’m drinking lots of iced green tea, these days, as well!  In other news … things may be changing here for us … we may be moving, after almost 20 years in the same house!  We’re still not quite sure though, so your prayers would be appreciated!  Do you ever ask God to put the answer to something right in front of you, making it as plain as day?!  Well, now is that time for us!  We have some doubts, and we’re praying we’ll get the answer very soon! I often wonder what Abraham felt like when he set out for the promised land .. having no idea where he was going … now that takes faith, and lots of it!  There are a few things that are concerning us about this house … like the fact it’s $250 more a month, in rent, then where we are now, also, whether, or not, we can have our two cats!  We’re waiting on that answer from our friends from church, who own the house … I don’t think we could part with them right now … nor they with us!  We’re all pretty attached to one another, around here!  The house has no basement, and, we do here, for our storage, so that would be a bit difficult.  Other than that, it’s very nice … but, so is cheap rent!  Hopefully, we’ll have an answer in the next couple of days … it’s very stressful thinking about moving, with all the things we’ve accumulated over the years here! We haven’t moved in so long …. I forget how!!! Lol!  But seriously, thinking of trying to go through it all, de-clutter, purge,, and move, all at the same time, is causing me major sleep deprivation!

  I wanted to thank you for your prayers for my sister, Pattie … I had shared about her in my last post, and I’m happy to say, she is doing much, much better now …. I’m so thankful for that!  Our son, Ian, however, is still in need of much prayer.  He is struggling, and things are still difficult for him out in California.  There are some things that are deeply concerning us, surrounding our son, and, your prayers are so appreciated!  Someday, I’ll be able to share more, but as I said before, God knows Ian’s needs, even more than we do! 

  I need to get back to some visiting here, catching up with some more of you on my list … I’ve missed so much!  Thank you for remembering me … I know I’m not as consistent as I use to be around here, but I haven’t ‘left’, as some others, I know, have decided to do.  I’m thinkin’ they might miss it around here … I know when I’m not here, I really do miss it!  When I get on my site, it’s like being ‘home’!  Well, I pray you all have a blessed week, and, keep an eye out … I’ll be around soon!

  Hugs,
                       ~ Deborah <><
  

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