See It Everyday!

It is amazing how you find the most perfect verses at the most perfect times. It's times like this that I feel like God is talking to me the most. I came across a few verses this week that really stuck out to me, and God was really trying to talk to me through.

The first verse is Galatians 1:10. It says, "Obviously, I'm not trying to win the approval of people, but of God. If pleasing people were my goal, I would not be Christ's servant." This verse was really something that I needed to hear again, because a lot of the times I am trying to impress people, and win their approval. I think it is human nature to always try to impress people and get them to like us more. But something I learned in Navigators the other night is that it is okay to have those feelings, God gave them to us, but instead of acting on them we need to focus that energy somewhere else. Okay honestly, the speaker at Navs was talking about an entire different subject matter, but I feel like it applies to this. Instead of focusing on what other people think, and trying to impress them, I need to re-focus that energy on what God wants, and getting the approval from God. Just like the verse says, by focusing on winning the approval of God, and doing what God wants, you are truly Christ's servant. And that is what I want to be.

One other verse that stuck out to me is Galatians 1:15-16. It says, "But even before I was born, God chose me and called me by his marvelous grace. Then it pleased him to reveal his Son to me so that I would proclaim the Good News about Jesus to the Gentiles." This verse doesn't necessarily speak to me in the way the previous one did, but more so gives me a good and happy feeling. It reassures me to know that God chose me and made me even before I was born. He chose me and made me how he wanted me, and that is such a great feeling knowing that I am perfect in God's eyes. It goes back to something that Aaron Stern said at The MILL a few weeks ago...that when we judge people, we are really just judging the creator. That quote reassures me as well, because when I know people are looking down upon me and judging me, it does not bother me as much because I know God created me the way he wanted, and He CHOSE me, therefore it does not matter what anybody else says or thinks.
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There are so many things I have experienced over the last week that I can see how God is working in my life. However, I don't really know how to get it all out on words. Participating in communion this past week as a big deal for me, it felt so great. It was something that I needed, and God allowed me to experience it again, the first time in a very long time. I have also been dealing with some issues with one of my old roommates, and God finally took it all off my heart. I no longer feel a burden with her anymore. All of these things and experiences are God working in my life. Plus so much more! I used to not see things like this as a sign from God, but now I can see God working in my life every single day.

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More of Him!

I am going to start challenging myself to do "More of Him" Monday's! I think it will be very good for me not only to blog, but to put into words how God is working in my life. So to start, I am going to write about certain passages that I have been meditating on lately, as well as talk about how God has been working in my life.

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Every week in bible study we are encouraged to memorize a bible verse. And while doing my bible study I come across many verses that speak to me. Sometimes I feel as if God is tapping me on the shoulder, and talking to me directly through his word. This past week though I came across a bible verse that was not even in my bible study. I felt like God was trying to tell me something, so I chose that verse to memorize this week. The bible verse is...

"Look around at the nations;
look and be amazed!
For I am doing something in your own day,
something you wouldn't believe
even if someone told you about it."
--Habakkuk 1:5

This passage really spoke to me. It spoke to me because it shows that God really can do anything, and that he WILL. He can and will work wonders in my life that I cannot even foresee right now. Look around at the nations, look and be amazed! It is just letting everybody know that he created this world, and therefore can do anything! It is a very reassuring and comforting verse to meditate on, and I am thankful that God showed me this verse this week.
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The other night in bible study my roommate (who is also my bible study leader) asked us how God shows his love to us. When first thinking about this question I could not really think about how He shows us his love. I mean, I know he loves us unconditionally and more than we can even fathom, but how? There must be a way that he shows his love right? Not a minute later that it dawned on me.

At least in my life anyway, I can see his love all around me! God provided me with a Christian home with 4 Christian girls as roommates, who have ultimately become my best friends. Best friends that support me and encourage me through ANYTHING. And even more importantly, they do not judge me. This is the type of friend I have wanted me whole life. And even though I have had best friends before, I have never had Christian best friend that can give me such a positive outlook on things. I just know this was God's doing, and his way of showing me how much he really truly loves and cares for me.

He also provides for me the things I need. Not necessarily the things I want, but when I come across a struggle in my life, God usually shows me a solution. After a sermon one Friday night, I was feeling very guilty, and felt like I needed to tell somebody some things. God showed me exactly what to do, and exactly who to tell. He just provides me with the things I need given the circumstances.

These are just a few of the MANY ways God shows me how he loves me. The Navigators is another way that God is working in my life right now, but I will save that for another blog. Ever since that question was asked in my bible study, I see everyday the ways God works in my life, and how he shows me his unconditional love for me. I cannot even describe the feelings I feel. I just wish everybody would open up their hearts and be able to experience some of the same amazing works that God does in our lives.


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