The High Calling of God

So, here we are, once again in the final days of the old year, anticipating the new one just around the corner.  I am not one to make new year's resolutions, because by the end of the first week, I have forgotten all about them.  Although I do have quite a large sign on my fridge that states: "What we don't change, we chose".  It reminds me that when I open the refrigerator door, I don't have to just grab something to eat. I have the power to NOT open that door. Recently as  I was thinking about some of the changes I want to see in myself in the coming year, the thought came to me:  "Just BE" .  Just be what, Lord?  Happier? Thinner? Healthier?  Just be what, Lord? More spiritual? Less of a complainer? The answer came: "Just be-- stop trying so hard." Stop being so hard on myself.  Stop worrying about the future and fretting over the past. Let go of  the things I have no control over. Just let all the hurt and pain go and just be. Just

  The world was in great darkness. God spoke the Word into the world And there was LIGHT.  (Genesis 1:2,3) The world sat in great darkness. God spoke the Word into Mary. And there was LIGHT. (Isaiah 9:2; Matthew 4:16; Luke 1:311-38) The world sat in great darkness. God spoke the Word into the apostles- the Church was born. And there was LIGHT. (Acts 2:1-21) The world sits in great darkness once again. God is speaking the Word into the Church- Let there be LIGHT! And there will be LIGHT! (Isaiah 60:2; 2 Timothy 3:1-9;  Revelation 21:11,23,24; 22:5)     ~ Donna