I Needed That

For the past couple of weeks, I have been in a rut. Nothing really significant has happened to me to make me feel a little down in the dumps..........I have just not felt like myself. I know that part of it is a certain preschooler who has been trying to assert his own will when it conflicts with the will of his parents. I know that I have been a little homesick, too. It has been 7 months since I've seen my parents, family, and friends back in Texas. I have also had some concerns that my thyroid medication is not right.

But, I think the real reason I have been feeling down is because a couple of Saturdays ago, I stopped doing my daily Bible reading. And, I have really missed spending that time in His word. And then today during Bible class, the teacher read this verse, one of my favorites (and an Acapella song!):

For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. Ephesians 3:14-21

I am so thankful for the Spirit of God that gives us strength! And how AWESOME is the love of Christ!

I hope that if you are feeling a little down today, that you will look to Him for strength. He loves you so much and can do way more than you can ever ask or imagine.

Have a blessed week,

Manda