Blab....

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Ok, what was I going to blog about??? Oh, yes....

I am reading a book called, "Walking With God" by John Eldredge.

It is really helping me in my walk with God.

I've struggled with some things in my walk. I seem to compare my walk with other people. Not Good! If I would hear someone say, God told me to do this or that. I often would wonder why God never speaks to me like that? Are they lying and just want to look cool or am I just not as holy as they are?......

I'm learning that we are all at different places in our walk with God.

Just a couple years ago, I look back at things I did and didn't even feel a bit convicted about doing. Now I'm like oh my gosh, I can't believe I did that or said that. It's because I've grown in my walk.

And thank God I'm growing....ha! I still got a lot of growing and learning to do!

I got an email a couple days ago from a young girl who just became a Christian that asked, "How do you know God's will for your life?" She said she prays and asks God for guidance but doesn't hear anything....

Yikes...why me?

It sure challenged me to have to write back to her...but reading this book helped me as well.( I'm only half way through)....

The Bible is our rule book of faith and practice.

If we know and understand the scriptures, we will be well on our way to having His guidance and will for our life.

We need to first examine our life. God never guides His people contrary to the clear principles of His written Word.
We need to know what pleases Him and what displeases Him.

There is no substitute for walking with God, sharing with Him, and talking to Him daily (see Isaiah 58:11). When you do that, you will experience His direction and His correction. You will come to know what His desire is for your life (see Psalms 25:9, 32:8, Proverbs 11:3). This relationship develops over time, not instantaneously.

Spiritual maturity forms a basis for guidance.

Another key to know God's will for our life is found in the book of Proverbs, : "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding: In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths" (Proverbs 3:5).

This means that you are not only to know God, but to trust Him implicitly. Every aspect of your life is to reflect His sovereignty over you. "In all your ways acknowledge Him" means in your work, in your family, in your personal life, in your thought life, in your recreation, in everything you do, you acknowledge that God is in control of you. Then, lean not on your own understanding. If you think you know all the answers, if you have everything all figured out, then you are leaning on your own understanding. If you trust God, acknowledge Him in the way that you live, and do not lean on your overconfidence or past experience.

Let Him guide you.

There are many other ways that God can guide you. If your heart and life are centered on God and His Word you can rest assured that He will direct your path.

But why can't I just ask God,"what's your will for my life?"

The ultimate is not merely to get direction from God, the ultimate is to know God. By spending time with God. Sometimes it's difficult for us to get into His presence, because maybe He wants to see if we truly will expend the spiritual energy and exercise necessary to do so. Will we stop certain sins? Will we get rid of things that hinder us? Will we truly seek Him with all of our hearts? Will we stop and just be still? Or are we too busy?

Some people only want a quick fix. "God, tell me how to make money on this business deal, please. See you next time!" Or God, "heal my Dad." And then that is the end of it. But God wants us, all of us! He wants to change us, not merely give us quick answers to difficult problems. We will never be changed unless we come into His presence, spend time with Him, and allow Him to purify us from our sinful nature.

He's working on me...I'm trying to be still and hear Him too:)

But before I go, I thought I'd share some pictures from our 1st day back in California....

9 of the 10 grand kids came to Grandma's to play....Don't I have the cutest nephews?!!!

Dog pile!!!!

So many little ones running around!


The Greats with 9 of their 10 great grand kids and one on the way!



We all had a blast!

Thanks for listening to me blab......