Looking at all of God, not just the fun bits.

This is just something I've been mulling over lately, a little bit of pondering;

We have been told that God is a loving, gracious, merciful, kind, compassionate, wonderful, and good sky fairy who runs a day care in the sky and has a bucket of suckers for everyone because we’re all good people. That is a lie… God looks down and says ‘I hate you, you are my enemy, and I will crush you,’ and we say 'that is deserved, right and just' and then God says ‘Because of Jesus I will love you and forgive you.’ This is a miracle.”

Jesus is our miracle, We live in His grace not in our goodness.

When you think about how forgiving god is remember he is only so because of Jesus and that grace is available to us at the cost of his blood on the cross.

That same blood that now heals us,
The cross that couldn't put to death a god but brought victory and saved us with grace.

Don't be fooled by fear, no sin is too great the victory is won.

Death is beaten

Jesus is Alive.

Tea Cups and Tales.: A timely reminder.

My Beautiful and Courageous friend Sarah DeHaan made this beautiful blog post, Please take the time to check it out, she's not only stunning inside out but inspirational in her faith and life. She's just a light for God, Enjoy the link below..

Tea Cups and Tales.: A timely reminder.: I'm writing this blog today not only to whoever is reading, but mostly to myself. I need to you to know something today. The God that I...

A Prayer

I'm so sorry. My mind has been a catastrophe as of late.

So instead of a post, i'm just going to pray, feel free to join me.

Lord God,

Thank you so much for your grace.

Thank you for your spirit. 

Thank you for the people you surround me with daily. 

Thank you for the many blessings i have in my life.

Thank you that when i feel lost, you always light up a way.

Thank you for perspective in my life when things get hard

Thank you that you saved me

Thank you that your love is enough

Thank you for your mercy

Thank you that when i confess you forgive

Thank you for loving me enought to come after me

Forgive me for being so selfish

Forgive me for not trusting you enough

Forgive me that for the fear that overwhelms me sometimes

Forgive me for not sharing you

Forgive me for the times i dont put you first

Help me know you more

Help me stop focusing on me, remind me more each day your sacrifice for me

Help the people in my life that are in pain and aungish

Let them feel your peace and joy in the sorrow

Grow my heart to not only know you but have the courage to share you

Make me fearless in you love

Let my story of your story be all about you

Let my life reflect more of you and less of me

Help me forgive others as you forgive me

Humble me

Help me know and understand your hope, grace and mercy more each day.

Give me warmth in you

Give me nourishment in your word

Please Fuel my hearts and show me how i can serve you

Envelop me with your spirit.

Guide my Path, Make it more clear to me

Fuel my heart for your world

Lord God please bless my enemies.

Lord God please wrap my Dad in Love, Lord God please show my Family your love, Lord please help me forgive those who have wronged me,

Lord God please change my heart anew in you.

Thank You that Your Love is Enough.

In these things, i pray in you glorious son's name Jesus Christ.
Amen

So you don't have to say sorry.. as much.

I spent a good amount of time thinking about how hard life can be if your Leaders/Team Members don't think ahead about what's going to happen. I know I'm guilty of the saying "it'll be alright we've got Jesus, he's in control". (Although I think Jesus wouldn't like to be the "reason" people  aren't prepared, I know i wouldn't.)

Now as a leader I know I've messed up and I'll continue to mess up but i can at least try and think ahead and work towards not being in that situation again, no matter what it is from anything to forgetting the decorations, time of an event, not doing a running sheet or turning up late without an apology to the team and let me tell you there will be many more things/times in life this could happen.

So here's 5 things to think about for the future so hopefully you won't have to worry about who you're going to be having to apologise to.. again:

#1 – When we get in a hurry as leaders we tend to not pay attention to how our decisions might impact others. If we are going to lead like Jesus we MUST be way more concerned about others than we are ourselves!

#2 – If a leader will take a little extra time and make sure the details are covered it makes it a lot easier for those who are following him/her.  A person who does not take a little time now will have to take a lot of time later repairing the damage from the mess.

#3 – Laziness as a leader will often result in unfortunate circumstances for those who follow.

#4 – When unfortunate circumstances take place, a good leader will always ask “what could I have done differently in that situation” instead of blaming someone else for the mess. 

#5 – Two of the MOST POWERFUL WORDS for a leader to say are, “I’m sorry” when they are confronted with a careless mistake that they made rather than trying to rationalize the situation.

Somebody thinks your significant enough to die for you..

Do you know you've been bought with a price?

Somebody think's you're significant enough to die for you.

Buried your sin, be rebirth in the spirit. You are brand new in Jesus.

Waiting.

Singleness is something I've been struggling with over the last few months.

I'm at a point in my Christian walk where most if not all of my closest friends around me are in long term relationships and are moving or have moved to engagements and marriage.

Don't get me wrong, i adore them. They have found the right partner for them and have brought some amazing people into my life who i adore and one of my most loved moments this year is being asked to be a bridesmaid for one of my best friends November will be such a stellar month! 

But I've been struggling to figure what that means for me.
Am i single for ever or just for now?

what do i do while i wait for my answer?

Music is something that speaks to me and perfectly enough God delivered my answer with this

While I'm Waiting by John Waller

I'm waiting

I'm waiting on You, Lord

And I am hopeful

I'm waiting on You, Lord

Though it is painful

But patiently, I will wait

I will move ahead, bold and confident

Takeing every step in obedience

While I'm waiting

I will serve You

While I'm waiting

I will worship

While I'm waiting

I will not faint

I'll be running the race

Even while I wait

I'm waiting

I'm waiting on You, Lord

And I am peaceful

I'm waiting on You, Lord

Though it's not easy

But faithfully, I will wait

Yes, I will wait

I will serve You while I'm waiting

I will worship while I'm waiting

I will serve You while I'm waiting

I will worship while I'm waiting

I will serve you while I'm waiting

I will worship while I'm waiting on You, Lord

Amen,

You can listen to the song below if you like..

God Bless,

Bel xx

Simple and Honest

A guy called John shared his testimony at a gathering last night and he said something that just struck me as graceful and i wanted to share:

"I hope i have the most boring story in the world, so when people see things in my life they just know it's Jesus because it definitely couldn't of been me."

It's the simple and honest truths that make such an impact.