15 out of 20 You are working all things out

Woke up this morning and decided to spent some time in prayer. I think I needed it so much. I don't know what I would do if I didn't have Jesus in my life

I happen to read this:

“No human being was ever meant to be the source of personal joy and contentment for someone else. Your spouse, your friends, and your children cannot be the sources of your identity. When you seek to define who you are through those relationships, you are asking another sinner to be your personal messiah, to give you the inward rest of soul that only God can give.

"Only when I have sought my identity in the proper place (in my relationship with God) am I able to put you in the proper place as well. When I relate to you knowing that I am God’s child and the recipient of his grace, I am able to serve and love you.

"However, if I am seeking to get identity from you, I will watch you too closely. I will become acutely aware of your weaknesses and failures. I will become overly critical, frustrated, and angry. I will be angry not because you are a sinner, but because you have failed to deliver the one thing I seek from you: identity.

"When I remember that Christ has given me everything I need to be the person he has designed me to be, I am free to serve and love you. When I know who I am, I am free to be humble, gentle, patient, forbearing, and loving as we navigate the inevitable messiness of relationships.”

-- Timothy Lane and Paul Tripp

 This song gave me great encouragement. I think I have a decision for tomorrow morning. These scripture verses guided me a lot.

1)  Nothing is impossible with God. (Luke 1:37)

2) And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. (Romans 8:28)

God is calling me to have hope. Hope is something unseen. 

God is calling me to have faith. Faith is something unseen. 

I went to Inwood Church this evening. It was such a blessing to worship God. After church two of us made a trip to the apartment of a elderly church member. I am glad I tagged along. 

I am waiting for my Ajo to call.