I Think You Should Know that You're Legal...

Ever wondered if you even belonged on this planet?! I know I have.. be it my quirks, and perks =) or something as simple as how I perceive and process any given day or situation...people are different.  I have laughed way too hard in the wrong moments, and cried watching the Animal Channel because I can't stand to watch when the baby deer loses mother deer and the lion comes and ---- you know what happens next. My heart can't take it!!! :( #circleoflife

But I've digressed. Back to the point. God is so creative in His placement that we
often come into contact & even do life with people who are so different from ourselves. At times, it's wonderful, but other times it can cause us to question our belonging. It may cause us to run

My Eyes Are Watching God

There are battles that belong to the Lord... future victories, and then blessings that add NO sorrow, more victories.. There are seasons of ease and effortless flow -- and then, seasons where nothing comes easy.

 Absolutely Nothing.

 But my eyes are watching God..

God is at Work

In tragedies, in triumph..

God is at work

In the fight, in loss.

God is at work.

In your grief and your joy..
God is at work.

In the win, in the score..

God is at work.

In a newborn's chuckle, his mother's cry...

God is - at work. 

In a victory that seems very far off.

God is at work.

When it rains and pours, no sun in sight...

God is at work. God's still at work...

When you can't comprehend, and you don't understand..

God is at work.
He's putting in time.

When you loved so much harder than you were loved in return..

God's been working, working so hard.

When you find yourself soaring, over challenges and all.

God is at work.  
He's working in you.

When each preparation meets opportunity..

God is at work. He's working through you.

When life is a series of beautiful things...

Please do believe... it's God who's at work.

When you survey your life, and you're not where you started.

 God is at work; He'll continue to be.

In all that we enjoy, and even endure...

 God is never absent - never hands off.

God is with us & God is at work.

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Can you think of a season in your life when you thought all was lost?
  
God was at work.

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The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and his ears are attentive to their cry.

(Psalm 34:15)

Trust in the LORD with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will direct your paths.

(Proverbs 3:5-6)

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, said the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

(Jeremiah 29:11)

 That is why I am suffering as I am. Yet this is no cause for shame, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day.

2 Timothy 1:12

The LORD directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives.

(Psalm 37:23)

Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.

(2 Corinthians 7:14)

But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.

(Job 23:10)

"Constrained by Perfection"

I'm thinking Jesus told me flat out.. about two and a half years ago..

"Perfectionism is stunting your growth."

The "Never" Lies

I will praise the LORD, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me.

Psalm 16:7

I woke up one morning, and all I could hear was...

"Never give in to the never lies...."

"Never give in to the never lies..."

...I don't remember having a bad day prior, or a restless, sleepless night, but this one thing rang out in my heart over and over and over again... it was as if I'd need it for life.. and I do.

Funny thing is, we all do.