passing time

I'm always amazed at how fast time passes. How is it 2014 already? It's just blows my mind. Time has really been on my mind lately. Our time on this earth is so short and so precious. It goes by in just the blink of an eye, really. I worry so much about the future, and how I'm going to pay for school, what I'm going to do when I finish school, and many other things. This year, however, I want it to be different. This year has the potential to be the best year ever, spiritually and physically. With all that being said, I want to share something with you that adequately sums up my feelings. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

"It's so easy to get caught up in this life and the hustle and bustle of everything. It's easy to get caught up into thinking that we're in control, and that this life is all about us. I'm very guilty of this kind of thinking myself. The flesh wants to think it's in control; it tries to tell us that we know better than God, but how untrue it is. Whenever I try to do things on my own and in my own strength, I end up stressed, exhausted, and worn out. What's the answer? "Be still and know that I AM God." It's more of Him, and less of me. 

     Today I finally finished a book I had started long ago, and there were some truths that just really hit home. These truths were about how God is in control, and i am not.

"Sabbath (Sunday) is not so much about a day off as it is a "day up"--a day to remember that He is God and we are not. Without Sabbath, we forget who we are and lose sight of who He is, leaving us to carry the weight of the world on our shoulders. When there is no Sabbath in our lives we become intoxicated by the lie that the sum of our lives depends on our effort alone. We get to the place where we truly believe that the outcome of the story fully depends on us. But in truth, we are tiny, limited beings. Our biggest and best efforts still accomplish far less than what Go can do in us, through us--or without us--in one breath."

"Let's face it, stillness is not exactly easy to come by in today's culture. We are far more likely to be restless, anxious, fearful, worrisome, and busy. But God's invitation is to be still--and to find again, in the calm pause, the assurance that He is, in fact, God. His plans are undeterred, and with or without us He is going to receive glory from all peoples on the face of the earth. But how do we find stillness when finances are tight, tragedy overwhelms, the kids seem out of control, nations are at war, relationships are strained, and there's just too much left to do at the end of the day? It's simple. "Be still and know that I AM God. The only place true stillness of the soul can be found on Planet Earth is in the super-close proximity to the God of all Creation. Our peace of mind is found in the assurance that God is present wherever we are."

I'm thankful that i am small, and that God is big. He is in control, and I can rest in Him and His promises. For as He said, "Come unto Me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." "