Wednesday, April 7, 2010

YOU’RE AMAZING (Vineyard)

As you travel through this life in your plans

And in your dreams and in everything you do

May you know a peace inside as you hear

The Father’s voice and the songs of love He sings to you

He says that you’re amazing

He says that you are His special one

He says that you’re his special child

And there’s no one else like you

He says that You are beautiful,

Do you know that you make him smile

Do you know that you’re His heart’s delight

Do you know that you’re amazing

He says that you are amazing

“You pile blessings on him, You make him glad when You smile”.  Psalm 21:6 MSG  I didn’t get enough sleep last night, my body didn’t have enough time to rest and restore (yesterday’s devotion).  I stayed up and watched a “somewhat” unrealistic TV show about losing weight.  These people lose tons of weight in a short period of time.  It seems “too good to be true”.  I know that one day in a matter of seconds, I will have a glorified body that is weightless.  What a day that will be!!  But, here we are today, back to reality….I love You, Lord Jesus.  Thank you that I am glad when You smile at me.  To think that the King of the Universe enjoys me.  To think that this awesome God listens to me when I call, to imagine that He watches me as I rise from my sleep.  To think that He surrounds me as I walk through my day.  I am amazed that He says there will never be another me on this earth.  I am amazed that He has called me His child and loves me passionately (more than I love my own family).  His love will not pass away.

….”The sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied”.  Proverbs 13:4  This scripture hit home with me yesterday and I wanted to write about it this morning.  What is the difference between the sluggard and the diligent.  The sluggard quits, the diligent keeps going.  Both of these types desire something, they both have dreams, desires and plans, but I see the sluggard just going back to bed and stop trying and I see the diligent getting up, time and time again, no matter how hard.  I am thinking of two people that I know…one becomes so overwhelmed with life that they just go to bed, the other one has almost the same type of problems, but he continually tries.  This scripture says the one that quits, gets nothing.  It also says that the one who keeps on and on is fully satisfied. 

It’s the winner in me.  Jesus is the winner in me.  The only way that I could have made it, is Jesus.  He gives me the strength to get up, wipe off my knees and “go again”.  I can only pray for the sluggard, it breaks my heart that he doesn’t get up.  What makes one “stay down” and another “get up”?  I see it happening, I don’t have the answers myself, but I know the One who does and His name is Jesus.  Jesus, I pray today for those that I see that are so discouraged and defeated that they can’t get up.  Allow me to be the one that brings Your water to them.  Give me opportunities to bring them to the Great Physician.  Let me share with others to be diligent and wait for the One that will renew their strength.  I praise You, Lord for continually reminding me that You are faithful.  I can trust You, I can be diligent because I know You are the answer to everything that happens in my life.  I love You, Lord Jesus.  Where could I go, what could I do, without depending on You?  There are no mountains too high, or valleys too low.  Today I am

Leaping on Hinds feet on High Places,

Mary Ann