Father, sometimes it feels like I am a fireman and there are constantly little fires that need to be put out. I get one put out here and then there’s one over there. Before that one is out, there is another one or two somewhere else. I could get panicky, but I look to You and there is calm. There is a steadiness that I can see in You, but don’t necessarily feel in me. It helps so much to quiet my soul, but I have to look to You. The fires will come under control, and You help to keep me under control. I love You, Father. Thanks for loving me like You do!
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As I sat to write tonight and knowing what tomorrow is, I looked back to last year’s post on this day. I about fell over when I read my introductory prayer and realized it fits where we are as a family today, as well! I will say again, it helps so much to quiet my soul, but I have to look at my Father. He is in control even when so much else is not.
Today’s post lands exactly six years after my very first post way back in 2015. I had never blogged before, but despite myself, God continues to use me. I am still far from perfect, but God takes what I freely give Him, and He multiplies as He sees fit. Honestly, when I sit down to write it is a rare thing that I have any idea, at all, about what I am going to write. There are times when I feel like what I wrote isn’t going to impact a living soul. And ofttimes, those posts are the ones people comment on! I am nothing in and of myself, but with God, I am more than useless. When I give Him my offering, no matter how small, He blesses it. And once that send button is hit, the results are out of my hands and God takes full responsibility for them. It’s a weight He bears magnificently, and I am grateful that I no longer need to.
So as I am want to do, being this is my 6th Blogiversary, I enjoy sharing some stats. In the past six years, I have published 1,518 posts. They’ve been viewed over 60,000 times! God has led over 32,000 people from 142 countries and 16 territories to witness His impact on me. And I know that He impacts them, too!
Maybe for some, it changes a life. Others may have one more drop of God’s mercy to moisten the hardness of their hearts, drawing them ever closer to Himself. Only God knows and eternity will tell, how He has used what I have given. May I remain faithful to His call on my life. And you…you cannot sidestep His call! We are all called by the Creator God of the universe to follow Him, giving Him what we have to offer, no matter how small. And He will bless your offerings as well!
The verse that I have held onto is one that I came across and shared on my very first blog, oh so long ago. Ephesians 1:4 proclaims,
Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. NLT
And I have to share it from the Amplified Bible as well!
…[in His love] He chose us in Christ [actually selected us for Himself as His own] before the foundation of the world, so that we would be holy [that is, consecrated, set apart for Him, purpose-driven] and blameless in His sight.
He loves us and he has chosen us! What more could we ask! You, my friends, are MORE THAN USELESS!
June 16th, 2021, Wed, 9:54 pm
