Hi! My name is Amy, and I’m so excited & thankful to be here today. I blog over at Sweet Home Santa Barbara, where I love talking about just about anything going on in my life. That usually comes out in the form of sharing what God is doing in my world, but it can also include gushing about my love for Santa Barbara, my love for my amazing friends, and/or my love for Starbucks. Which is just about on par with my love for fashion, puppies & babies.
Today, I wanted to share a little realization I recently had.
Maybe you’re like me, and you really, really love the Lord, but sometimes find yourself not being the best representation of Him. Maybe you’re like me in the fact that you could win an award for your over-analyzing skills, especially when it comes to what others think of you. Maybe you’re like me {and Paul in Romans 7}, where you want to do one thing, and somehow find yourself doing another. Over, and over again.
I’ve recently been finding that I really need to work on being slow to speak, and quick to listen. I’m walking away from conversations thinking “did I really say that?”, or simply wishing I had been more careful with crafting edifying words.
After this happened twice in 24 hours, I really gave myself a stern look & a good pep talk to start working on this. I was giving myself a slap on the wrist, and a homework assignment to start being way more intentional about thinking before speaking, but then it dawned on me. I can focus on my words all I want, but my words are flowing from my heart. The long term solution isn’t gonna come from practicing a behavior, it’s gonna come from jumping into the life-changing love of Jesus.
As I realized this, peace washed over me as I graciously thanked the Lord for redirecting my thought process. It can be so easy for us to think we need to fix ourselves. We notice the inevitable things in our life that fall short of the glory of God, and start applying our own self-help solutions. We forget that we have a God who is fully capable and fully willing to help us, Who wrote an entire Book full of heart-transforming truth.
And so today, I’m thankful for a God who is more than ready to instruct me, and teach me. Who finds great joy in counseling me with love.
He sure is one awesome God, isn’t He? Be blessed today, friends!
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Such a great and inspiring post! Thank you so much, Amy, for sharing with us today! This post really resonates with me and helps to remind me that it all flows from your heart, and that's what we should really be focusing on!
Brianna
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Ohhhhhh I really liked this. Thank you for giving me something to be thinking about:) Beautiful post!