Oprah

Lots running through my mind the last few weeks. When you make bold statments about how you want to live your life-Expect challenges. Expect opposition. Expect others to disagree. Expect confrontation. Expect lonliness. Expect weird looks and comments.

The real question is...what do you do with what is right in front of you? Do you fall under pressure? Do you crumble when things don't turn out how you thought they would? Do you stop pressing in when things get hard? Do you stop looking for 'home' when you feel as if you've lost your way?

Following Jesus isn't meant to be complicated. But we complicate it, I myself am guilty of this, especially within the last month. The verse I've been meditating on today is Proverbs 3:6, 'Seek His will in all you do and He will show you which path to take'. The only reason I'm feeling lost is because I somewhere along the way decided I was a big girl and could pick my own path. I demanded my own way and protested that my way was better. I am humbly admitting I was wrong.

I have had no peace the last few weeks. Everything has turned into drama. Forget about a sound night of sleep. Why, you ask? Because I've been attempting to do it alone. We were never meant to live life alone...God created within us a deep passion for Him. No wonder all the other things I've sought out have been less than satisfying. I'm so thankful that it only took me three weeks this time, rather than six years to see that my way was not the best way.

All this brings me to the title of this post...this week at work I was having a conversation with the ladies I work with about something completely random and someone said, 'Well, Oprah said that...'It was something so ridiculous but because Oprah said it, well it must be true. Immediately I felt the Holy Spirit say, 'Sarah, do you believe me like that? Do you take my word for what is says as absolute and complete truth?'

How come we will believe a woman we don't even know before we will believe our Creator? Not many Christians you come in contact with would tell you that they don't believe what God has to say. But when you take a minute to examine your life, are you living like you believe it? We have to believe Him enough that it changes how we live.

'Worrying implies that we don't quite trust God is big enough, powerful enough, or loving enough to take care of what's happening in our lives. Stress says that the things we are involved in are important enough to merit our impatience, lack of grace toward others, or our tight grip of control. These two behaviors communicate that it's okay to sin and not trust God because the stuff in my life is somehow exceptional.' Crazy Love.

Who are you believing today? Who are you trusting? Man or God? Him who changes daily or Him who never changes?