Think, think, think (as winnie the poo says)

Morgan is cracking me up with the whole think, think, think thing. She will point to her head and say it over and over. I finally figured out that it was from Pooh.
She is at her Mimi and Pop's house a.k.a Rods parents. I miss her like crazy. Anyway, today I was getting a bath and she of course MUST take one with me. There are no private moments with a 3 year old. Anyway, she said oh mommy, as she pointed to my face, you have some boo boos. I need to kiss them. Yep, I had some acne and she kissed my boo boos and asked me if they felt better? My child keeps me honest.

I was having a time of anxiety today and I parked at the gas station (before I was going to visit my friend who works there) and started doing a bible study from "Stepping Up" this is my second time to do it but I guess I just did not absorb it all the first time.

On the lesson I was on, Beth was talking about how God doesn't just tolerate us. He loves us. So many times I have felt like I have just out sinned Gods ability to forgive...which is a lie. When Adam and Eve sinned in the garden they hid from God and we do the same thing. When we have really blown it the enemy comes along side with condemnation and reminds us that we are dirty, or that because of our sin we can no longer pick up the Word of God. Let me be here to tell you...when you have blown it and feel ashamed the FIRST thing you need to do is pick up the Word of God and run to Him. Allow Him to heal you and penetrate to the broken places in your life and heart. Don't buy the lie that you have blown it too much to be in the word. God sees our hearts who better to go to and find healing and restoration.

Anyway, I read this:
"Regardless of how long we've been Christians and how deeply we've studied God's Word, most of us don't really believe down in the marrow of our bones that God is entirely, wholeheartedly, and unwaveringly on our side.

I know some one reading this has felt like they have sinned so much that God does just tolerate them and that they should just exist or be put on a shelf until the day they die for whatever it is that they have done. NOT true. With Christ is full redemption and while sin has its consequences the Lord can restore anyone. We are deeply loved. We are not cheap and we were bought at a price. We are Holy to the LORD.

Here is a verse I just loved today!

Joshua 23:10
10 One of you routs a thousand, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as he promised.

God is for us and if God is for us who can be against us? The loving boundaries He sets in place in our lives are for our good. I have learned the hard way that when I went off on my own, following my own desires that God was true, right, and meant for me to be unharmed is why He set boundaries for me.
He loves you so.