Sometimes we have to be set free, to become…a servant. The cares of our lives and worries of the world have a tight grip. The not yet happened curls its tendrils around our thoughts. Attention and effort lost in the sea of the past and stranded on the shores of tomorrow. But what happened to today?
“My eyes are ever on the Lord, for only He will release my feet from the snare.” (Psalm 25:15 NIV) Whether a snare of our own making or another’s…
Oh how I wish we – you and me – could live today – and not yesterday and tomorrow. So much lovely puffy cloud time, dew drops of early morning, and buzzing dragonfly wings of dusk are missed in our regrets and what ifs…
“Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?” (Matthew 6:27 NIV) But we can take a single hour or sacred minute and make it meaningful to life. To breathe in all the glory of these moments fleeting…
What is remembered most is not the mistakes but the ‘on purposes’. Purposefully speaking life to another’s soul, purposefully lightening the burden, purposefully overlooking the imperfection…
On purpose I want to tell, no show, no show and tell someone how much they matter, how much I forgive them, how much God loves – loves them, knows them, has planned for them…
Living Braver I want to be on purpose – today. Not worrying that I let yesterday get away from me, not fretting that I may not be prepared for tomorrow, and, oh Father, not hanging on to what made a mess of things or forgetting what made a glory of things…
This is courage and this is fear…less — to be on purpose as I look out the window, pick up the phone, fold the laundry, stand in line, read the Word — the Word, that is His ‘on purpose’ to me… From creating all this marvel of a world, to dwelling among us and stretching wide His arms on a cross, to the written Word to impart life and truth and peace…
Release us Lord to Your purpose… “Now it is God who has made us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.” (2Corinthians 5:5 NIV italics mine)
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living braver 
July 22, 2015 at 10:04 pm
Thanks for this Paris- I am a worrier- working on that but even today I woke up early worrying about something-:( Thanks for encouraging me to lat go of this- trust Jesus more and live each day to the full! Blessings
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July 23, 2015 at 8:06 am
Susie, hard to escape the ugly ‘w’ word in this world, but to draw on His peace is a sweet release. Thanks for your beautiful art…
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July 24, 2015 at 12:09 pm
It’s so comforting to know we were made with eternity in mind, and He has given us the Spirit as a guarantee. Beautiful verse for me to remember today.
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July 24, 2015 at 12:46 pm
What comfort for sure, and His Word is the ultimate comfort as He ministers to our heart, soul, and spirit.
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