Yesterday, Today, Forever

God never ceases to reveal new things to us. I find that rather amazing. It's as if we, small little Christians, read a section in the Bible and instantly come to the conclusion that we know everything there is to know about our Creator. I can just hear God giving a great big "hah!".

For quite a while now, He's been showing me small bits of His unfathomable power. A new angle at which to gaze into His glory. This is what He has been revealing:

He is the same God that visited Adam and Eve in the garden. 

He is the same God that comforted David in all his ups and downs.

He is the same God that kept Noah and his family, along with the animals all safe.

He is the same God who told Hosea to return to his wife over and over. 

He is the same God who turned the evil, Christian slaying Saul into the man that spread the Word to thousands.

He is the exact same God that rose Jesus on the 3rd day. FROM THE DEAD (that still blows my mind). 

And that same God is working in me.

 It takes my breath away. Why do I worry? Why do I fear? Why do I sit and ponder upon the things of the world when the power of Christ is in me?! ME the girl who lies. ME the girl who in anger lashes out. ME the girl who compares herself to other people, failing to trust the power of God's work inside of her very being! 

I will never understand.
But thank you, Father. Thank you for being the same God.

"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever." -Hebrews 13:8

When I rise

"In the morning

when I rise,
In the morning
when I rise,
In the morning
when I rise,
give me Jesus. 




Give me Jesus,
give me Jesus.
You can have all this world
 Just give me Jesus."

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Mornings are such a struggle for me. I hate waking up. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE morning time. I love them in the summer when the air is cool just as the sun peaks over the hills. I love hearing the birds singing, and smelling the freshness of the new day. It makes me so happy.

But waking up is another story. I don't like to say that I'm not a morning person, because like I just said, I love mornings. It's just the whole part about getting out of my warm bed, realizing all of the tasks that need to be done, and the fact that I can't go back to sleep.

I love sleep.

My usual morning routine goes something like this:
*wake up
*wake up again
*lay in bed until my mom insists that I actually get out of my room
*drink coffee and scroll through my ipod, still half asleep
*possibly take a little nap before my second cup of coffee
*repeat all steps

A little exaggerated? Maybe. But that's pretty much how it goes. I'm pretty pathetic when it comes to motivation.

Lately however, God has been laying something on my heart. Every day brings a new trial. Every day, I must make decisions. For these trials and decisions, I must be prepared. He has shown me, that the only way to prepare myself, is to start the day with Him. I can easily wake up with a negative spirit. It's not hard to find something to grumble about (like having to wake up for example). But when I start my day in the Word, just me and Jesus, and I make an effort to fill myself up with Him, it leaves no room for a negative spirit. I am instantly refreshed and supplied with a new joy and peace in my heart, and I am ready for the tasks, trials, and decisions I face with the new day.


"In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait expectantly." {Psalm 5:3}

O my soul

Lately I feel like I take God for granted. Like I don't worship Him like He deserves. Because in reality, He deserves my all, my every waking moment, my every breath.

God reminds me through the words of David just how much I really need to praise him. 

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Praise the Lord, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name.  

Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits-- who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.  

The Lord works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed. 

He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the people of Israel: 

The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. 

He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever; he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities.

 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. 

As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him; for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust. 

As for man, his days are like grass, he flourishes like a flower of the field; the wind blows over it and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more. 

But from everlasting to everlasting the Lord's love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children's children-- with those who keep his covenant and remember to obey his precepts. 

The Lord has established his throne in heaven, and his kingdom rules over all. 

Praise the Lord, you his angels, you mighty ones who do his bidding, who obey his word. 

Praise the Lord, all his heavenly hosts, you his servants who do his will. 

Praise the Lord, all his works everywhere in his dominion. 

Praise the Lord, O my soul.

{Psalm 103}