7/25/14
I have just returned from an eight day vacation in which I
visited my parents and siblings that I had not seen in almost two years. I normally come home from there feeling very
sad and filled with a lot of guilt due to the fact that I don’t get there more
often. This time I returned home with a
renewed hope for myself. I believe the
difference this time is that I got enough rest and relaxation time with God in
the middle of it that I was able to sit back and enjoy the precious moments of
my vacation with family, instead of dwelling on the past and beating myself up
for not spending more of the past thirty years there. I allowed myself to be grateful and full of
love for everyone, and not be focusing on what I have missed during that
time. The simply and wonderful answer to
that is Jesus. I walked with Jesus
during every moment. It is amazing to
see the beauty of life when you have Him sitting with you and walking hand in
hand with you. I feel a renewed hope
within me.
“You are God my Savior….my hope is
in You all day long.”
Psalm 25:5
NIV
NIV
I now feel ready to move forward with my life in a way I
could not see before. I am capable of
making the necessary changes to my career in order for me to be working with a
much needed passion once again. I don’t
know what those changes will be or exactly where I will be going, but, what I
do know for a fact is that my Savior will be in the center of it. I know that He has so much in store for me,
and He is going to bring about my change from the inside out. That is how He does it…..from within my
heart. Just knowing that and keeping my
focus on Him and the way He will change the way I think about myself; I know
that I will be living my life being the person He created me to be.
“God knew what he was doing
from the very beginning. He decided from the outset
to shape the lives of those
who love him along the same lines as the life of his Son.
The Son stands first
in the line of humanity he restored. We see the original
and intended shape of
our lives there in him. After God made that decision
of what his children
should be like, he followed it up by calling people by name.
After he called
them by name, he set them on a solid basis with himself.
And then, after
getting them established, he stayed with them to the end,
gloriously completing
what he had begun.”
Romans 8:29-30
The Message (MSG)
Written by
Kelly Dobyns
Anyone who puts Jesus at the center of her attempts to figure out where her life is going is on the life track. With Jesus at your center and paying attention to His direction for our path we cannot go wrong,
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