The Soul Of My Feet

I’m wearing way too many hats today, today I’m a mum, a wife, a business owner, a writer, a cleaner, a cook, a first aid officer, a lifeguard, a friend, a servant… I could probably think of a few more. Some days though I’m simply exhausted by what I need to get done. Somedays I just want to crawl in a hole for a few days until the dust has settled by what my feet has stirred up. So I am asking my Lord to take a few hats away today. I just want to “be” and not “do” all of the time. I would rather be a “fighter” a time fighter, I want to de-involve my self in useless worldy projects and involve myself in eternal projects that can be used in great ways by God. Mostly I just want to know whats important in this very moment…

As I was washing up this morning I started singing and these words flowed right through my heart, I dashed to find a pen and ended up writing on some paper towel!!

You are the potter that moulds me from clay
I will forever gaze on your face
I will run like the wind in your name
and celebrate the day I was saved

Might be the beginnings of a new song??

Sometimes we spend too much time wondering about what BIG things we can do for God, instead of seeing God in the small things that we do in our everyday life. The simple act of saying hello to a stranger or simply saying “thank you” to some one that needs a little boost. Once we master these small acts of kindness then God will give us a more to do for Him. There’s no point being involved in ministry and doing great things for God if we can’t shine his grace and love through the ordinary things of life. Afterall, Jesus became a humble servant and as a result he is greater than all names now. Jesus said ‘whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much’ Luke 16:10. So what are you waiting for, start loving the person next to you and God will light the way for bigger things!

My Hubby and I escaped last night to the City to spend some quality time together without the little guys. And it was soooo lovely. We couldn’t believe how alive the city was even at 11pm at night. As we wondered through the crowds I looked into the eyes of many and thought to myself, I wonder if they know what I know? I wondered whether they were living for the same God as me and for a moment I felt like I was the only one in that place even thinking that…most seemed to be consumed by the latest fad, fashion or game. Although there were dazzling lights, laughter and wealth I knew there was a heavy darkness pervading the area and for a moment I even became one of them. I realised that I could easily become one of them if I wasn’t careful. Paul encourages us in Romans 13:12 that ‘the night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light’. Now that we’re living in the light, we have to keep living in light and never creep back into the darkness which is Satan’s ultimate battle tactic against Christians.

Are you living in the light or the darkness?

I checked out SMBC this week, absolutely beautiful! I’m so excited, in fact I think I’m dancing on the clouds of Heaven today! It’s amazing though how quickly the fear factor keeps creeping back in…Doubts have been flooding my mind as to the travel part of this adventure. But seriously 2 hours out of my life in air conditioned comfort , compared to the amount of travel that Jesus walked in a day. I’m pretty sure that’s not a thought coming from God, so I’m keeping my eyes fixed on Jesus and the desire to want to know the Word on a deeper level! Here goes…

I had the scariest moment of my life this week, I lost my little boy at the park, for a moment I looked away to make sure my other little boy didn’t fall and when I looked back he was gone. At first I didn’t panic, I knew he wouldn’t leave without me? But as I searched each and every slide and swing , my worst fears spun through my mind. It wasn’t until a man walked casually into park and wondered if anyone had lost a kid as there was a 3 year old about to walk onto the beach (500m from the park) without anyone with him. And yes out of all those kids in the park, the lost one was mine. Needless to say he got the hiding of his life, but you know what I was that scared that I didn’t call on God to help, I tried to control the situtation instead of knowing that God was in control. Now I wonder if my Faith is in fact pretty shallow…perhaps God was showing me to lean on Him in the times I’m most afraid, afterall he promises time and time again that He is with me…

‘So do not fear, for I am with you;do not be dismayed, for I am your God’ (Isaiah 41:10)