Psalm 37:7-9

Have you ever been angry? Like really really angry. How about angry when you are trying so hard to do the right thing and everyone else around you is doing the opposite, yet still succeeding and being rewarded? Our world, our culture, rewards those who succeed, no matter how they do it. It is discouraging, right? Disheartening? Frustrating? All of the above? 


A few days ago, one of my friends reminded me of Psalm 37:7-9...

 ⁷ Be still before the LORD
   and wait patiently for him;
do not fret when people succeed in their ways,
   when they carry out their wicked schemes.
 ⁸ Refrain from anger and turn from wrath;
   do not fret—it leads only to evil. ⁹ For those who are evil will be destroyed,
   but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.

Dang... See, I so easily forgot that God is in control. We seem to easily forget that too much and too often. Fretting, worrying, obsessing over the actions of others is exactly what Satan wants for us in our lives. Because if we are doing that, we are unable to fulfill the very life that God has planned for us. And that life He has planned is more than we could ever imagine. (Ephesians 3:20)

 I am so thankful that I serve a God who is in control and will deal with all things in the right time, according to His perfect will. 

wrecked.

Wrecked is a word the pretty much sums up life right now. Most people associate 'wrecked' with a bad connotation, however, I have never been so excited to be so broken. I have found that when we are at rock bottom, God does His very best work, and man... work is what He is doing on me.

As a young woman in college, I am tempted to find security in every single thing but the one place that can give me an unending supply. You name it, I have tried it... relationships, clothes, appearance, athletics, etc. Recently, God turned my life upside down and there has been nothing to place security in EXCEPT for Him. While it is still hard, and I am still learning, God is showing me that He is the only source of security and placing security in the hands of any other person or area of life will result in disappointment. Not because the other areas of life aren't "good," they just aren't my Savior and the One who created me for purposes I cannot even imagine.

"Cast all your anxieties on Him, because He cares for you." -1 Peter 5:7

blogging?

I must admit I never thought of myself as much of a blogger. Who cares what I have to say? Who would take the time to read it, anyway?

However true both of those questions may be, I'm viewing my blogging experience as an outlet, a type of therapy.

"Something unfathomable lies behind every thought ... something for which there aren't any words." -Peter Weiss 

This blog is me trying to put words to the unfathomable behind my thoughts.