Every Nanosecond

I saw that picture and remember playing that game a bunch of times....FUN!  The time crunch created so much anxiety (but it was addictive)...every second counts!

Isn't it wild that when you have to do something you are fearful of....or doubt yourself in....or that makes you anxious.....so many times you tell someone about it and they give you a horror story :) That makes me kind-of laugh now.  I see it all the time...for example....an expectant mom is about to have her first baby and someone decides to tell her all about their 48-hour labor and excruciatingly painful delivery.....WHY?  

What does that benefit anything?

We all know something about fear....we feed it or we let others feed it and then it stops us in our tracks with road blocks like doubt, anxiety, feelings of inadequacy...regret, guilt....shame.  

she is scared--

though her poise and speech cast confidence

she is weak--

though her discipline and manner show strength

she has doubts--

though her wit and debate exude certainty

she has fallen--

though she dances with grace and clings to integrity

she feels guilt--

though she is forgiven and seeks holiness

she is blind--

though she advances toward the light and prays for wisdom

she struggles with lust--

though she confesses her sins and pursues purity

she battles envy--

though she knows her GOD is the only source of contentment

she is SO IMPERFECT

BUT

HER GOD IS HER SALVATION

SHE IS ME

BUT, I AM HIS

and HIS strength is made perfect in my weakness

It truly isn't about the many times we fall....it is all about knowing and loving the one who picks us up....

HE IS ABSOLUTE LOVE and perfect love casts out all fear.  Where I have fears, I have not accepted GOD'S perfect love or allowed HIM to teach me all HE has for me to learn at that place. AND, GRACE....WOW....it didn't just SAVE US (past tense) it is SAVING GRACE (past, present, and future....REJOICE IN THAT!)

When I am listening to HIM and really allowing HIM to work on issues in my life,...because LET'S BE HONEST....no matter how long we have been a Christian we still have issues.  AND, at some of our weaker moments (when, ironically, we think we are hulk-ably strong), something that we thought could never have any power over us somehow manages to affect us.  WHERE DID THAT COME FROM?!  Well, it was probably because we were coasting on our own strength....at least that is usually how it happens for me and then I realize I have not been drawing my strength from HIM.

WE NEED HIM EVERY NANOSECOND....every one of them counts!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuvfMDhTyMA

So, teach my song to rise to YOU.