It seems like in our everyday lives we live that we often
times forget the miracle of everyday life itself… We forget that every night
when we go to bed we could never wake up in the morning, that everything we
know and love could fade in an instant. We take for granted the little
blessings we have all around us, the joy of love, friendship, happiness and
just life itself. Albert Einstein once said “ There are only two ways to live
your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle and the other is as though
everything is a miracle.” Do you live your life as though everything is a
miracle? Do you leap for joy when you wake up in the morning at the realization
that you have another day here on earth to make a difference or do you groan
that you have to even get out of bed? I myself am more times than not; the latter
of the two, It is definitely something I
need to work on in my life. When you are blessed with a special friendship or
something even as small as your baby smiling at you, do you stop to thank God
for that blessing? We forget that everything in our lives happens for a reason…
Every person we come in contact with, every flower that blooms are all part of
Gods plan for our lives. Imagine the miracle of a Butterfly for instance.
Everyone loves Butterflies ... They are beautiful and have a lot of significance
to them. Butterflies start out as these ugly caterpillars that build a cocoon
to grow into this lovely butterfly, but the miracle of it all is that if you
help that butterfly out of that cocoon before it emerges on its own it will
die. It has to slowly eat its way out to build itself stronger and stronger
before it can come out, spread its wings and fly…. That caterpillar could just
lay in there and hope that someone opens the cocoon or it can work towards the
ultimate goal of becoming a beautiful butterfly. Which are you? The caterpillar
that gives up or the striving beautiful butterfly? Let’s try to live our lives
realizing that everything is a miracle! God has a plan for our lives and he
will place people and things in our life to help us along our journey or should
I say dig us out of our cocoon. I pray
that every morning you wake up, you see the miracle of life and experience the
Joy of Christ in your life! May God bless you!
Thursday, March 31, 2016
Saturday, February 27, 2016
Life's Journey
" Faith is taking the first step even when you cannot see the whole staircase" Martin Luther King JR
It seems to me life is one great big staircase. You must climb up each step one at a time. You can try to do them two at a time, but in the long run you'll just tire yourself sooner. If we have an ultimate goal in life, we have to take each level accordingly. We might think it's better to go full speed- straight ahead when really God wants us to take 5 more steps before we reach that goal. Just because you have a detour in the road doesn't mean you'll never make it to that destination. Maybe God has someone he planned for you to meet, a lost soul to save, or maybe he just wants to test your faith in Him and his guidance. It can be hard to except certain detours in life, but we must remain on the path laid for us by our almighty God and trust that he has a higher reason for this delay. Noone knows you better then God, He knows us better then we know ourselves and He loves us more then anyone in the world ever could. Do you think he would cause us to wait if it wasn't for our benefit in the end? Do you believe God would cause us to struggle if he knew we couldn't bear it?
The scriptures say " Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. Matthew 11:28-30" If you lean on Him there is nothing you cannot handle! Nothing is impossible with God and his unfailing love.
It seems to me life is one great big staircase. You must climb up each step one at a time. You can try to do them two at a time, but in the long run you'll just tire yourself sooner. If we have an ultimate goal in life, we have to take each level accordingly. We might think it's better to go full speed- straight ahead when really God wants us to take 5 more steps before we reach that goal. Just because you have a detour in the road doesn't mean you'll never make it to that destination. Maybe God has someone he planned for you to meet, a lost soul to save, or maybe he just wants to test your faith in Him and his guidance. It can be hard to except certain detours in life, but we must remain on the path laid for us by our almighty God and trust that he has a higher reason for this delay. Noone knows you better then God, He knows us better then we know ourselves and He loves us more then anyone in the world ever could. Do you think he would cause us to wait if it wasn't for our benefit in the end? Do you believe God would cause us to struggle if he knew we couldn't bear it?
The scriptures say " Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. Matthew 11:28-30" If you lean on Him there is nothing you cannot handle! Nothing is impossible with God and his unfailing love.
Thursday, January 7, 2016
Living a life as a grain of sand..
" Like a small boat
on the ocean
Sending big waves
into motion
Like how a single word
can make a heart open
I might only have one match
but I can make an explosion."
Many times we feel like we aren't important, like nobody would notice if we were gone.. The truth is there is someone out there who couldn't live without you and looks forward to visiting you. The whole desert started with one piece of sand, a blazing forest fire with one little flame.
Imagine if we lived our daily lives waking up believing we could actually make a change! The world would be a much better place if we came at it head on knowing that we were needed to make the world spin. The Bible says " If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing is impossible unto you. Matt.17:20"
Faith is an amazing thing. Everyone has different levels of Faith, but we are all important. Some of us have enough faith we could move mountains and other know they have enough faith to make it through the horrible traffic they are in! Whatever level of Faith you have, If you just believe nothing is impossible!
One tiny little boat can make huge waves on the ocean, on rock can start an avalanche, one person can start a revival! That is what we need! We need revival in our faith! We need the faith of early Christians. They were faced daily with trials and tribulations and yet they never stopped believing. I know hundreds of Christians in Africa, Pakistan, India, China that are faced with threats, hunger, death, and still they never give up. They don't have the amazing resources we have in America, but they still believe and have the strongest faith! I feel so blessed to live in a country where I'm free to practice my individual faith without being persecuted by death. We as Christians are going to face some persecution from time to time. Especially if you don't fit in to the "norm". I know personally being considered "odd" in society that it isn't pleasant, but if you just trust God and lean on Him. He will carry you through!
I know this is a little odd for my writings, but it's something I've been thinking on the last few weeks.
May God bless you and carry you through whatever comes your way!
Keep the Faith!
Katlyn
on the ocean
Sending big waves
into motion
Like how a single word
can make a heart open
I might only have one match
but I can make an explosion."
Many times we feel like we aren't important, like nobody would notice if we were gone.. The truth is there is someone out there who couldn't live without you and looks forward to visiting you. The whole desert started with one piece of sand, a blazing forest fire with one little flame.
Imagine if we lived our daily lives waking up believing we could actually make a change! The world would be a much better place if we came at it head on knowing that we were needed to make the world spin. The Bible says " If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing is impossible unto you. Matt.17:20"
Faith is an amazing thing. Everyone has different levels of Faith, but we are all important. Some of us have enough faith we could move mountains and other know they have enough faith to make it through the horrible traffic they are in! Whatever level of Faith you have, If you just believe nothing is impossible!
One tiny little boat can make huge waves on the ocean, on rock can start an avalanche, one person can start a revival! That is what we need! We need revival in our faith! We need the faith of early Christians. They were faced daily with trials and tribulations and yet they never stopped believing. I know hundreds of Christians in Africa, Pakistan, India, China that are faced with threats, hunger, death, and still they never give up. They don't have the amazing resources we have in America, but they still believe and have the strongest faith! I feel so blessed to live in a country where I'm free to practice my individual faith without being persecuted by death. We as Christians are going to face some persecution from time to time. Especially if you don't fit in to the "norm". I know personally being considered "odd" in society that it isn't pleasant, but if you just trust God and lean on Him. He will carry you through!
I know this is a little odd for my writings, but it's something I've been thinking on the last few weeks.
May God bless you and carry you through whatever comes your way!
Keep the Faith!
Katlyn
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