Folks, it's a chilly 45 degrees here in Boone, NC and I am feeling it. Yesterday the temperature hoovered in the 40's. I think it hoovered there because of the cloud cover. Not once did the sun shine. But today is a new and sun-shinny day and I will probably enjoy warmth created by the sun--yes! I love the sun and I love the warmth it puts out.
Why do I love the sun so much? I love the light. It is a pure light. Colors look more intense under its brightness. The sun provides warmth to my cold skin. The sun just makes me happy. I open up the blinds as soon as I can in the mornings just to see it. There is another reason I love the sun and it's an invisible reason--it provides us with vitamin d, that is if we are exposed to it.
I really do and truly love the sun. I get up around 6:30 and await its rising each morning. But after writing that last paragraph, especially the invisible part, my thoughts went to my love of another Son. Of course this is Jesus. Jesus is light. John 8:12 (MSG): Jesus once again addressed them: "I am the world's Light. No one who follows Me stumbles around in the darkness. I provide plenty of light to live in." Key words in this verse: who follows Me, and I provide. Jesus promises to give us believers in Christ a light for our lives. We don't have to question "what am I doing here?, why did this happen to me?, etc. Follow Jesus closely and you'll have answers to those questions. Jesus is warmth. I think of love when I feel warmth. John 3:16 (MSG) lovingly tells us of His warmth--This is how much God loved the world: He gave His Son, His one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in Him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life." Friend, God and Jesus love you. They love you very much! In order to feel the warm fuzzies you have to trustingly believe in them. And look what you get: a whole and lasting life, not a crazy, chaotic mess of a life. And Jesus makes me happy! John 15:11 (MSG) I've told you these things for a purpose: that My joy might be your joy, and your joy wholly mature. My friend, He shares His joy with us but there is a twist. Joy wholly mature. How does one get joy wholly mature? You get it by being serious about your pursuit of Jesus and trustingly believe all He tells you. And what about the invisible part? John 14: 26-27 (MSG) The Friend, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send at My request, will make everything plain to you. He will remind you of all the things I have told you. I'm leaving you well and whole. That's my parting gift to you. Peace. I don't leave you the way you're used to being left--feeling abandoned, bereft. So don't be upset. Don't be distraught. The Holy Spirit living inside of us enriches us alot like Vitamin D but better and with more effectiveness. If you ever wanted to know the truth or to hear clarity--Holy Spirit is right there with you. Call on Him, He'll answer. Haven't you always wanted to be well and whole--He's living in you--you've got the source!
So why don't alot of us experience "The Light"? John 3:19(MSG) answers the question this way: "This is the crisis we're in: God-light streamed into the world, but men and women everywhere ran for the darkness. They went for the darkness because they were not really interested in pleasing God." Uh-oh. Does that sound familiar? If you're not interested in pleasing God then you are not fully and trustingly believing in Him.
But what if you feel like you are interested in pleasing God but can't see the Light? Verse 20 says this about you: Everyone who makes a practice of doing evil, addicted to denial and illusion, hates God-light and won't come near it, fearing a painful exposure." Will you at least admit that you are afraid of what the light will expose? If you won't admit to that then you are truly addicted to denial, yes, denial and illusion. You lie to yourself. You have bought into Satan's lies as well. And that causes you to do bad behavior. Think long and hard about this one because I really want you to see the Light.
One area we can deal with and shine light on is being too sensitive to others emotions. The problem is we receive their negative emotions personally when in actuality they were not even considering us. They have problelms of their own that they are consumed with. And there is the familiar saying "hurting people hurt people." If we are healed from ultra-sensitivity to others emotions then we may be able to help them--at least know about what area to pray for them.
21 Day Journal Note # 15
How not to be Offended by Others
1 Corinthians 10:33 (GWT) I don't think about what would be good for me but about what would be good for many people so that they might be saved.
Proverbs 17:22 (NLT) A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit saps a person's strength.
God, You have given me the ability to be sensistive to the emotions and body languages of others. You have given me this ability to help them, not hurt me. I refuse to sabotage myself with their pain, but seek ways to help them.
end of journal note.
I hope this blog has shinned a light on who Jesus is and what He does, and that He does it for you!! Ask Holy Dad to help you trustingly believe in Jesus. He'll help you, but you've got to mean it, really mean it.
Enjoy the sunshine today!!
Sisterly love to all, Wynndy
