Sep 17, 2017 |
by Molly Jo Realy @MollyJoRealy
Frankly, On Faith.
So often the world says we can’t do this or we shouldn’t do that, and if we try, it has to be a blood bath competition.
The Bible says, softly, we can do all things. But we do these things through Christ, who will give us strength.
When we focus on the Father-Son-Spirit Trinity, our souls learn to recognize that while we can do all things, it’s not always advisable. With true faith the size of a mustard seed, we can move mountains. We can do what we once thought impossible.
His strength can also come to us as we don’t do something. His strength can refrain us from losing our tempers, feeling negative, or reacting badly. His strength in us is welcome to transform us into being the person He created us to be. Even at times when we believe we are creatures of habit, that we can’t change, that we’re no good. Or the times we feel stuck, unguided or misdirected.
When we’re not sure we have anything to offer, we can offer ourselves to Him, and let Him lead us.
“For I can do everything through Christ
who gives me strength.”
~Philippians 4:13 NLT
Frankly, On Faith: We Can Do All Things
When we step away from what we think or feel, and give God room to do what we don’t understand, things happen. When we tell God, “I don’t know, but you do,” and take our hands out of the mix, He has more room to do inconceivably more than we could have imagined.
This week I challenge you to not be led by “stinking thinking” but instead pause and let God show you what He can do on your behalf. Will you let Him?
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And Frankly, My Dear . . . That’s all she wrote!
Sep 10, 2017 |
by Molly Jo Realy @RealMojo68
Frankly, On Faith.
We often struggle with purpose. What are we supposed to do in life, and does it even matter to anyone else if we don’t do it?
In a nutshell, yes.
Now, it may not come to us in a lightning flash, overnight, or even over a year. It may take a while for us to develop or realize what we have to offer. But here’s the point:
We do have something to offer. Every single one of us.
And someone else is waiting to receive it.
God put young Esther in the care of her uncle, Mordecai, before the King took her into his palace. And it was while she was in this place she didn’t want to be, away from her family, that God used her the most. Not in the comfort of her own house, under the protection of family. But in a strange new home with a man she did not love. When her family was threatened, she did the unspeakable: She spoke up.
“If you keep quiet at a time like this, deliverance and relief for the Jews will arise from some other place,
but you and your relatives will die. Who knows if perhaps you were made queen for just such a time as this?”
~Esther 4:14 NLT
If you don’t want to be used, God will find someone else for the job. But just think how perfect for the position you are if you’re His choice. And just think how perfect His timing is that He would chose you now.
Don’t be afraid to speak up. You could be someone’s Esther today.
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And Frankly, My Dear . . . That’s all she wrote!
Sep 3, 2017 |
by Molly Jo Realy @RealMojo68
Frankly, On Faith.
How often do we ask God for something based off what we think we need to get there?
Our life-filter is our own experiences, our own thought processes. But in doing so, we muddy God’s waters. We get caught up in our own mire rather than His refreshing life streams. We try to forge our own path holding old maps so close to our eyes we can’t see where we’re really going.
The best thing we can do is to get out of God’s way, and stop putting up our own detour signs to direct Him. After all, we’re not the architect of this world, He is. He knows which path we should be on, and when we shift focus from us to Him, we’re more able to see it.
God is not a God of the middle man. He’s a God of the end result.
Too often, we live life looking in our fogged-up mirrors. We view the world over our shoulder, based on a distorted glance at past experiences. God is asking us to pick up a clear window and look ahead. To look at Him in front of us, and to invite others to share the view.
God doesn’t care what’s behind us. He only cares that we keep moving forward.
“Trust in the LORD with all your heart:
do not depend on your own understanding.
Seek his will in all you do,
and he will show you which path to take.”
~Proverbs 3:5-6 NLT
Let’s drop the mirrors and pick up a window, and just see how much more of God we can invite others to view with us. Where we see gravity, He sees the limitless universe.
Let’s shift our focus from what we think to what He knows, and see where He wants to take us.
Frankly, On Faith: Where we use a mirror, God uses a window.
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Aug 27, 2017 |
by Molly Jo Realy @RealMojo68
Frankly, On Faith.
We all struggle. Sometimes it’s openly, sometimes it’s private. Sometimes we know the solution but can’t reach it. Sometimes we don’t have a clue what’s wrong. We just know things need to change.
God says, “Don’t worry about it. I got your back.”
We go to Him in thanksgiving for the little things, the big things, the in-between things. We ask for His guidance, His help, His strength, and His providence.
We remind Him of the great things He has already done, and we stand in awe at His greatness.
There’s something so humbling when we take the focus off what we need and shift to recognize who He is.
Like a breath of fresh air, His Spirit infuses our very atoms with joy and peace and we know, even if the now isn’t good, we know it will be. Whenever that is. Because God’s timing is not always our timing. But that doesn’t mean He forgets us. Rather, He asks us to forget the past and look forward.
Because what He has in store is grander, bigger, and much more powerful than anything we could imagine without Him.
“But forget all that–
it is nothing compared to what I am going to do.
For I am about to do something new.
See, I have already begun! Do you not see it?
I will make a pathway through the wilderness.
I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.”
~Isaiah 43:18-19 NLT
Frankly, My Dear . . . : New Beginnings
When you feel discarded or trapped, remember that He always remembers you. And if you can’t see Him at work, it’s probably because He’s behind the scenes getting ready to bless your socks off.
And that rope you’re holding on to the end of may just be what draws the curtain open to your glorious new life.
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Jul 30, 2017 |
by Molly Jo Realy @RealMojo68
Frankly, On Faith.
It’s a hard thing, to just be still. Even if the body isn’t moving, the mind is. Here, the grocery list. There, repairs to be made.
Emotions get worked up. Why am I doing nothing? I need to do something. Why aren’t those things getting done?
I should put this time to use. I should at least read my Bible. Or pray. Yes, I can pray. But not for myself. For others. Let’s see . . . My friends who are going through that thing. I really should call and see how they’re doing.
No, wait. This is my time to be still.
Be still.
Breathe.
How long should I be still?
How long until God hears me?
Frankly, On Faith: Be Still
How long until I hear God?
Just breathe.
And Frankly, My Dear . . . That’s all she wrote!
