Ladies if it is anything that the Lord is telling me it is that I don't have to do anything...it is not up to me!!!! I don't have to be nice when I am in a bad mood, I don't have to be a good mother when all I want to do is curl up in the fetal position with chocolate and Lifetime TV, I don't even have to be a good Christian, we have a helper...it is the Holy Spirit! I don't know what I thought the Holy Spirit was until recently, but it is a being, a gift. Throughout the New Testament Christ talked about how God was going to give us a help mate when He was no longer physically with them.
John 14: 25All this I have spoken while still with you. 26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.
Do you know how freeing this is for me? How freeing this is for everyone?!?! I can call on the name of the Holy Spirit and He will be with me. He is not just "something" that Jesus sent, but an actual being that can give us the strength to do His work. Think of how discouraged, how tired the beginning disciples were, but they were energized because of the Holy Spirit. So can we, while we are doing His work.
Ladies, God is opening my eyes to so much, no longer do I think it is up to me to serve, love, because it is not. Asking and calling down on the strength, trusting in the Holy Spirit and then doing His work, is my job. Not only that, when I stop pushing my own agenda, when I stop trying to do it so I look good, or feel good, or feel like I have to out of obligation...the desire is there, the joy is complete and I am right where I need to be, in the will of God.
Love you ladies, don't forget to post prayer request and what God is doing in your life...I LOVE YOU ALL!!
Allison
