Tale as Old as Time...
A Lesson Learned:
I had an excellent weekend. One of the lessons God taught me was a lesson of will. For the last several months I have been working through the challenge of submitting my will to the will of God Almighty. I struggled through the lesson of learning to pray "Thy will be done," and God gently and firmly showed me over and over again that I must yield to His hand, and trust Him.
On Saturday a new dimension of His will was made known to me. The concept I had so long been dealing with in my life, had now developed into the truth that: I know His will. God showed me that I shouldn't be content with simply praying "Thy will be done." I must also realize that His will is written out before me in great detail. By reading His Holy Word I learn His will.
My lesson is to live His will out. It's an active waiting on His name. I often dwell on the possibilities of the future, which is why it was so important for me to yield my will to His, but now I must work on living for today. Living out His will this moment, and then trusting that He will care for tomorrow and all the days after that.
A simple lesson, but one I must strive to establish in my life. I hope it makes sense. See, I have come to the point in my life when I desire the will of God above all else. What I now realize is that, that claim is not just something for the future; it is very much a present claim. It's something I must/can do something about at this very second. I am learning that the will of God won't be done if I simply trust Him with my future. The will of God is done by my moment by moment decisions. His will is done when I choose to serve and obey Him with my whole heart.
Some of you may be wondering why I titled this post "Tale as Old as Time..." That is one of my absolute favorite phrases in one of my favorite songs. Love is a tale as old as time. It's God's love that is so strong, so beautiful and so pure. It's His steadfast love that brings me to the point of desiring Him. It's His unfailing love that is so breathtaking. I don't know, I see the connection, but I think differently than a lot of people. =)
Love you guys.
posted by Becca @ 9:32 AM
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The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases. His mercies never come to an end. They are new every morning. Great is His faithfulness.
~Jeremiah~
um you just took that song totally out of context but thats okay b/c you seem like the kind of person who doesn't realy care what things mean you just make up your own meaning for them
lol, that would make Becca a relativistic person, but she really isn't. She very absolute, especially on some certain points. lol
wow all of you are good at taking things out of context and making up your own meaning. Not a good trait. what things mean is what they mean and when you take them out of context you look like a moron.
Really, she didn't take it out of context.
The song is of love. Becca is speaking of the love of God. She's not saying that the song is speaking of God's love in particular. She is relating the two.
God does love us, and that is a tale as old as time.
It's not translating or pulling something out of context. It's relating.
If I said I liked the color blue, and someone translated that into me liking Blues Clues, that's pulling something out of context.
Anonymous you are silly.
Becca... you rock my socks off! I am so glad to hear about what God has been teaching you. I am learning a lot along the same lines. Our God is undescribably AMAZING! How great is it that He doesn't give up on our slow learning abilities. His love is older than time, and it NEVER ceases!
Blessings on you from your head unto your toes!
I love you!
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