Lately, I've just been feeling so content with my life. Like, I look around me and see so much that I don't even deserve and, yet, the Lord has blessed me enough to allow those things to be abundantly present. My family blesses me immeasurably. Yes we have some really hard days now and then but, overall? I could NOT ask for more amazing children and a sweeter hubby to spend my days with.
How easy is it though, to glace past all that we already have sometimes and wish for more?.. There's a song that comes on the radio (we listen to Spirit FM and The Wind mostly) and I just love how it puts everything into perspective. I'd like to share some of the lyrics with you in hopes that it may inspire you to look at your own life. And count your MANY blessings, before even beginning to compare yourself to anyone else. Maybe, just maybe, you'll see your life for the treasure that it is and stop yourself right there. Why feel the need to constantly compare only to fall short of what you think you deserve or the world tells you that you need?
You're playing a dangerous game when you're always on the search for more. Do yourself a favor, stop right where you are today and take note of all that fills your life. Does it make you happy? Do you feel fulfilled? Does your heart yearn for more? Maybe the one thing you're missing is the one thing we all need.
The One.
I'm learning, very slowly yet very quickly at the same time, that by spending more time in His word and in His presence, the more content and at peace I feel. The more I fill that empty space with Him and His promises, the less room there is for the world to make a home in my heart and that is so so satisfying in itself.
We all have this inner thirst. To feel accepted, loved, provided for. Did you know that by knowing the One True God, you can have all of that and SO much more?!? I don't want to preach to you today, that's not what I do. I'm no motivational speaker. I'm just a mama that finds it hard sometimes to pinpoint just what it is that's stealing my joy. And, I think maybe it's not necessarily the presence of worldly things in my life but, the lack of His presence in my life. How do I place my priorities? Is He first? Even above my husband and my children? If not, He needs to be. Only when I am working hard to be the very best that I can be IN HIM can I be the very best that I can be FOR THEM..
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In this obsession with, the things the world says make us happy
Can't see the slaves we are, in all the searching all the grasping
Like we deserve much more, than all these blessings we're holding
So now I'm running free, into an ocean of mercy, unending
So come and empty me
So that it's you I breathe
I want my life to be
Only Christ in me
So I will fix my eyes
Cause you're my source of life
I need the world to see
That it's Christ in me
That it's Christ in me
Done with what holds me down, the things I once was chasing after
Throw off these heavy chains, that I have let become my master
So now I'm running free, into an ocean of mercy, unending
So that it's you I breathe
I want my life to be
Only Christ in me
So I will fix my eyes
Cause you're my source of life
I need the world to see
That it's Christ in me
That it's Christ in me
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I pray today that your eyes would be opened and that you would be able to f e e l the love of Jesus surrounding you. Focus on that. And, I promise you, everything else will fall into place according to His perfect plan.
Happy Tuesday friends!! Let's make it a great one! I'm starting mine by eating what's basically cake. So, off to a running start if you ask me! :)
| OUTFIT DETAILS |
PURSE | Christmas Gift (super similar) (See this lady for this and many more gorgeous purses!)
EARRINGS | Nickel & Suede
LIP COLOR | Burt's Bees Sunset Cruise
NAIL POLISH | OPI Aphrodite's Pink Nightie
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