Lessons from the Treddie

I think I've mentioned that God speaks to me most when I'm running on my treadmill. Probably because He has my complete attention when I'm crying out to Him to help me finish. :D Anyway He gave me some doozys today...

~The pain I feel when others reject me (the hardest pain for me!!) is the pain He feels when people reject Him. (Ouch.)

~He wants to be everything to me that I am searching for. I spend a lot of my time reaching out, trying to get others to give me what I need. But He is right there, ALWAYS, ready to offer it. Now I am human & it's not quite that easy all the time. It's SO easy for people to throw out there "God is all you need. Rest in Him." Living that way is pretty difficult though, particularly for me. So this is the lesson He gave me to learn AGAIN today. And it's the one that made the tears flow. Cuz I've been struggling so much lately, chasing people who will never be able to meet my needs, using relationships to fill me that God never intended for that purpose. I need to quit running & chasing after futile things, and rest in Him. Tough lesson. Still workin on it. :)

~He will not reveal His purpose for me, or bring it to fruition, till I begin to accept His gifts as just that...beautiful GIFTS from Him, intended to fulfill His will for my life and His kingdom. The enemy works SO HARD to convince me that my calling is not really my calling...or tries to twist amazing pure things into evil tormenting temptations. Honestly, I fall for that way too much. Too many trips around that mountain. But I will never reach the promised land until I give this calling to Him and let Him have His way with it. (HIS way, not mine!!)

Gosh this post is full of spiritual cliches. Hope you could see through all that mess to the point. ;)