A Thankful Heart

In the past couple of days I have realized that I keep thinking about the things that I don't have and not looking at what God has given me. I don't seem to have a thankful heart too often. I am always wondering when God is going to show up with the things I desire instead of looking at all the blessings He has given to me.

This morning I was reading in Psalm 104 and it really spoke to my heart. How amazing is our God? I don't think I spend enough time thinking about how amazing my God really is. If you have a moment you should read Psalm 104 and really think of all that God does on a regular basis. He provides for our needs. He gives us the breath that we need to live. God is in control and He has our best in mind.

The more I sit and think about these things the more I forget about the things I don't have. I think that the enemy wants me to sit in my self pity and make me think of all the things I am missing. I don't want to sit there anymore. I want to change my thought process and have a thankful heart. So that is what I am going to do. For the next few times that I write on here I am going to write about what I am thankful for. I am going to stop letting the enemy keep me down and I am going to start thanking the Lord for all the good things he has done.

Today, I am thankful for the breath that God has given me. In Him I have life! I am thankful that God giving me a purpose for living. Thank you, Lord, for having a plan for my life!

~Kim~

Weary

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap

a harvest if we do not give up.

Galations 6:9

This past week the Lord put a word on a friends heart for me. He said to my friend that I have been growing very weary. At first when I heard this I was not in agreement with that word. "I am not weary!" I kept saying to myself. While sitting down that next morning, spending time with the Lord, I began to look up the word weary and scriptures that talked about being weary. I began to understand what the Lord was saying.

This past year has been a lot of "plowing" ground for what the Lord wants to do in and through my life. As I look over the past 10 months I have seen God strip things from my life, including my comfort. I have been seeking the Lord and doing what he has asked of me, even if I am not understanding all that he is doing. I have really been trying to walk out the "doing good", as the scripture says. The Lord has given me many promises and I believe he is faithful and these things will come to be in my life.....so I will keep doing good and wait.

While waiting on the "harvest" to come forth in my life, it is encouraging to know that I have friends around me. Friends that I can be real with. Friends that will walk beside me and pray. Friends that don't always have the answers, but they are willing to listen. God has blessed me with some pretty amazing friends!

~ Kim ~