This poem came to me the other day and I thought I would share it with you all. It kinda goes along with my last post. In life it feels like we have to constantly fight to follow God's will and not our own wills. Enjoy!
My dear, sweet Jesus
Finally it is plan to see
My desire to follow this selfish hear,
And not the path ordained for me.
My poor heart is full of hope
For things the world will offer it.
But what are those things to me?
If it's You that I must forfeit?
Often I wish to cling,
To my childish pursuits of happiness.
But if my desires are not to serve You
Then they are pointless.
As a child I sought the things of a child
And You blessed me anyway.
But know I know the truth;
I want my life Your way.
Lord, I pray that You would come
And change my decietful heart.
I want to be close to your side.
Let us never be apart!
My desire is to follow you.
Let my joy come from you,
Let my heart long for you,
Let my life be sustained by you,
For you are all that I need.
"Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an Inexpressible and Glorious Joy." 1 Peter 1:8
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Monday, March 25, 2013
Follow Your Heart...Or Not
I was thinking recently about the phase, “Follow Your Heart.” How many times in my life have I been given
this advice? It has become a catchphrase
for our generation. I am afraid that
perhaps a misconception has formed because of this mindset. The world tells me that if I follow my heart I
will be happy, but the Bible tells me that I should follow God if I want to be
happy. So maybe we shouldn’t be so
concerned with following our hearts. Our
hearts are deceitful and will guide us to what our flesh wants. We need to give God our hearts and seek to
follow Him wherever He leads us. God
loves us more than we can possibly understand and when we choose to give Him
our hearts and follow Him, we will find that what our hearts desire is
Him. When we give our hearts to God we
will begin to seek what His heart seeks and then we will be given a peace and
joy that only God can give. Life is a journey and we all need a little
guidance. If our goal in life is to be
more Christ-like, then we need to give the desires of our hearts to God and trust
Him to lead us on the path to Eternal life.
“But
blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord,
whose confidence is in him.
They will be like a tree planted by the water
that sends out its roots by the stream.
It does not fear when heat comes;
its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought
and never fails to bear fruit.”
whose confidence is in him.
They will be like a tree planted by the water
that sends out its roots by the stream.
It does not fear when heat comes;
its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought
and never fails to bear fruit.”
The
heart is deceitful above all things
and beyond cure.
Who can understand it?
and beyond cure.
Who can understand it?
“I
the Lord search the heart
and examine the mind,
to reward each person according to their conduct,
according to what their deeds deserve.”
and examine the mind,
to reward each person according to their conduct,
according to what their deeds deserve.”
Jeremiah17:7-10
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