Blessed

I was reading the message bible over coffee the other day. Ryan was telling me about a specific scripture and what it meant, which led to his blog: www.ryanbakerbarnes.com. Go on, read it. He has pictures and stuff He’s currently recording an album so there’s a lot of fun stuff from the studio…

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Matthew 5: My thought for the day…

³“You’re blessed when you’re at the end of your rope. With less of you there is more of God and his rule.

- However I feel, if I’m happy/tired/exhausted or content, in every situation with less of me there is more of Him…..

⁴“You’re blessed when you feel you’ve lost what is most dear to you. Only then can you be embraced by the One most dear to you.

-WOW.

⁵“You’re blessed when you’re content with just who you are—no more, no less. That’s the moment you find yourselves proud owners of everything that can’t be bought.

-I was thinking about the spectrum of happy—content. How they are such similiar words, mean different things, evoke such strong reactions. I think I am a happy person, some friends who I knew from years ago saw me recently, yeah they’re a pretty sweet couple – he writes songs for… Justin Bieber... and they said they ‘liked my energy’ I guess that’s what happy means. Content, however is what it says in verse 5: blessed with just who I am. No more. No less. No more money, no less pounds (lb). No more. No Less. Of anything will change anything. Nothing at all. The moment I find myself: I feel as I write, create, dream, believe that I am finding myself. The journals full of writing. The back pages full of lists of things I want to do. None of which cost money. None of which I’ve completed – all of which I should. Most. Definitely do. As I approach my thirtieth birthday (9 months away!) I want to be getting things ticked off my to do in life list. I will be content!

⁶“You’re blessed when you’ve worked up a good appetite for God. He’s food and drink in the best meal you’ll ever eat.

-Amen

⁷“You’re blessed when you care. At the moment of being ‘care-full,’ you find yourselves cared for.

-Totally amazing principle. I care, keep on caring, the care ‘tank’ fills up and when I need care there’s care for me – by someone else blessing through care. LOVE IT. I want to develop this caring gift.

⁸“You’re blessed when you get your inside world—your mind and heart—put right. Then you can see God in the outside world.

-Want to realign everything, I want my inside world – emotions, thoughts, feelings – to be right!

⁹“You’re blessed when you can show people how to cooperate instead of compete or fight. That’s when you discover who you really are, and your place in God’s family.

-Wisdom…!

¹⁰“You’re blessed when your commitment to God provokes persecution. The persecution drives you even deeper into God’s kingdom.

-Ok so I would have left this one off. But being committed means persecution is likely? Dislike the phrase persecution, but I shouldn’t if it’s in the Bible. I want to be driven deeper into the Kingdom, but driven without a fight. Nope. That doesn’t work. I will be a blessing, I will stand up for Godly principles, I will raise my children in a Godly way. Yes, I get it now those things do cause some controversy – and I think I’m not radical…! Persecution, therefore, does not have to be public humiliation, it can be a comment, a criticism, or even a question. That is how it works, a gentle but continuous pulling down of character …

Blessed, more than I know or realise. A x

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