Mark is officially through with training and out of the country. Boy has God done a lot in this past month. He has been working very hard with me and I sometimes am plyable and sometimes I am very hard headed and try and do things my way or just don't listen - OUCH. We are so fortunate that we have such a patient, loving God who truly wants the best for us, even if we don't see it at the time!
One thing He has truly been working with me on is putting on my Full Armour every day (Eph. 6:10-18) We truly had to focus on the Shoes of Peace - I was so allowing Satan to steal my joy. Focusing on the negative and not the positive, not focusing on God. I felt so like Peter who got out of the boat and kept his eyes upon Jesus and as long as he did that he was walking on the water - I can see him now with his chest all puffed up like look at me boys, I'm walking on the water. Then he took his eyes off of Jesus and wam fear took over and he began to sink. That is so me - I can be having a great day in Jesus and then I look at my circumstances and that's it I'm toast. But look at what Jesus did he IMMEDIATELY reached out his hand and caught Peter (Matthew 14:22-32). Do you know how many times Jesus has reached out his hand to catch me and I am so wrapped up in my self that I don't even catch it. I have to remind myself everyday to keep my eyes upon Jesus. Not to focus on what is going on with me through the day, but to focus on what God wants me to do through the day - who he wants me to speak to, what he wants me to do - even when I go to the grocery store - what I really need to put in the cart and what does not need to go in the cart. Kind of like my mouth - what I need to put in my body and what I don't. Kind of like my eyes - what I need to read, watch on TV and what I don't need to see and put in my head that can come out of my mouth. Kind of like my ears - what kind of music I listen to, what kind of talk I listen to that can come out of my mouth. Good in; good out ... Bad in; bad out. We really have to be aware of what type of situations we put our selves into. We have to make sure we put on our FULL ARMOUR every day so we as WARRIORS will be able to go out to battle!
