Knowing God: Pressing On

I'm overwhelmed with God's LOVE. My life has been inundated with hope and peace concerning His many promises to me.

Yahweh, my great and mighty creator, is doing something NEW & BEAUTIFUL.

How can I not praise Him?

Psalm 100 "Make a joyful shout to the LORD, all you lands! Serve the LORD with gladness; Come before His presence with singing. Know that the LORD, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.

Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name. For the LORD is good; His mercy is everlasting, And His truth endures to all generations."

That new and beautiful thing is probably not a dating relationship. In this season I will simply seek God for the spiritual, physical, and especially emotional healing I need. God is giving me the best gift: Himself.

There is a quote that I have come back to time and time again from a very godly book entitled "Knowing God" that I have been going through. (It is the spiritual equivalent of climbing Mt. Rainier... not crazy difficult but big enough to challenge you)

"But these private mock heroics (poor me syndrome) have no place in the minds of those who know God. They never brood on might-have-beens; they never think of the things they have missed, ONLY OF WHAT THEY HAVE GAINED."

Philippians 3:7-10 "But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ.

What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith.

I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead."

True knowledge of God = Everything else is rubbish by comparison

Having a healthy outlook on bummer situations can sometimes be difficult but I have found that a huge portion of scripture with a prayer chaser is exactly what sends everything that is keeping me from trusting completely in the LORD scurrying.

Add in a loving and God-fearing family, some exercise, and a few job applications and you've got yourself a winning combination! Know I'm praying for all of you friends and that God has given me such a LOVE for you! Who knows when this will be useful for someone but right now this is helpful for me....

This isn't emotional barfing (believe you me) but it is sharing how incredibly good has been to me by not forcing me to choose but ordering my life exactly according to His purpose right now. He knew that I was in a weak position and he peacefully gave me an out. (Then I got hit upside the head later on in an email but it was nice to finally have a definite END to something that could've continued on for years to come.... whew!)

;) Kate