Short, But Sweet: Late Night Revelation

One thing God revealed to me today: There are so many times that he reaches out to us and we make broken promises to him, pushing him lower and lower on our priority list-basically, to the back burner. God actually wants us to talk to him and experience his love and his presence. He is pulling on us daily, while we cling closer and closer to things and people that are either not worth it or at least are not as important as God PERIOD! We may laugh at how stupid people in the bible seem when they worshiped their false idols, but we are actually guilty of doing the same thing now. Our money, car, clothes, significant other, family, friends, hobby, job, and so on all become our god-when we place it before God, our Heavenly Father, on our priority list. God wants a relationship with us, he wants to communicate with us, he wants to reveal his will for our lives to us BUT we will not be fully open to this until we wholeheartedly place him first. And yes, I am saying God comes before your family, your friends, your job...Without him in our lives, we can have all of the money in the world, but this means NOTHING! You can be sooo in love with your bf, ladies, but once he does something that nearly breaks your heart to pieces who can you lean on?? Things of this earth come against us daily and are constantly changing; nothing about it is 100% trustworthy/stable. At this point, there are some of us who have somehow allowed something or someone to distract us/come before God...let's get back on track. Surrender it all to him. The amazing thing about God is that as many times as we leave him hangin, he is still there waiting for us with open arms. He is so understanding!!!! Unlike any human being or earthly possession that we tend to place too much of our trust into. We allow these THINGS to become our foundation when there is only one foundation that will never fail us. Building from any other foundation besides Christ will somehow/someway fail us!!! We need him and all the while he desires for us to need him, seek him, depend on him, trust in him ♥ ♥

A Prayer to Those Who are Suffering: Hurricane Sandy

           This storm, if it worried you before, during, or after, has caused a lot of damage! I'm sure many of us on the East Coast took the weather warnings, for Hurricane Sandy, very lightly. I always say that one reason I love living over here, is because we never experience natural disasters. So, those of us on the East Coast are definitely spoiled, in a sense. I look at it like this: We should look at it as a blessing to live in an area that is rarely hit hard by any storms. On another note, there are some who were hit HEAVY by Hurricane Sandy! We can turn on any news channel right now and get updated on all of the damage that the storm caused. It saddens me! There are people going back to see that their homes are gone, dead bodies being taken out of the floods, little food, no water, no heat!!! But as I digress...I just wanted to take this time to thank God for protecting my family and loved ones who experienced the effects of Hurricane Sandy. Here's just a bit of my testimony: My car gave out this past weekend, so I got "stuck" in Southern New Jersey, at home. And just to think, I could have been in another location, with no power, barely any food, and further away from my family. With no car, I have not been able to make it back to school as easily as it would have been, but my school is still closed. In addition to that, there are some personal/family things going on at this time, so it's actually best for me to be here at home. To continue, many of us are enjoying this time given to relax at home and to spend time with loved ones, but there are others who are actually grieving, due to loss. So, we should take this time out to care for others-we can do this by just sending a simple text making sure that they are safe, and of course sending a prayer up to our Heavenly Father will do. I would suggest that we take this downtime to reflect and to thank God for his grace and mercy. We have to make sure we pick out ANY bit of good that can be found in our struggles, such as the ones we've been faced with from the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Sadly, through a storm that some of us can easily make light of(which I'd rather, than for everyone to be in fear!), there were a number of deaths and destroyed homes. This is serious! So thank God if you, your family, your friends,   and/or your home was spared. And be prayerful for those who suffered more. I've been concerned and prayerful about the homeless, who may not have been able to get into a shelter during this storm. We really have to be grateful for the "little things." It can go a long way. I have to be reminded of this daily! So how about we be prayerful and take some time to help in any way that we can! Let's not complain..there is always someone else worst off than you (may be easier for me to say because honestly we did not get hit as hard down here but that's a blessing..luck has nothing to do with it!) 

                

         So I would like to pray: Lord, I pray that those who lost loved ones, those who lost prized possessions, and those who lost homes from this storm will seek you in this time. I pray that this will be a situation that brings them closer to you, Lord, simply because through you they will find true peace...That you keep them and strengthen their hearts. Lord, I pray that in this tough time, you get all of the glory that you most certainly deserve. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

PS: Here are some websites where you can volunteer to help those who are in need at this time!  http://unitedforimpact.org/
http://interoccupy.net/occupysandynj/
http://www.unitedway.org/

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And God loves you like crazy!