all you need is LOVE

more devotions for the day. yeah...it's one of those days. i need it. i love it. :)

what will you do when wise counsel conflicts with your plans?
most of the time i just listen and do as they tell me. but it seems like the people i know best with wise counsel are the ones i reject and hurt the most. like my parents. i sometimes still beg to differ with their reasoning for me to do or not do something, but they only want what's best for me, and i really want to be intentional about honoring them, like i said in my last blog. even when dad is telling me over and over to get my oil changed. ha. God's plans seem to always be different than my own plans, but God knows what is best for me, better than i know.

when have you disqualified yourself from being used by God?
i feel like i have just been intimidated by the people around me too many times to count when it comes down to it. like, what will they think of me or what do they already think of me? or just being around really strong personalities or even people who are leaps and bounds beyond me in their faith. i need to not be intimidated and just fulfill my purpose on earth. God wants to use me and i was made to glorify him. i need to remember that it actually breaks my maker's heart to back down from being used. what holds me back? fears and doubts. shackled 2009 much? i think so.

what is God asking you to do that does not seem reasonable or logical?
write a letter. talk to him. walk through the door that God has opened and at least shut it behind me. stop sinning. (so frickin hard)

what will you do when you are forced to rely on your confidence in God to deal with those who mock you and your faith?
i will share my faith and hold firm to what i know and believe. i know that God will be with me and i will pray for those persecuting me.

how can you better rely on the strenth of the LORD Almighty?
ask for help in prayer. set my pride and selfish motives aside and glorify God with my all.

how can you be faithful to God and to your friends at the same time?
if i spend HALF the time with God that i spend with my friends my life would be a whole bunch better. and i love the time i get with my friends, but i need to realize that my relationship with God is the only one that will never fail me. no friend will be perfect, my family will let me down, my husband will wrong me. i can not expect anything more of these people because they are not perfect like my Lord and savior Jesus Christ. In Hebrews it says "i will never leave you or forsake you." as God demonstrates this toward us, we should all take note to be more like this as a friend to our brothers and sisters in Christ. at least i should.

mood: full.
food: oh goodness, please no more!
music: dear prudence. across the universe style.