I have this awesome devotional book that my mom gave me for Christmas last year. It's called "Jesus Is Calling" By Sara Young. It's a devotional for everyday of the year. I keep it in the car so I can read it before I go into work. The devotionals are short but powerful. This one I keep reading over and over.
TRUST ME in the midst of a messy day. (Ok, I have to stop right here and say how often I forget to do that. I am very busy at work and often my desk is a mess with patient info. everywhere and the phone ringing off the hook.) Your inner calm-your Peace in my Presence-need not to be shaken by what is going on around you. Though you live in the temporal world, your innermost being is rooted and grounded in eternity. When you start to feel stressed, detach yourself from the disturbances around you. (Let me tell you a couple of the girls at work have mouths like you wouldn't believe and they get on the phone with their significant other and fight, yell, cus aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!)
Instead of desperately striving to maintain order and control in your little world, relax and remember that circumstances cannot touch My Peace. (Praise God! He is my refuge) Seek My face, and I will share My mind with you, opening your eyes to see things from My perspective. Do not let your heart be troubled, and do not be afraid. The Peace I give is sufficient for you. ( I don't know about you, but that right there gives me revival in my soul. Reminds me how He is there, there in my messes and in the middle of the barrage of conversations that I don't need to hear. Thankfully he is here at home when the kids are tired, I;m tired but I have to carry on and cook, bathe, do dishes, check homework, and break up the fights and there too He gives me Peace. It's not easy, but so worth letting him ease my mind).
Monday, August 27, 2007
Great Devotional
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