Monday, April 6, 2009

encouraged.

"I know, O Lord, that the way of man is not in himself,
that it is not in man who walks to direct his steps."
Jeremiah 10: 23

Still clueless as to what my job and income will be starting next month. It's a little hard to swallow that I will be living with my parents again at the age of 24 with no knowledge of how long I'll have to be there. This reality has taken me in many different thoughts of frustration and questioning my own ears as well as the Lord's. If you were to read my journal, you'd see many exclamation points and question marks...
 "Are you listening?" 
"Can you hear me?" 
"Talk to me!"
"Do not hide yourself!"

Ha. Who am I to question if the omnipresent God is listening to me? However, I am continually coming back to my knees, eyes up, hands lifted acknowledging who He is and who I am not. It's the only place that makes sense. And in that place, there is overwhelming awe of His power and glory. I read this and am reminded that He is above and beyond anything I need. 

"There is none like you, O Lord;
you are great, and your name is 
great in might. 
Who would not fear you, O King
of the nations? 
For this is your due;
for among all the wise ones of the
nations
and in all their kingdoms
there is non like you...
But the Lord is the true God;
he is the living God and 
the everlasting King.
At his wrath the earth quakes,
and the nations cannot endure
his indignation...
It is he who made the earth by
his power,
who established the world by 
his wisdom, 
and by his understanding
stretched out the heavens. 
When he utters his voice, there is 
tumult of waters in the 
heavens,
and he makes the mist rise from the 
ends of the earth. 
He makes lightning for the rain,
and he brings forth the wind
from his storehouses."
Jeremiah 10: 6 - 13

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