“Take these hands, I know they’re empty but with You they can be used for beauty in Your perfect plan. All I am is yours.” 
 

Phil Wickham-“All I am”

Beautiful colors all around me, oh
Painted all over the sky
The same hands that created all of this
They created you and I

Reflecting on nature should teach us of God’s work as sovereign creator and
sustainer of all life:

7 But now ask the beasts, and let them teach you;
And the birds of the heavens, and let them tell you.
8 “Or speak to the earth, and let it teach you;
And let the fish of the sea declare to you.
9 “Who among all these does not know
That the hand of the Lord has done this,
10 In whose hand is the life of every living thing,
And the breath of all mankind? (Job 12:7-10)

"“…Joshua said to the people: ’Shout, for the LORD has given you the city!’…And it happened when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat” (Joshua 6:16 & 20, NKJ).

Why don’t you do like the Israelites and give a shout of praise anyway. Stand and believe that God is at work even if you don’t see it. Before long, those walls will come down, and you’ll move forward into the victory He has prepared for you!"

The love of Christ!

"Your sense of weakness, of your unworthiness, of your fearfulness, is no proof against you, but rather for you. The sense of all this is permitted to manifest the greatness of Christ’s condescension — and to fill you with gratitude towards him for loving one so sinful as you are.

Your doubts may rob you of your comfort — but they shall not deprive you of your title to Heaven. Your fears may distress you — but they shall never separate you from the love of Jesus. Your weakness may alarm you — but it will never cause Jesus to reject you.

Remember — your doubtings and questionings things dishonor Jesus. Therefore lift up your prayer against them; make use of every means that is calculated to destroy or suppress them; and never, as you value your peace or the Savior’s honor, never by any means encourage them. He loves you — but not your doubts, your fears, or your misgivings. For these he will reprove you — but cannot cease to love you."

— James Smith

Philippians 2: 1-11

¹So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, ² complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. ³Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. ⁴Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. ⁵ Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, ⁶ who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, ⁷but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. ⁸And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. ⁹ Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, ¹⁰so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, ¹¹and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.


Dear God,

never let me forget.

psalm 47

Read this out loud to yourself 5 times with no distractions. You can read it loudly, slowly, quietly, or even crying in amazement. Sentence by sentence. Think about what it is truly saying to you, in your own life, & your situation. Praise Him! Worship Him however you want and however you prefer but I really think you should consider it and proclaim this. It is so amazing and also so easy to forget. Our God is so beautiful. Reading this over and saying it out loud really makes you full of joy. Worshiping Him in a different way. He is our King and strength.

Psalm 47: 5-7 ESV
"God has gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
Sing praises to God, sing praises!
Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
For God is the King of all the earth;
sing praises with a psalm!"


---Worship is a conscious glorification of God flowing from an inner attitude of lowly submission to His authority and awe at His majesty.

Hatched.

COOL so i have discovered that a spider has decided to lay her eggs in my bathroom. They apparently hatched... I keep finding and killing little baby spiders. Oh but I also found out that spiders can produce several egg sacs, each containing several hundred eggs. Boy, I am lucky!