Be Still & Blog.... already.

Ok, so this post has nothing to do with the title except for the fact that I talk about birds... consider yourself warned and lower your expectations:) I’ve suddenly become fond of birds (most of them, anyway). I used to not notice them and thought they were kind of gross since they leave a mess on your car and sometimes on you if you’re not careful(yes, it's happened to me before). But now, I sometimes get a little giddy? inside when I see a bird…it’s kind of like I have an inside joke with the bird that the rest of the world doesn’t know about. This change of heart has only come about in the last year. When I was on training staff at Maranook one of the girls would sing “His Eye is on the Sparrow” which I knew but I guess really hadn’t paid attention to the words. Or at least didn’t see the significance of them in my own life. Now every time I see a bird, I find myself singing “His eye is on the sparrow and I know He watches me.” N...

It happened.. is happening. The entrance into blogging world. weird but no worries, I won't be taking it by storm or anything.  Why would I name my blog this?  Well partially because that's what was available… but mainly because “Cease striving and know that I am God" (Psalms 46:10a) has been the constant theme of my life for over a year. Because I am a grace-earner who for the most part has no idea and who still struggles with being still before Him. (if there was a grace-earners anonymous I'd be there weekly) Yet, His grace is sufficient and His power is made perfect in my (and your) weaknesses so we can boast all the more gladly of our weaknesses! Thankfully, He didn’t just say “be still and know that I am God” and leave me to figure it out but has been patiently working this out in my life over the past year. I wouldn’t say this season of life has been easy; at one point I remember asking Him if I could really trust Hi...