"My grace is sufficient"

"My grace is sufficient": Prayer Raper : I'm a prayer raper. And I only know for sure that I am, because my husband coined that term one day, when I interrupted one of our conversat...

The story of Israel wandering the desert is such a remarkable lesson to me. It's funny because not only had they experienced the miracles of the exodus, but they daily received food, guidance, law, and shelter from God. Daily. Almost immediately, they became so complacent with the manna God gave to them and with fact that miracles were happening, they began to sin and fall away. And it took them MUCH longer than it needed to for them to reach the promised land. I can't say I blame them. I am just like those guys. God works such miracles in my life. I try to write them down. From finding a cell phone in rocks on a jetty, to providing me a way through graduate school, I can look back and literally see God writing a love story to me through my life. He is constant in his provisions and blessings. Some I ask for, some I don't. But all of them point me to the fact that He is a generous, loving, kind, glorious Lord. But I so often forget. I get complacent. My day goes on, and...

23  For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. 24  Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.  Ephesians 5:23-24 Ugh. This one gets me every time.  I really don't spend much time questioning the workings of our Lord. If I am questioning anything in my faith, it's my faith. Usually, I ask God to reveal my sinful heart. What am I doing wrong? I bring it before Him, and ask for wisdom. I confess my sins. I try to look for opportunities to serve Him. My prayers are spent often, in praise to God. I ask Him for wisdom as far as where to go, and what to do. I long to bring Him glory. Okay, before those who are adamant regarding women's rights close their minds to this blog post, hear me out. After considering the verse in Ephesians, I have been looking into what God has in store for me, as a wife. The first question I would ask might be: wha...

I get questions a lot about the reason behind the amount of energy that I have. It's true. I do. Two kids, full time job, Jazzercise instructor...I am not the type to like to sit down very often. If this blog comes of as prideful, condescending, or interfering; I apologize. I am not the kind of person to feel obligated to boast in anything. In fact, I truly give glory to God for the energy that I have. It seems like when I am following Him, I always get excited and feel energetic. Anyone who follows the Lord can understand that feeling of excitement that takes place in following our Savior. And I know that what I am about to talk about is literally rooted in the blessings that he has given me. I talked a little bit about them in my blog post: Battle.   I was running the other afternoon, and felt led to share the reason behind my insanity. Honestly,  I can directly attribute the fact that I have so much energy to the fact that I have found such blessing in staying active. S...

I'm not going to try to make it seem like I have it under control. I am under pressure and stress with the best of them. It is hard getting out of bed early to get work started. And the impact I want so badly to have on my boys is always stifled when I start to get frustrated. I feel overwhelmed with work, and raising kids, and cleaning the house. I want to be a better friend. I want to be a good wife. I feel a lot of pressure that I have no doubt most of us feel at one time or another. I want to be a blessing to others and reveal God's glory, but there are so many times that I fail, thereby adding more pressure. And it can unravel at times. Do you ever ask where God is in the midst of it? Like God, if you are here, why am I so stressed? Why do I fail? He has been ministering to me about this a lot lately. It started as I was reading through 1Peter where he talks about trials. In 1Peter 4:12, he says: "Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suff...

I notice I think I am smarter than I am sometimes. I almost skim through the Bible and think, "ya ya" "yup, I know that." "Sure God, I've read that before,"  "yeah, heard that." "That doesn't pertain to me..." "I don't need to know about those people. What is the relevance to my life in this?"  And I search often for like a sentence or a term that would apply to me that day, or perhaps inspire me. I look for something I can agree with, and close my Bible to get on with my day. So silly. God decided to kick my butt this year. Oh really, Lindsay? You know that? You can do that? I don't know a whole lot about God's word. I know I don't, now. Ask me at the beginning of 2012, and I could tell you that I knew all about the Bible. I'm learning that His word is not just to be heard, but to be lived. His breathing, Holy spirit is alive. And it is significantly moving in His Word. The Bible. ...