Thoughts from my Weekend

First I have to extend my sympathy to the families in Yazoo county that was devastated by a tornado Saturday. I don't have anyone close to me but the pictures are alarming. This is a town that is only a hour away from us. The weather channel just aired a story of a mother of 3 young boys who lived in a trailer. She gave her life by lying on top of a mattress to protect them underneath. Can you IMAGINE? My heart breaks. I think the boys were between the ages of 1 and 5.



All of this and more going on while I'm worshiping with a wonderful group of ladies at Beth Moore's simulcast event "So Long Insecurity" I'm a huge fan of her's because she dares to be real. She has a passionate love for Jesus Christ that I can only strive to obtain.

We focused on Eph. 4 Mainly verses 1, 17-24 and 32

As always my eyes were opened and my heart was focused on these points:

When we are easily offended, it is a result of insecurity.
Insecurity does not bring humility.
Insecurity is a form of pride. It makes us focus too much on ourselves (i.e Does she look better than me? Did they talk about me? Can I do this? )
When we are secure we believe that God forgives us, We believe that God loves us. In return, we are more able to forgive. We are more able to love. We won't need others to love us back in order to love them.

We will not be secure on accident. We have to decide to use our wills to stay in the will of God. It's an everyday decision.
How is this done? Daily prayer and reading the Word.
The result: we will start responding to situations differently.
When we believe and know we are forgiven by grace, we forgive.
When we GIVE something away, we cannot also keep it.
Grace is the only thing we can give away and keep.

I could go on and on but I think I have covered the high points. I must admit I struggle with this all the time. To not take everything so personally . If I had not accepted God's gift of Grace 12 years ago, there is no telling what type of woman I would be today. I don't think I would like her very much. Once we face that we can't save ourselves, we are freed into a new life of forgiveness and wonderful blessings.