I AM

Hope for those who need it now

The promise from God to everyone who believes in Him…

I Am by CeCe Winans

I am the one yes I created the whole universe
Greater than anything in heaven and in all the earth
It’s my air you breathe so I’m the one that you should please
I am the one you need why should you be alone?

I am that I am
I’m all that you need
I can yes I can
no it ain’t too hard for me
Do you know, really know, do you really believe
Every day, every night of your life
I am

It hurts my heart indeed to see those whom I love in need
Knowing all I wonder why they never call on me
If you just ask and I can satisfy you with the things
I’ll give you everything, yes you can have it all
I tell the sun to rise, the wind to blow, the rain to fall
I move the mountains and the oceans rivers great and small
Yes everything I made I want to hear them give me praise
Especially you my children each and every day

I am that I am
I’m all that you need
I can yes I can
No it ain’t too hard for me
Do you know really know
Do you really believe
Everyday
every night
of your life

I am…

 

Church Burn Out

It’s so possible to get burned out from doing too much at the church. Sad, but true. Where more than half the population should be on Sunday mornings is where 20% are going crazy over petty things like schedules, lunch meetings, he said-she said gossip, and random details that haven’t the least to do with God and evangelism. And it’s so easy to get over committed – at least for someone like me. So I got a little upset when the schedule I don’t even keep track of starts to invade my thoughts and gets me worried. It’s the wrong approach to church and I don’t want to be waking up Sunday mornings thinking of reasons why it’d be ok to stay at home this time. Hello…don’t forsake the fellowship of believers in God…it’s in the Bible.

Check yo attitude

But my frustration really has nothing to do with other people as much as I’d like to admit it. It’s the fact that I let them get in the way. I let the lunch meetings bother me. I let my good works show as if I depend on them rather than my faith in God’s grace to get me through the days. So I run ragged and forget to check my attitude. I can’t let it get to me, as simple as that sounds. I have to check my attitude at the door because it’s the only thing I can control sometimes.

Wherever you are, blessed be the name of the Lord. The sun is still shining. Let the other details slide.

Bob Marley – Sun is Shining…listen free at LastFM

peace

Waiting

Been thinking about waiting. I was reading 1 Kings 8 and remembered a talk a while ago. It was about the resurrection of Jesus and the point was made that Mary, in all her helplessness, simply waited for Him at the tomb. I can imagine the hopelessness, the worry, the exhaustion. But God asks us to wait. He went through the same thing. He goes through it everyday – with me, with everyone. Just wait for me, I can imagine He insists. I have a plan. I am better. I have called you out and separated you. Wow.