The Lord reminded me of this today. So often, I fail to see His gifts and His goodness. The very things I have been fighting Him on...turn out to be an opportunity to enjoy Him and all that He has given me.
Do you know that He has you right where you are for a reason? Do you know that everything you are going through right now is for your good and will draw you closer to HIM? Do you know how much HE loves you??? How very much He desires to spend time with YOU? Do you know the lengths He will go to to pursue you? Do you know that He will not let ANYTHING stand between you?
Lord, thank You for the glimpse you gave me of YOU today! Thank you for drawing me closer. Thank you for reminding me to Enjoy You and see You in everything. Thank you for changing my heart.
- Luci
P.S. Did you know that the Serenity Prayer has a second stanza? Amazing words...
The Serenity Prayer
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as Jesus did, this sinful world
as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next.
Amen.
--Reinhold Niebuhr
9 comments:
Love this Luci! Great reminder of... well just what we need to be reminded of... and no I did NOT know about the second stanza??
Love you!
I loved what you said and I love that picture. Is that from your vacation? And oh, yes, I did know there was a second stanza! Love you.
I did not know the second part, I wonder why they don't use it??? Nice post honey.
Love your ticker Luci! Way to go!
Now for our lunch on Monday, I know there are some low point items at Olive Garden, Chicken Giardino and Linguine!
See you Monday!
I wasn't invited to that lunch. No biggy. I have nursing during the day. I'm ok.
I realized I never commented on this blog? Why? I read it 2x.
Your so spiritually deep Luci. Someday I'll get back there.
Oh...one more thing:
you don't blog enough. You need to blog more. I think E and L and P and D would agree with me.
Or..better yet, TELL Robert to blog 1 day and then you blog the next? That would be fun!
And don't think I didn't miss the pretty picture on your blog post.
It's beautiful and I'm just going to say the following:
SNAPS FOR LUCI, SNAPS FOR LUCI!
God would you blog something already.
I'm still checking on you.
Hey you are doing great on WW, but I won't let you beat me!!Way to go!!
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