Just like thirst

We search for our heart’s rest

We try different things and hope to get satisfaction

Life’s journey goes farther from fact to fiction

We loose focus on everything around us

We seek respite, rather than a different course

We forget the one who quenches all thirst

One in whom we always find rest

He relieves all who are weary and heavy-laden

He is the perfect help for every burden

All we need to do is surrender to Him

Hey blogsville…Yep, I know it’s been quite a while. So many great things have gone on…some of the more recent ones are the new I phone 4 (really cool phone), the amazing soccer world cup set to conclude tomorrow...With 2 of my favorite teams and so much more.

On a more serious note, I went through the exciting book of Romans last month and found a very interesting passage that was also reiterated to me yesterday in a new way. It’s one of those verses that we grow up learning as memory verses in Sunday school but rarely take the time out to get to the meat of it. The first verse of Romans 12 says…

“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.”

I have often just taken out the word “Holy” alone from this verse, which means to be set apart. However there is more to this verse than that.

Another set of words that seemed often neglected by me is “Living Sacrifice”. How can you be both Living and be a sacrifice? It really doesn’t make sense. Sacrifices are meant to be dead. They are burnt offerings, usually animals. When Abraham was tested with his son Isaac, his intention was to burn him as a sacrifice on the alter he prepared.

My interpretation of that passage is that we must be dead to ourselves. We must nail our selfish desires to the cross. When we don’t feel like helping the helpless, going to God, Worshiping God, Giving thanks in times of frustration, we should nail our desires to the cross and do that which pleases God.

My new interpretation of that verse is…” I beseech you brethren; thinking about the mercies of God and all he has done for you, that you continually become dead to yourselves and your desires, taking on the desires of God, also setting yourself aside without sin, acceptable to God as your reasonable service”.

Resting In Him

I reminisce the times of promises

The times I stayed the course and fought compromising forces

I was on a high; I thought I could trust my strengths

It was all a lie, I was bruised and my mind became filled with many dents

I tried all I could to hold on

I searched for strength but could find none

I had lost grip of reality

Finding help in all the wrong places was normalcy

I forgot to cast all my cares on Him

The one who was bruised and died for me

Its a New Day!

Hello All :),

Its a new day. One thing I have learned this exciting week is never to get myself entangled in worrying too much about the future. Never get overwhelmed by things that can change. Many times if we look back in retrospect, worry is just a waste of time, because it never does anything positive to help an issue. Yes, we sometimes do it without knowing, and it may be difficult to avoid. However, we should always do all we can to snap out of it cause it can sow negative seeds in our heart that can easily grow to frustration and depression. The bible says it all in Matt 6:26-29 " ²⁶Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?²⁷Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
²⁸"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. ²⁹Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these." Always trust in God no matter what happens. He is mindful of us, and He even know when a strand of hair falls from our hair. God says in Jeremiah 29:11 that " ...the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.."

We need to just enjoy everyday as it comes. Everyday that comes by is a gift, not everyone has the opportunity to be a part of it. No matter what comes your way, fix your heart on the great things God has given to you....Like the oxygen going through your nostrils at this very moment, and the fact that you have eyes to read this blog...This and many more things that we may sometimes think insignificant are really things we may not be able to do without. Just like that saying " The best things in life are free". Let's thank God each day for His free gifts.

This is my first time blogging. I am excited...and I have a feeling I'm going to enjoy it.

Have A blessed day! Remember....God loves you :)