"Faith is moving without knowing."- Fireflight :Unbreakable
God is up to something. He always has something new for us to understand about Him. I noticed the other day something kinda interesting. I've changed this past year. I used to talk to Jesus...you know the Savior of the earth? ha...the one who was human While being God. He was my best friend. I talked to him like he was. These days i talk to God more. Yes i know they are one and the same...BUT basically im saying I changed the way I pray. It's as if when I talk to God I'm more myself and blunt because He's in control and I know He calls the shots in my life. I think over these past 5 months with all the changes in my life, I've just switched how I pray. It's like I don't talk to Jesus... who I feel can relate better...I talk to God....who, in some ways i see Him looking at me more from a distance sometimes. It's almost as if I forget that HE is still my best friend as well as my father. So lately, I just go to Him with my "Ok. You did this. Now I'm accepting it and letting you do your thing...even though it hurts." When I should just be honest with myself and go to Him in my pain, because...that's ok. I was reading Beth Moore's book outside the other day...and this one simple line got me. So I highlighted it. ha. The line was this:
"But God still feels. Beloved, God still feels."
It was like I had forgotten. My prayer life had changed to somewhat bitterness with what He was Letting happen in my life. Like, I believed it was all for a good reason one day that these things were happening, but I wasn't exactly happy with it. It was like God in return was only saying "I am doing what's best. Just wait."
When I really wanted to hear Him say, "I know it hurts. This is a hard situation in your life Danielle and I'm with you. Even though it's all gonna be ok, I know it hurts now." I just didn't FEEL like that was what He was saying to me. (this may be sorta confusing...but its just how i felt)
When it hit me that GOD, My father, AND best friend, STILL feels...it made ME feel amazing. How did I ever forget that? Of course He feels. He created US. We're made in His image...He feels too. And He feels for the whole world. Yeah, He feels and cares about me in every way.
So the point is, I can't forget that even though I go through rough times... God is in control...AND cares so much about how I feel. He's everything. So just don't forget... GOD STILL FEELS.
and question to aunt lisa if u read this...do you look at God and Jesus different? I used to seriously only pray to Jesus really....i know that weird but thats jus how i did it...even though JESUS prayed to God. ha...im jus saying...i find it weird that i do it at all....
Ha. How did you know I would be reading this? Well, of course I am. I find this topic so interesting--because I haven't figured it out for myself yet either.
ReplyDeleteI pray to God mainly (and kinda Jesus at the same time--it's complicated), but I know others that pray to Jesus mainly. Jesus prayed to God (how could he pray to himself though?), so maybe that's why I do, too. Through Jesus.
I love that you're wrestling through this. So good. Let me know if you find answers.
I love your next-to-last paragraph: yes, God is in control and does care and does feel. You summed it up nicley: "He's everything."
I always have a problem remembering he is in control.
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