Current memory verse: 2 Timothy 1:7
"For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline."
As simple and as brief as this verse may seem, for me it is not only the memorizing but the application of the verse. I have always been a people-pleaser. I have no balance of these attributes. I confess to timidity and I do love. But power? Self-discipline? For in these areas I am weak. Also I want to learn to love more. I not only want to know the verse in my head, but in my heart and in action. I hope to meditate on the verse and that God will lead me in application.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Here am I. Send me!
Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!" Isaiah 6:8
I have always felt a presence of God in my life. I can think back on specific memories as a child where I fully believe God answered my prayers. I can remember a time when I was home alone with my younger brother Scott (he maybe 3 or 4 at the time and I was maybe 10 or 11). Scott disappeared. I could not find him anywhere in the house. I remember feeling my heart beat really fast as fear crept in. I went to our large front window and I prayed with all my heart to God to help me find my brother. To let him be okay. I was broken down in tears. Not a second later, I look outside and Scottie is running up to the house. He had gone to the neighbors. I praised God and to this day I truly believe He answered my child prayer.
Though I may have always felt God's presence in my life, I haven't always been faithful. Lately, I have been feeling this burden on my shoulders that God is calling me to change. Calling me to serve. Calling me to come. Calling me to pray. Calling me to read. I have not been in the Bible, reading His Word, as I should. Today I felt this strong desire to get back into memory verses and to reading the Bible. As I am reading, Bible Gateway's "Today's Reading", I come across Isaiah 6:8. I kept reading it over and over again. "Here am I Lord. Send me." Here I am Lord. Send me. Send me. In reading this, I know now it is time for me to submit completely to God. I have avoided submission for so long. I am ready. I am ready. I am ready. Ready for God's plan for me.
I am ready for this journey. If anyone reads this, can I pray for you? Can you pray for me?
I have always felt a presence of God in my life. I can think back on specific memories as a child where I fully believe God answered my prayers. I can remember a time when I was home alone with my younger brother Scott (he maybe 3 or 4 at the time and I was maybe 10 or 11). Scott disappeared. I could not find him anywhere in the house. I remember feeling my heart beat really fast as fear crept in. I went to our large front window and I prayed with all my heart to God to help me find my brother. To let him be okay. I was broken down in tears. Not a second later, I look outside and Scottie is running up to the house. He had gone to the neighbors. I praised God and to this day I truly believe He answered my child prayer.
Though I may have always felt God's presence in my life, I haven't always been faithful. Lately, I have been feeling this burden on my shoulders that God is calling me to change. Calling me to serve. Calling me to come. Calling me to pray. Calling me to read. I have not been in the Bible, reading His Word, as I should. Today I felt this strong desire to get back into memory verses and to reading the Bible. As I am reading, Bible Gateway's "Today's Reading", I come across Isaiah 6:8. I kept reading it over and over again. "Here am I Lord. Send me." Here I am Lord. Send me. Send me. In reading this, I know now it is time for me to submit completely to God. I have avoided submission for so long. I am ready. I am ready. I am ready. Ready for God's plan for me.
I am ready for this journey. If anyone reads this, can I pray for you? Can you pray for me?
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