Almighty Chicks: Blog & Devotional

Rest

I don’t even know where to start this one! My heart is so full and I want to say so much but the words just won’t come out. My brain is swimming with so many thoughts.

I have experienced such a change in my life. First of all I need to thank a good friend for inviting me to a different church than what I was use to going to. It has opened my eyes to the loveliness of Jesus. That has brought about the biggest change in my life in many years. In fact it has change my entire families thoughts of church and Jesus. But all of these changes are because of Jesus. For the first time in my life I’m seeing him in new light.

Matthew 11:28-29 (New International Version)

28″Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

I went to church this morning and one of the many verses that were used was the one above. That seemed to bring all of this together. For the first time in my life I have come to Jesus and he has given me to true rest. I am leaning on Jesus, not my self righteousness self. I have humbled myself before him and I have found rest.

I never thought the events of the last few months would lead up to this but as always Jesus was working in me. I never gave it much thought that I was sinning by being so self righteous. Let me explain what I’m talking about being self righteous. It’s not that I thought I was better than anyone else, it’s that I thought I could solve all the problems on my own. When I saw problems I thought “Jesus just opened my eyes to a problem, he must want me to fix it” , so basically I was working myself to death and I was thinking I was doing “God’s Will”. It wasn’t until someone pointed out to me that I was wrong by that. I was relying on myself, not on Jesus. I needed to rely, lean on Jesus and quit trying to take on the world problems myself.

Since then, that is what I’ve been trying to do. I’m sorry I haven’t been sending out many devotionals lately but I’ve been feeding my soul lately in Jesus. I had become a dry well. What good am I if my well is dry? I will continue to send out devotionals as I feel led but right now I’m taking a small break to refocus my eyes on JESUS. I appreciate all of the support you all have sent me and I still feel that God has much good in store for Almighty Chicks. So until the next time we meet, keep your head up, faith strong and make every minute count. Lots of Love, Amy J