Day 1: Today's thoughts have been on prayer. I. love. prayer. It hasn't always been that way, in fact this has been the year of learning how to love praying. This senior year of college has been... challenging. Not academically necessarily, but life just has those moments when it gets hard and awful and you just want it to move on already... you know? I've been forced on my knees to pray some of the most genuine, humble, pleading prayers I have ever given. As a result some of my lowest moments have become moments that I have loved. If anything they bring the best out of me. They help me go from selfishness to selflessness as I pray for those around me. They help me go from proud and stubborn to humble and submissive as I have asked for guidance. And during some of my loneliest moments prayer has delivered comfort and love. I know prayer can be answered in many ways. Sometimes those answers come fast sometimes they are slow. Sometimes they appear suddenly other times they are so subtle that you don't notice it until you view the picture in hindsight. While my various challenges haven't disappeared, I have learned that when I do pray I become a person who can handle the challenges better. Prayer reminds me that I am not alone.#LentChallenge2014
Day 1: I will begin with this basic but fundamental truth. We are all spirit CHILDREN OF GOD. Sons and daughters beloved by the Most High. Everyone of us on this earth. He loves us so much and wants us to be happy.
Day 1: Humility is one of the hardest virtues to learn, but honest to goodness, it is the magic fix it button for life.
Being teachable, being able to say "I don't know the answer, but will you teach me?" Is sometimes the hardest thing we will ever do. Having to say, "I was wrong." Sometimes feels like pronouncing a personal death sentence.
But those times I ate my humble pie, and admitted my mistakes, my ignorance, my weakness, and then opened myself up to learning, listening, and changing, have been some of the most precious moments of my life.
We are all weak, we all need to be taught, when we are humble we learn far faster, and the lessons are far sweeter.
I know we do have a loving Father in Heaven who is all powerful, all knowing, and all loving, and often He is just waiting for us to humble ourselves, so He can teach us. When I humbly approach Him, I am always blessed.
#40daysoftruth #LentChallenge2014
Being teachable, being able to say "I don't know the answer, but will you teach me?" Is sometimes the hardest thing we will ever do. Having to say, "I was wrong." Sometimes feels like pronouncing a personal death sentence.
But those times I ate my humble pie, and admitted my mistakes, my ignorance, my weakness, and then opened myself up to learning, listening, and changing, have been some of the most precious moments of my life.
We are all weak, we all need to be taught, when we are humble we learn far faster, and the lessons are far sweeter.
I know we do have a loving Father in Heaven who is all powerful, all knowing, and all loving, and often He is just waiting for us to humble ourselves, so He can teach us. When I humbly approach Him, I am always blessed.
#40daysoftruth #LentChallenge2014
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