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Asking someone "what is beauty?" seems like an easily answerable question. Most people probably go to the physical characteristics they find attractive, others may take about a person's personality, they're character traits, etc... What do we think is beauty within ourselves? When you really have to answer that question for yourself you may be surprised at the process and what you thought you thought beauty was. I want to warn you before you continue reading that I am going to be real, raw and transparent in this blog, so, continue on at your own risk :) My journey in defining my own beauty and my own perspective on beauty started a little more than two years ago. First, I was diagnosed with breast cancer, and like anyone else, they are words you never think you'll hear and then they become scary words. Many thoughts race through your mind...what's next, what will I have to endure, how bad will it really be, etc...But nothing can prepare ...
Sometimes we just need to stop and pray. Our minds are racing, our “fix it” gears are in motion even though there is no “fix it” answer. When we don’t stop and pray (or we pray half-heartedly) we begin to get discouraged and frustrated when we don’t see movement. If we can contend in prayer we will build up our inner man. How you ask? As we are led in prayer beginning with a heart of thanksgiving we find ourselves edified and encouraged even (maybe even especially) if nothing in our outside circumstances have changed. I love that sometimes we just don’t know how to pray and that’s ok even though it feels like a difficult spot to be in. We want God’s will but we also want our desires. I have been in that place more often than I care to be recently. I want my desires but I also want God’s will. Just last week I decided I have put my petitions (my desires) before the Lord a lot recently. Now, in order to not pray against the will of God, I have begun to pray daily in the Spirit when I am ...
The Lord is desiring to remind us today that He can do it, He will do it and He is actually now doing it. When we are unable to make something happen, when we are unable to produce something, when we are unable to "fix" something or cause something to be birthed is when we are the most vulnerable and at the same time the most open for God to move in our lives. Ephesians 3:20 tells us "NOW glory be to God, who by His mighty power at work within us is able to do FAR more than we would ever dare to ask or even dream of -- infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts or hopes." (emphasis added is mine) How exciting when we break that down and at the same time take Ephesians 3:20 at face value. God can do what we need Him to do, He is willing to do what we need Him to do and He is MORE THAN ABLE to do what we need Him to do. This is where we must place our trust and hope! That God is able to do FAR MORE abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, pray f...
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