I don't believe there is one great thing I was made to do in this world. I believe there is one great God I was made to glorify. And there will be many ways, even a million little ways, I will declare his glory with my life.
Emily P. FreemanTag: god glorifying-god
But understand that the reason it is so difficult to extend forgiveness to those who have failed us is because we are unable to receive forgiveness for our own failures.
Emily P. FreemanTag: forgiveness failures
The best part of hiding is being found.
Emily P. FreemanYou are worried and bothered about so many things; but only one thing is necessary, for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her" (Luke 10:41-42)
Choosing to please God sounds right at first, but it so often leads to a performing life, a girl trying to become good, a lean-on-myself theology. If I am trying to please God, it is difficult trust God. But when I trust God, pleasing him is automatic.
Anything we do to get life and identity outside of Christ is an idol, even service to Christ. He doesn't want my service. He wants me. And from that life-giving relationship, "streams of living water will flow from within" (John 7:38 NIV)
The story of redemtion and healing is that Jesus came to exchange my not-good-enough with his better-than-I-could-ever-imagine. He came to trade my life for His, my weak for His strong, my ashes for His beauty. He longs for each of us to recieve the gift of Himself.
Emily P. FreemanLife is so much further from my control than even I know.
Emily P. FreemanTag: life
He (God) never promises that our families will be safe. Not in the way we think. He does promise his presence, though.
Emily P. FreemanEven though I may feel unsafe and unacceptable, I am accepted in Christ.
Emily P. FreemanTag: god safety acceptable
To accept the lively, the messy, and the unexpected things in our days, knowing that God sees them and has an eternal perspective, is to say with confidence I receive your timing.
Emily P. FreemanTag: life perspective god time
I choose to believe God rather than my feelings. I choose to believe I am acceptable even though I feel unacceptable.
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