Life Imagined

Good morning ☀️ My devotion this morning prompted me to to ask myself how I see God and then how I see myself, and I just wanted to share with my friends. I’d like to encourage you to think about that too 😊 How do I see God? As my Savior and King, deserving of my highest praise and honor, my whole-hearted worship.  How do I see myself? I do believe what God says about me. That I am created in His image, a masterpiece shaped by His hands, His way, to love as I have been loved, to share my heart for Him. This girl who once felt so incapable of being loved now feels like my heart could explode with it. Jeremiah 1:5 says “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you; I sanctified you.”  He sanctified (set me apart) to be uniquely me, and I want to love who I am, see myself the way He does. I will forever be grateful for His hands that carefully created me, this friend who walks with me, this Savior who gave me reason to live, this caretaker of my heart. He purchased me “as is” and...

Happy Thanksgiving to you, friend 😊 Romans 8:38-39 tells us that nothing, absolutely NO THING can separate us from the love of God. Go read it!! Boy am I thankful for the love of “The God Who Sees Me.” That's what Hagar called Him in Genesis 16:13. When I hear that, I feel it, and my heart squeezes!! Do you feel that?!? I serve a God who sees ALL of me, in my good days and good deeds, but also in my messes and brokenness. He sees me when I’m running from the mess, hiding in my pain, or when I'm on top of the world and celebrating my victories.  This Thanksgiving Day, I am thankful for ALL He is to me (in all my forms), for all He has blessed me with, for His love, and His continual grace and mercy. Man, I’m thankful to be God’s girl ❤️. Aren't you thankful to be His??

How are you feeling this morning, in this season of change? I don't know about you, but I sat down this morning thinking about how I feel  - a little tired, the weather is changing, getting darker earlier, less sunshine, affecting my motivation. Feelings of anxiousness and overwhelm seem to pop up this time of year for me (if I let them). But... You know I like to start my day by spending some time with Jesus and journaling, so I sat down to do just that. I opened my journal and the first thing I saw is something I wrote just 3 days ago !!  "I want my light to shine brighter than my feelings." How ironic, right?! This made me smile 😊😊 because that's exactly what I want! I don't want my feelings to dictate my days!! I want to dictate my feelings! HOW? Not by acknowledging all these feelings, but by acknowledging the word of God (which is truth), by renewing my mind, by reminding myself that... Philemon 1:6 says my faith becomes effectual (fruitful, potent) by ac...