GO:
My Children
The Past
My Thoughts
Deadlines
Discouragement
Time
Ideas
Technology
My desire to be more
Things that I have yet to do
Words that need to be said
My Insecurities
My Tears
The Monster Within
These are the things that are screaming at me right now, in this moment, making me want to give up… run away… sit with my back against a corner.
Seasons like this have me asking God to speak louder than a whisper.
STOP
GO
The word brave can mean many things to many people.
It’s brave for a person to visit a foreign country on a mission trip and the decide to live there.
It’s also brave to try drugs or sleep around or any other act of self inflicted harm.
The very meaning of the word is; ready to face and endure danger or pain.
To me, today, Brave = Faith.
It means sharing a story, even if it changes your opinion of me
It means being uncomfortable
It means loving the unlovely
Forgiving the unforgivable
Reaching the unreached
Believing the impossible
Sacrificing my wants over your needs
It means living from the inside out, heart and soul exposed, offering hope to the hopeless with eyes fixed on Jesus.
STOP
GO
My…
coffee cup
gas tank
bank account
words
actions
intentions
compliments
emotional tank
dishwasher
pantry
trash can
favorite flower vase
all of these things are capable of being empty and rather easily refilled.
My…
heart
faith
belief in God
love
prayers
commitments
these things are much more detrimental if empty.
Today, I will work on filling and maintaining the things that matter. I will bring them to the forefront of my thinking and if there is time left over for refilling the others, I will do so. If not, I will rest well knowing that those things which are eternal were my priority.
STOP
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