Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas……

I had a chat with a dear friend the other day and they told me I should start writing again its been a year since I last blogged and they missed it. To be honest I missed it to. Not so much the blogging as in writing but the place I’m in when I do blog. I’m totally out of my comfort zone when it comes to writing. But hey when we are weak He is strong.

There are many things I want to write but I just don’t  know where to start. So I thought id read over a book a little someone gave me to write my thoughts and daily jackass’ness haha. This day in the book stood out to me as one of the things on my heart at the moment is acts of worship.

8^th March 2009

While I was at church the other day they threw in a golden oldie (that’s what my mum would call it ha ha) and what a golden one it is..

“Great is thy faithfulness….”

“All I have needed your hand has provided.”

What a fantastic song.

I remember when I was a kid I used to slat the old school songs. Wasn’t quite sure why I did, maybe it was because of the lack of quality singers around me when I was at church ha ha. But that now I know was what David meant when he said “make a joyful NOISE unto the Lord.” But as I’ve got older and spent so much time in church where there’s guitars being slashed and concert lighting. You tend to miss the simplicity of what it used to be. Don’t get me wrong I love the way worship in church has become more relevant to today’s society. In my own personal walk the relevance helped keep me in church. It totally uplifted me when I really needed it, and even when I thought I didn’t need it.

“Great is thy faithfulness Lord unto me…”

That is so simple but just all truth.

So while listening to this song I start to pray and confess it over and over. As I meditated on that truth another came into my heart “He does not change, He is the same today, yesterday and forever.” And that reminded me of a sign I saw while I was in a bar on Tioman Island “I don’t fear tomorrow for I have seen yesterday and love today” I began to think how easy it is to fear tomorrow and allow the worries of today pass to tomorrow. So we end up starting a new day in the past. When we do that we never start each day a new. We are always lagging behind. I’ve lived like that and it sucks. But once I made God my first Love that lagging changed very quickly. I learned that no matter what happened yesterday

“I am the righteousness of God through Jesus Christ today yesterday and forever”

“I am in the world but I DO NOT conform to it”

“l live not under the law, but grace”

I trust God for today. I know He will help me make today count because “great is His faithfulness.” Its not easy sometimes but we all know that living a God life is a hell of a lot better than one without Him.

“I do not fear tomorrow for I know it is in Gods hands. I live today because of Gods unending love and amazing grace for me”

Matthew 6:34