During the day when I feel I need encouragement and it seems that all the questions I need answered are unanswerable, sometimes I start to feel sorry for myself and think:
"Oh poor me, I'm trying to do the right thing and no one is helping me...How sad for me, all I'm trying to do is glorify God and I can't if I don't know what I'm doing...All the advice I've gotten from seasoned, godly women doesn't seem to work for me-oh what to do!" (sounds pitiful,right?)
What I need to hear is this basic truth: God is our Heavenly Father
""And I will be a father to you, And you shall be sons and daughters to Me," Says the Lord Almighty" (II Corinthians 6:18)
Then I am reminded to stop feeling sorry for myself because I am not alone. God is here. He is looking after me. He knows the trials I am going through and knows the blessings I have that I need reminding of. How wonderful! Therefore, I have nothing to feel sorry about. If Jesus, God's own Son could be pleased in suffering for His Father and rejoicing for the trials, cannot I as well? After all, I am a child of God just as Jesus was a child of God. John 17:23 tells us:
"You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me" (NASB)
Praise God we can rejoice in our everyday seemingly mundane tasks of child-rearing, home-keeping, husband-serving lives because we know that God gave us these tasks to fulfill a specific purpose in His plan that will forever impact eternity and that in all of this...
He is my Father and He watches over me.
May you feel encouraged and God be glorified,
-Cristina, loved by my Heavenly Father
p.s. If you would like to become a child of God and have Him be your Heavenly Father, too you can find out how by clicking on this link: http://www.gty.org/Resources/Articles/A335
Friday, November 5, 2010
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
True Beauty is God-Deep
Lately the Lord has been showing me basic truths in new ways, I would like to share a few of these truths with you.
Basic Truth: Beauty is only skin deep.
Now obviously we have all heard this before, but have we really captured the Biblical truth behind this statement? Peter 3:4-5 tells us:
"Do not let your adornment be merely outward—arranging the hair, wearing gold, or putting on fine apparel— rather let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God. For in this manner, in former times, the holy women who trusted in God also adorned themselves"
The World tells us that we need to be beautiful. The world tells me that I need to want, pursue and create physical beauty so that I not only feel good about myself, but so that others will want to like me, be like me, and in essence worship me.
however,
God's Word tells us that beauty comes from the heart. Physical beauty sometimes encourages me to think proud, sinful thoughts and can even lead to trouble (Proverbs 6:23-26). True beauty comes from having a gentle and quiet spirit and pursuing a relationship with the One who created me-both my physical appearance and my inward being (Peter 3:4-5).
Praise God that we do not need to make an effort to please the world, it is in striving to please God alone where true fulfillment and blessing comes from.
May you feel encouraged and God be glorified,
Cristina, a lowly homemaker
Basic Truth: Beauty is only skin deep.
Now obviously we have all heard this before, but have we really captured the Biblical truth behind this statement? Peter 3:4-5 tells us:
"Do not let your adornment be merely outward—arranging the hair, wearing gold, or putting on fine apparel— rather let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God. For in this manner, in former times, the holy women who trusted in God also adorned themselves"
The World tells us that we need to be beautiful. The world tells me that I need to want, pursue and create physical beauty so that I not only feel good about myself, but so that others will want to like me, be like me, and in essence worship me.
however,
God's Word tells us that beauty comes from the heart. Physical beauty sometimes encourages me to think proud, sinful thoughts and can even lead to trouble (Proverbs 6:23-26). True beauty comes from having a gentle and quiet spirit and pursuing a relationship with the One who created me-both my physical appearance and my inward being (Peter 3:4-5).
Praise God that we do not need to make an effort to please the world, it is in striving to please God alone where true fulfillment and blessing comes from.
May you feel encouraged and God be glorified,
Cristina, a lowly homemaker
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