Journey of Worship

 I was asking for the wrong thing, expecting the right thing... change my circumstances, Lord, so I can be a better person, worship You with more of my life, be a better wife, a better mother.... I am not enough because my circumstances are not enough was my cry.... If you want an awakening, a revival among your people, in your situation, you must first ask yourself if you have wept over your people and their situation; for the other's pain, more than your own. As long as I see everyone else as the cause of my pain, instead of praying for God's healing over the pain they're in, I am wearing blinders instead of seeing through the eyes of God. They are all God's children, whether they're my own, the parent's of my own, or whoever I choose to turn eyes of frustration upon rather than eyes of compassion.   Where did my cry for more actually come from?  Where did the "I don't have enough, I am not enough" idea begin?  Satan whispered, "Did He reall...

 Every new day is truly a gift of grace.  I don't deserve another chance, and I'm likely to mess up again, but God says He's not done with me yet, and I'm not done with His call for me.  Yesterday I went to bed thinking, again, "tomorrow I'm going to extend more patience and grace to my kids."  Day by day, grace by grace, mercies anew as he reveals His way to me and convicts me of another way to make my walk straight.   Ephesians 2:1-3  Once you were dead because of your disobedience and your many sins,  You used to live in sin, just like the rest of the world, obeying the devil-- the commander of the powers in the unseen world.  He is the spirit at work in the hearts of those who refuse to obey God.  All of us used to live that way, following the passionate desires and inclinations of our sinful nature.  By our very nature we were subject to God's anger, just like everyone else.  4-7  But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved ...