Many people are weary these days. They have little strength, the days are long, and they long for more energy. They try finding it in caffeine, drugs, eating healthy, exercise, etc. Not all of these are bad but it is NOT where our strength, true strength comes from. Where does our strength come from?
"In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength" {Isaiah 30:15}. Our strength doesn't come from the world. It comes from the Lord and spending time with Him. Laine didn't care much for the things of the Lord. She enjoyed soap operas and disrespecting her husband much more until she almost lost one of her babies. She begged the Lord to save her baby and if He did, she'd spend daily time in the Word.
The Lord did save her baby and she was true to the promise she made to the Lord. We think we need to spend time with the Lord for the Lord's sake but no, we need to spend time with the Lord for our strength. We are in a battle and we need the Lord's strength to fight it since it is a spiritual battle. You'll never have strength needed if you don't spend daily time at the feet of the Lord like Mary did.
Too many of us try to be Marthas and do everything in our own strength. We're so busy that we don't think that we have time to spend daily in God's Word. The only way that we are transformed into the likeness of Jesus is to renew our mind with God's Truth. Mothers who truly want to be patient and godly mothers know that it is essential to spend time with Jesus. For the Lord is our strength, not our own ability or trying harder.
Yes, we are called to do good works but please, make it a priority in your life to know God's Word. It changes you. You look at things so much differently. You gain a heavenly perspective on life. Learn what having a meek and quiet spirit looks like and pursue it. It is the very most important thing that you can do. Wipe Jesus' feet with your life. Love Him. Live for Him. Spend time getting to KNOW Him.
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Taylor · 477 weeks ago
Lori Alexander 122p · 477 weeks ago
elleberra 15p · 477 weeks ago
I started doing that a while back. It does make a huge difference. Mostly in my attitude. I truly NEED that.
Lori Alexander 122p · 477 weeks ago
Ali · 476 weeks ago
Although I feel that quietness with the Lord is certainly vital in my walk with Him, how can you possibly believe that He makes bargains? Our Lord doesn't deal in compromise. This Sunday's Gospel reading says the following:
4 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted[a] by the devil. 2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3 The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”
4 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
5 Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. 6 “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written:
“‘He will command his angels concerning you,
and they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’[c]”
7 Jesus answered him, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’[d]”
Nine months ago, I had a miscarriage. Are you telling me that if I had merely made a deal with God, I would have my three month old child now? Simply by telling the Lord that I wouldn't watch particular television programs? My Lord doesn't work that way, I'm afraid. I work for my church. I am devout in my faith. I don't disrespect my husband, and we have a wonderful marraige. How can it be, then, that the Lord would want me to make deals with him? I'm truly heartbroken that I lost my child, but I refuse to believe that this could happen. I miscarried because it was what the Lord intended; not because I have done anything egregious. It saddens me to think that women reading your messages, many of whom follow you regularly, would get this idea-that if they make deals with the Lord, they will be given what they desire.
Lori Alexander 122p · 476 weeks ago
Ali · 476 weeks ago
"She begged the Lord to save her baby and if He did, she'd spend daily time in the Word"
My apologies for being so literal, but I was merely responding to what I read. It seems as though there are conflicting viewpoints between your blog post and your response to me. Can you clarify?
Lori Alexander 122p · 476 weeks ago