Hello everybody,
On Thursday mornings the ladies from MI(1st year) get together and we take turns sharing(1 of us each week) what the Lord has been teaching us. It was my turn on Thursday. So I thought I'd share with you in a nutshell what I shared on. The Lord has been teaching me, that when I am focused on myself instead of on God, how it not only effects my relationship with Him, but also with, Jim, Arika, and my friends.
Time-management is one area. I don't take the time that I should with Arika. I get to "busy", but not really with anything of importance.
With Jim it affects Him feeling appreciated. Also I realized that I am so much of a taker instead of a giver. We are both to give 100%.
With Friends, I tend to be negative instead of being encouraging.
It also affects my weight. I focus on myself and want to eat what I want to eat. And I rely on food for comfort instead of looking to the Lord.
But in all of this, I can't do it. The only way to work on these areas and be able to improve them, is to allow the Lord to work in and through me. I thank the Lord that because I am His child, He has given me everything that I need as it says in Phil. 4 Even the strength to rely on Him. In and of myself I am nobody. But because I am IN CHRIST, I have everything I need. Phil. 4:13 I can do ALL things THROUGH Christ WHO STRENGTHENS me.
So in a nutshell that is what I shared on. The Lord is continuing to work on me in these areas. I am so thankful that the Lord's Grace is sufficient for me.
His Humble Servant,
Joy