Paige Aleah

"Beloved, God is not tired. Nor is God tired of you. He delights in your attentions even when you practice them much like you did yesterday. He waits for you to awaken, and He anticipates His time with you. When you and I ignore Him, He is disappointed. Somehow in His self-existent essence and omniscience, His foreknowledge does not cheat Him of reactive emotion. He laughs when you delight in Him. He listens when you speak to Him. He honors you when you persevere with Him. In all the changes He is making within you and me, He rejoices in the few things that call for blessed sameness. Lets stay faithful, you and I.  "Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up"(Gal. 6:9). "

Beth Moore, Believing God 

I have found myself successfully diving into 4 books now. Why I don't start and finish a book before I start another, I do not know. I have sort of neglected my Beth Moore, Believing God book over the past couple weeks so I decided when I woke up this morning that I would finish it. Every single time I crack open that book I put it down so encouraged and ready for whatever the Lord has for the coming days. So, another question to ask myself, Why don't I crack the book open more often?

Well, I can't answer that either (ha!) 

Anyway, I found this excerpt in my reading today and I just can't get over how much I love it. I wish I could frame it and hang it up in my room where I can be reminded of it all of the time. 

It is such a good reminder that the Lord's love for us is so deep. He delights in us, and He really is proud of us when we choose to please Him. He knows our ways, He knows our days, yet He still does not let them cheat Him of having emotion toward us when we are faithful to Him. How in the world can that even be fair?  The Lord proves over and over again through His love letter to us that He gives us choices. Choices to love Him and choices to please Him, and none of us HAVE to. But who would not want to? 

I have experienced emotions over the past few weeks that I do not count as pleasant. Emotions such as grief, exhaustion, stress. I have to admit that I found myself thinking by default that the Lord was so tired of hearing my plea. I would ask- no, I would BEG- for healing, for pressure to be taken away, for rest. 

But I cannot express to you all how incredible it is to know that the Lord does not grow tired and weary of hearing our plea. Our friends and family might, but the Lord does not. And just like Beth Moore so beautifully stated, He does rejoice in changes that He is making in us, but He also rejoices in the few things that call for blessed sameness- i.e. running and pleading to Him, no matter how strong the emotion, or how tired we feel.

Stay faithful to Him, and do not become weary in doing good. The Lord loves us! 




In other news: It is Spring Break! This is the first "Spring Break" that I am not in school, but I don't want anyone to worry- I am still fully celebrating it :) haha
I have a special Spring Break/Birthday trip to Houston  all next week! I cannot WAIT!