A thought for our week....

Happy Sunday friends!

Well, as far as thinking of something deep and intellectual to share for this week, I got nothin'! :)

However, I am reminded that simple truths are often way more profitable to dwell on. So I want to encourage you on one thing for this week. I want to challenge each and everyone of you to think on this, to dwell on it, and to let it be your driving force, the one thing you strive after and ask God for...

Rest in Him.

I'm sure for many of us, this is easier said than done. For me especially, resting in the Lord is such a struggle. I am the kind of person that always feels the need to be doing something profitable. It is very difficult for me to admit that I am indeed a mere human and that I do need rest!Even these few weeks of summer have been hard for me because I am not at all used to the concept that I don't have any deadlines or things pressing so hard for my every moment. So God has been speaking to me about this.

Be encouraged dear friends. There is rest to be found for you! Will you surrender? Will you acknowledge that your weakness is His strength? Will you be at peace? Give yourselves permission to be refreshed this week. You will see such a difference I promise.

So stop and rest in Him this week!

The Lord God: My Helper

I thought I would share with all of you what I read in my devotions this morning. I can't even tell you how much the Lord just spoke to me through it. I have been strengthened and have once again been able to see my Savior as He truly is...my Savior, my Strength, my Hope, and my Help. Enjoy!

"Help Lord..."

Psalm 12:1

The prayer itself is remarkable, for it is short, but seasonable, sententious, and suggestive. David mourned the fewness of faithful men, and therefore lifted up his heart in supplication; when the creature failed, he flew to the Creator. He evidently felt his own weakness, or he would not have cried for help; but at the same time he intended honestly to exert himself for the cause of truth, for the word "help" is inapplicable where we ourselves do nothing. There is much of directness, clearness of perception, and distinctness of utterance in this petition of these two words; much more, indeed than in the long rambling outpourings of certain professors. The Psalmist runs straight forward to his God, with a well-considered prayer; he knows what he is seeking, and where to seek it. Lord, teach us to pray in the same blessed manner!

The occasions for the use of this prayer are frequent. In providential afflictions, how suitable it is for tried believers who find all helpers failing them. Students, in doctrinal difficulties, may often obtain aid by lifting up this cry of "Help Lord", to the Holy Spirit, the Great Teacher. Spiritual warriors in inward conflicts may send to the throne for reinforcements, and this will be a model for their request. Workers in heavenly labor may thus obtain grace in time of need. Seeking sinners, in doubts and alarms, may offer up the same weighty supplication; in fact, in all these cases, times and places, this will serve the turn of needy souls. "Help, Lord," will suit us in living and dying, suffering or labouring, rejoicing or sorrowing. In HIM our help is found, let us not be slack to cry to Him!.

The answer to the prayer is certain, if it be sincerely offered through Jesus, The Lord's character assures us that He will not leave His people; His relationship as Father and Husband guarantees us his aid; His gift of Jesus is a pledge of every good thing; and His sure promise stands:

"Fear not, I WILL HELP THEE."

-Morning and Evening-

Charles Spurgeon

So what does it really mean....this thing called "Endurance"?

Hello friends!

Well, its around 9:30 pm on a lovely Sunday night, the 13th of June, to be exact. I am listening to Brandi Carlile (my new favorite artist) and am in deep thought.

Tomorrow is my last Monday morning as a Junior in high school....wow!! Can't honestly say that the time flew by, but now that it's finally here, I can't help but chuckle. Monday mornings.....ugggggghhhhhh!!!! I don't know about you, but those are the worst mornings for me. Actually, I think the Sunday nights are the worst, because all I can do is dread the upcoming morning.

Yet God is so faithful, and really has been showing me something:

E-N-D-U-R-A-N-C-E

Yes, oh that lovely little word. Why oh why reveal this Jesus? I mean geeesh! Can't you just give me something EASY to work on?! Endurance! C'mon!

But as He always does, God always gets His way with me despite my grumblings and childish questioning.

So friends, needless to say, God HAS been teaching me so much about enduring. Here I am, needing to endure one last Monday morning. Here I am , needing to endure one final week of school. Here I am, needing to endure the trials and struggles that never fail to present themselves to me. Here I am, needing to endure the pain of waiting for the ONE boy the Lord has waiting for me.

And here I am, standing with arms wide open, waiting for my Savior's strength to just overflow and spill out on His servant; I stand on my tip-toes to see the mere edges of His ways. For none of us can see or even imagine what our Loving Father is doing behind the scenes in our everyday lives. We cannot even comprehend the gifts He is storing up for us.

I felt so strongly that I was to share this with y'all. Be encouraged in our mighty Savior. He is right next to you, whispering in your ear, coaching you on. He is calling us to endure in whatever your season of life may be. Maybe you moms are just so weary form your sweet little ones never falling asleep. Maybe you young men are fed up with being in the same boring place for so long. Maybe you Dads are needing to be encouraged to keep providing for your family. Perhaps you are waiting on the Lord for something, like healing or an answer to a prayer? Or maybe you single guys and gals are just plain discouraged because you are tired of waiting for God to bring you that one special person. Whatever your struggles may be, just remember that our Father has not given us anything we cannot bear, and that His strength is made perfect in our weakness!! And no matter how hard the race course, HE WILL NEVER ABANDON US!!!! He has not, and will not ever leave or forsake us.

So lift your eyes!!

Pressing Onward,

Hannah

Oh Father....HELP ME MAKE IT!

Hello friends!

So yeah... I am finally back on. This whole concept of actually having time to blog is still quite foreign! But at last, I have conquered the top of the hill, and it's just a matter of endurance to the end of the school year.... just what...11 more days?? Yay!!

Needless to say, I've been pretty discouraged just because it feels like I still have SUCH a long way to go yet...but the Lord knows about that too :) He has never once failed to be faithful to me, and even through this grit and grime, I know He will continue to sustain me.

Some exciting news! I am officially enrolled in an LPN Nursing program! This fall, I will start my nursing career! I am so excited, so stressed and so hopeful for what God has. It sounds like it is going to ba an exreamly difficult and rigorous course... so much for an easy, carefree senior year! lol

Yet I know this is just another small sacrafice compared to the rewards that will follow. After 3 semesters, I will be able to get a job anywhere as an LPN. What a blessing!! No more borrowing money from the little sissies for Starbucks!! ;) I know THEY'RE excited about that too!!

So all that to say, please keep me in your prayers. I am weary and so in need of a renewal. Trusting that it is already on it's way...

Have a wonderful week friends! Remember to lift your eyes!! So much more is hapening than what we see with our human eyes...Our King of Kings is on the move!

Pressing Onward,

Hannah

Aslan is on the move!