...Just Some Insight...

So, last night I was doing my Bible study time and I asked God to reveal something to me, anything. It seems like I am one of those people who are hard headed and I don't understand what I read when I first read it, especially the Bible. So, I have been praying for God to open my eyes and my heart and allow me to read his word and understand it and it just jump off the page. Well, ask and you shall receive. He brought me to this verse ...Everything we have has come from you, and we give you only what you first gave us! 1 Chronicles 29:14

I wrote out the verse in my journal and then I started listing out the things that God has given me that I am to give back to him. I listed my money, my time, my spouse, my children, and a few other things and then as I sat there I began to think about all the other things that God has blessed me with that I don't ever think of giving back to him. I don't even look at these things as "gifts" that need to be brought back to the feet of Jesus (I just love that song and lately I find myself walking around singing that song in my head all day long....we fall down, we lay our crowns, at the feet of Jesus). So as I'm sitting there thinking I begin to write down my next list....joy, praise, peace, comfort, compassion, and a few others. It hit me like a lightening bolt...zzzzaaaappp! We carry our tithe into church, we volunteer at Sunday School or with our youth, we bring a covered dish to a function, we sing in the choir, etc. But how often do we give God our joy, our peace, our comfort, our compassion? I personally struggle with personal relationships and I felt so convicted last night because I know that I have not been giving Jesus EVERYTHING back that he has given me. Who am I to decide what is God's and needs to be given back? The way I speak to my children, the affection I show my husband, the compassion I show a stranger, the joy that I show a co-worker.... God has given me EVERYTHING, he has not healed my heart he has given me a new one. He has put my brain back together and made me think in a totally different way, he has blessed me beyond compare and I am to give it ALL back to him...even the smallest most insignificant thing...it is his.

I have been praying for God to reveal my talent to me...I want him to show me what I am to do to serve him and he is revealing to me more and more every day that he has given me the talent of words....yeah you heard me I officially got the gift of gab! =) So today I have been praying all morning on what I should do and it hit me like another bolt....share your insight with your girls today so that is what I have done. I hope you have a great day! The leaves are falling, the weather is changing and oh, there is Christmas music on the radio and most of all me and God love YOU.....