Here we are at the hop, Blog Hop
with the Yes To God online bible study, our hostess…Melissa Taylor.
That’s a pretty big command…don’t
you think?
But I look at this way. If it was impossible then God wouldn’t ask
it of us, right? We are told in Philippians 4:13 that we can do all things
through Christ who strengths me. Maybe that’s why God spoke to my heart on
Tuesday morning to stop being consumed with Facebook. He even gave me
particulars like, for the next seven days I want you to step away from
Facebook, however, you can check it twice a day so that you will stay connected
with the Facebook group you are in.
I know some of you are thinking…really?
While other are saying, oh girl, I’ve been there…keep going.
Well, Tuesday I passed with flying
colors. It could have been that I was busy most of day with errands to run,
mentoring a woman in the afternoon, the Connection Call with Melissa Taylor and
let’s not forget preparing supper. As the day was winding down, I thought about how I
had achieved this nudge from the LORD and without much of a struggle. I have to
admit I was so pride of myself.
Oh, but yesterday was not so
satisfying as my day came to a close. There I was standing worshiping God
during our Wednesday night service when I heard Him say... “Not so good today?”
In response, I said “What are You talking about?” I'm sure He was saying with
a somewhat smile on His face… “I noticed that you checked your Facebook more
then twice today and as you did you softly whispered… “Just to see if I have
any messages, quick on and quick off” but you see Tammy, that wasn’t part of
details.”
So, today, I focusing “again” on
loving God with all of my strength. You may be asking…why not along with other
two (mind and soul)? I’m realizing that my strength in of my self is the flesh
and this (my) flesh will fail every time without being mindful of God's presence.
I believe the desire in our hearts and souls to love the LORD is always there
as daughters of the King and He sees that, but it’s the “doing” that cause us
to stumble.
So, ladies. Repeat after me …I can
do all things through Christ who strengthen me.
3 comments:
I love the way you talked about how gently and with a smile on his face God spoke to you. My realization this week has been that I don't have to him FIRST, I can love him BACK! Thanks for sharing today - it blessed me!
Amen! In Christ alone, our hope and strength are found!
So good to see a post from you, Tammy...I stepped away from Facebook last December,and although I think about coming back occasionally, it just hasn't happened yet...
Wow! Thank you for sharing this. I agree about the Facebook thing as well. It is so time consuming...and well, time wasting. Thank you for opening up your struggle with us as well!
Jennifer N
OBS Core/Teaching Teams
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