I wish I would have....

...read a proverb a day when I was a teenager!  :)  It is a habit I am just getting myself into (I'm doing better at this habit than working out, but its stilll a struggle). 
Today I read Proverbs 25, and I have to say I really enjoy the wisdom that pours from those verses.  So many of them apply to me right now. 
Proverbs 25:16 "Have you found honey? Eat only as much as you need, Lest you be filled with it and vomit." :) lol
About two years ago, I began focusing my "cravings" on God rather than food.  Thanks to Lisa Terkuerst's book Made to Crave I have been able to rely on scripture and the Holy Spirit to deny my cravings for food and lean more on God.  It has been a long hard journey, but I am almost to my"goal weight!"

Proverbs 25:28 "Whoever has no rule over his own spirit Is like a city broken down, without walls."
This year I have been applying the truths of this verse to my life, and I am amazed at the peace it has brought to my life.  I am in a "crazy busy" season right now, and I was feeling very stressed.  I was not happy with the way I reacted at times, and I needed something to help me change.  When this verse was shared with me, it was life-changing!  I can control my reaction to others by the power of the Holy Spirit!  YAY!!!!  I know it sounds so obvious now, but I was really struggling with this, and to be honest sometimes I still struggle.  I don't like being  "like a city broken down, without walls." I want to be able to control my emotions and reactions, but I was so frustrated becasue I couldn't change!!  This verse, along with some experiences I went through changed me,thank you God!


There's some other verses in there that are ministering to me, also.  I just don't feel comfortable sharing right now.  Maybe later.... ;)

So, lesson learned....

A proverb a day...keeps the devil away! 

Haha, yeah if it were that easy, but it does help! :D

Purpose...

The purpose of this blog is to share my God and all the blessings and lessons He guides me through!  He loves me with an everlasting love, and I am amazed daily at the way He works in my life and the lives of others around me.  The most amazing thing He has done for me and to me was take this broken vessel of my life and make it something of value and use! 

Jeremiah 18:2-4(KJV)

² Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.
³ Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.
⁴ And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.

I am called to be a reflection of God, by the saving grace of Jesus, and the power of the Holy Spirit!  This blog is not about me, and what I am or know.  It is about God, and who He is....  It is my prayer that the words here bring Him glory and draw you closer to Him.