Comments on: Dealing with Children Growing Up http://www.thewhisperofgod.com/2009/10/dealing-with-children-growing-up/ Your source for daily spiritual inspiration! Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:03:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jeanie Sartin http://www.thewhisperofgod.com/2009/10/dealing-with-children-growing-up/comment-page-1/#comment-143 Jeanie Sartin Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:31:37 +0000 http://www.thewhisperofgod.com/2009/10/dealing-with-children-growing-up/#comment-143 Thank you. I needed this at this moment , in my life. Thank you. I needed this at this moment , in my life.

]]> By: Jessie http://www.thewhisperofgod.com/2009/10/dealing-with-children-growing-up/comment-page-1/#comment-122 Jessie Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:02:31 +0000 http://www.thewhisperofgod.com/2009/10/dealing-with-children-growing-up/#comment-122 This is a very real depiction of God. Someone once painted an analogy for me that made God's love more transparent: If you could, would you force someone to love you even if you had the power, or would you want them to chose to love you on their own? Gos has already chosen us-ME (though I feel undeserving) and it is up to me to chose HIM. I have chosen to believe in him, even to love him, but sometimes I am not the best at that relationship. In the "real world," I would say that I am a passionate and true love-er. I am thoughtful, easily excited, appreciative, and transparent. But how can I define my relationship with God? Is it one of affectionate pursuit like that of a future spouse, or like the supportive friend? Do I give the time, do I say the words, to I show thankfulness in my actions and behavior? Do I act like one who has given her heart to Him? I can't answer yes to all those questions all the time. It is up to me to chose him EVERY day, with every action-with every choice. I must change my thinking and remember that my life is lived out for him and not for me-after all he did lay his own son down for me. It is easy to forget how very real his sweat and blood were that day Jesus died for us. I have found myself too often to be the bench warmer-a coasting soul- riding on the wave of salvation without the respect for the wave that could swallow me whole but holds me up instead. What I am currently going through is a trial of patience, faith, and perseverance. December will mark a year that I have been graduated with a Degree in Fashion Design and Marketing, and I have yet to go on one fashion design interview, let alone be offered a position. I am discouraged, jealous, and anxious, and I must CHOSE to trust God in my situation. Those negative reactions are reflective of the Devil. If I say I trust in God, I really must trust and let go of my anxieties. I must recognize what I have to be thankful for, and take positive and progressive steps toward my goals regardless of whether or not I think they will amount to anything. A God who can lay down his son to save the World is a God that can certainly handle a job placement problem. Maybe he is testing me, or tweaking me-either way I am being equip for what is to come-and he has a far better plan than I can conjure. God has dropped me off at the dorm room of Life-and I have frequently forgotten that he is only a phone call away. He is not just there when I need something-though that is when I remember-but ALWAYS. Wanting to help, but letting me learn. How patient is he-waiting on a sinner with such little faith. How blessed I am. The sooner I begin to view this test as training for a divine purpose, the sooner I will be ready for it. This is a very real depiction of God. Someone once painted an analogy for me that made God’s love more transparent: If you could, would you force someone to love you even if you had the power, or would you want them to chose to love you on their own? Gos has already chosen us-ME (though I feel undeserving) and it is up to me to chose HIM. I have chosen to believe in him, even to love him, but sometimes I am not the best at that relationship. In the “real world,” I would say that I am a passionate and true love-er. I am thoughtful, easily excited, appreciative, and transparent. But how can I define my relationship with God? Is it one of affectionate pursuit like that of a future spouse, or like the supportive friend? Do I give the time, do I say the words, to I show thankfulness in my actions and behavior? Do I act like one who has given her heart to Him? I can’t answer yes to all those questions all the time. It is up to me to chose him EVERY day, with every action-with every choice. I must change my thinking and remember that my life is lived out for him and not for me-after all he did lay his own son down for me. It is easy to forget how very real his sweat and blood were that day Jesus died for us. I have found myself too often to be the bench warmer-a coasting soul- riding on the wave of salvation without the respect for the wave that could swallow me whole but holds me up instead.

What I am currently going through is a trial of patience, faith, and perseverance. December will mark a year that I have been graduated with a Degree in Fashion Design and Marketing, and I have yet to go on one fashion design interview, let alone be offered a position. I am discouraged, jealous, and anxious, and I must CHOSE to trust God in my situation. Those negative reactions are reflective of the Devil. If I say I trust in God, I really must trust and let go of my anxieties. I must recognize what I have to be thankful for, and take positive and progressive steps toward my goals regardless of whether or not I think they will amount to anything. A God who can lay down his son to save the World is a God that can certainly handle a job placement problem. Maybe he is testing me, or tweaking me-either way I am being equip for what is to come-and he has a far better plan than I can conjure.

God has dropped me off at the dorm room of Life-and I have frequently forgotten that he is only a phone call away. He is not just there when I need something-though that is when I remember-but ALWAYS. Wanting to help, but letting me learn. How patient is he-waiting on a sinner with such little faith. How blessed I am. The sooner I begin to view this test as training for a divine purpose, the sooner I will be ready for it.

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