Ann's blog was
so so good today. Just what my heart needed after an especially rowdy, talkative, "self-focused" day. So forgive me for blatantly copying and pasting, but I need this truth tonight!
"A million little things will happen this week — and
there are always really only Two Choices: You get to decide whether you
want to Complain. Or whether you want Communion.
Life’s complicated. That’s clarity: Complain… or Communion.
Your Reality in Christ is that you’re
100% saved, redeemed, accepted, carried, cared for, watched over, provided for, comforted, loved.
Christ isn’t just sort of for you, Christ is 100% for you –
your Reality is 100% safe in Him.
As for expectations
— your expectations have a direct correlation on your irritations. The higher your expectations, the greater your irritations.
Mama’s watching the girls run down the shore and she’s about told it to me as many times as the waves keep lapping the shore:
Expectations kill relationships.
Your Expectations in Christ are that you don’t deserve anything, can’t earn anything, don’t merit anything —
your expectations are 0% in and of the flesh. It’s all grace.
The formula for life turns out to be blessedly simple:
Reality in Christ (1oo%) – Expectations (0%) = A Happiness — that has nothing to do with what Happens
The waves just keep coming and they can."
I'm weak. I'm small. I never have all the answers. But when I commune with Him...when I invite Him in...when I'm led by Him, I'm strong. He's enough. His truth will prevail. And that deep joy resides through waves or storm.
