I Spent Some Time With Me...

I spent some time with ME this afternoon and I relished every moment. I think I'm going to make this a weekly appointment. No one else is invited besides God. I spent some time just reflecting on where God has brought me to and the direction to which he was now pointing me. I reflected on the times I had allowed fear of failure and the comments of those around me to stifle and prevent me from shining as God would have wanted me to. I feel renewed and ready once again to take on all the obstacle that is yet ahead. Its amazing how even one minute spent in God's presence serves to put everything in perspective once again. So you can just imagine the renewal and growth that takes place when you put deliberate efforts into spending a hour or more with the only one who is able to restore balance to one's life. Wowww!!!

I wish that everyone would come to realize as I am now doing that we need to calue our own company. We need to feel secure in our own presence or how else do we expect others to feel comfortable around us. We should be the one making ourselves laugh first before we allow others to do so. We should be the one complimenting ourselves before we begin to accept flattery from elsewhere. We should love ourselves before we seek the approval and acceptance form frail human beings who are prone to hurt and put us down.

But the bible clearly says that we are unable to love if we do not know God because God is love. With that in mind, why not spend some time to develop a relationship with the Master Lover. I promise that this is a decision that you will never regret!!

1 John 4:7-10

The Message (MSG)

God Is Love

 ^7-10My beloved friends, let us continue to love each other since love comes from God. Everyone who loves is born of God and experiences a relationship with God. The person who refuses to love doesn't know the first thing about God, because God is love—so you can't know him if you don't love. This is how God showed his love for us: God sent his only Son into the world so we might live through him. This is the kind of love we are talking about—not that we once upon a time loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to clear away our sins and the damage they've done to our relationship with God.