God’s Pearl in the Making.
I’ve been feeling the pull to blog for a while now, but sort of resisted, if you know what I mean. . . Seems like something keeps interfering, i.e. myself. God is really working on my heart about the new year being a time to renew my commitment to Him, and in my case, that means honoring Him by changing my relationship with my husband and my kids. In a couple of days I will share the scripture that has been laid on my heart as the means to do that very thing. In the meantime, I want to share what I read in my devotional book this morning. It further confirmed what God is asking me to do. LOL!!!
This comes from Five Meaningful Minutes a Day by Charles Swindoll.
“January 6
If it weren’t for irritations, we’d be very patient, wouldn’t we? But like taxes, they are ever with us. When it comes to irritations, I’ve found that it helps if I remember that I am not in charge of my day . . . God is. And while I’m sure He wants me to use my time wisely, He is more concerned with the cultivation of the qualities that make me Christlike within. One of His preferred methods of training is through the adjustments to irritations.
A perfect illustration? The oyster and its pearl.”
Hmmm. Not hard for me to see how God is talking to me. I am the kind of person that likes to be in charge. I like to have things under control. It gives me a sense of protection when things are in order exactly how I think they should be. When things aren’t or people around me cause things to go (in my opinion) awry it causes me no small amount of irritation. My husband would also confess to the fact that I am not a very patient person. I am seeing a very clear theme to the message God is sending me repeatedly over the last few months. He is so clearly speaking to me that I don’t really dare to ignore it anymore. It’s time to let God make my life a pearl. Will you join me?
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