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The Heart of God & Sitting Among Friends Blog Party #34

Jaime Wiebel — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 07:14:00 +0000

You may have noticed a few changes around here. I started blogging about a year and a half ago. At that time not many people were stopping by. It didn’t really matter, though. I had started this adventure because I felt the calling from God to do something different with my ministry and I needed to be obedient.

Not knowing what that meant or how it would look, I went into this thing totally blind.

In fact, I didn’t even know what blogging was. I didn’t have a computer, the internet and I didn’t have any social media accounts. (I know, what era was I living in? It’s okay, I’ve heard it before.)

I finally jumped on my tablet. Grabbed a site and started right in.

The name of my site actually came from my first post and just became the name of my blog. Divine placement, I suppose. And my site address can from my email address. Don’t ask me why.

I had started doing this from a recommendation from my husband. Yes, the one that said to me this week, “That is a lot of work.”

Finally, after this long, I was able to put into words my heart’s greatest passion.

With a shortened version of my original title and a description that spoke the words of my heart.

Seeking God In All I Do has become Seeking God and Finding Our Identity In Heart of God is my greatest desire for myself and for all of you.

The inspiration came from none other than my four-year-old little girl. Isn’t it funny who God will put in the right place at the right time to speak truth into our heart?

I, after a year and half of blogging, couldn’t get the right few words to let people know what this site is about. What I am about. What my passion for sharing God with the World Wide Web is about.

Although, I have had this conversation with many people. It took the purity, innocence and honesty of one of God’s little princesses to lay this simple phrase on my heart.

During our family devotion the other night, which I am learning is too precious to miss, I asked my children why we read the Bible.

My little girl looked me in the eye with her sweet little voice and said, “So we can know God’s heart.”

I had to catch my breath and keep from melting right in front of her. I kissed her sweet face and said, “That is exactly right.” How do children know what our hearts have a hard time saying?

Why else would we read the Bible? God wants us to know His heart. The thought of that makes me overwhelmed with feelings I barely have words for.

A God that I do not deserve to wash the feet of, wants me to know His heart and He only asks us for one thing in return, for us to give Him ours.

Not only does He want me to know. He wants you to know.

He wants you to know He loves you with an Everlasting Love. Jeremiah 31:3

He wants you to know He has called you and He knows Your name. John 10:3

He wants you to know no matter what your hurt or sorrow is, He will wipe your tears and replace your sadness with joy. John 16:20

He wants you to know no matter what you fear, He has redeemed you and you are His. Isaiah 43:1

No matter your past, present, or future, He has a plan for you. A plan to lavish His grace and mercy into your heart and life. Jeremiah 29:11

Not matter what you think you have done to never deserve the love of a father, He has called you child. 1 John 3:1

Friends, the heart of God is beyond our comprehension. It is greater than we can understand but we can be certain about one thing. His great love for His us is beyond what we could ask or imagine.

If you missed my post last week, also inspired from the mouth of one of my babes, you can know God. You can be certain that He has called you His own.

If you are ready to experience the kind of Love I can barely muster into words, check out this post. It will tell you how and offer you great a great resource for further questions. If you ever need to talk about how you can be certain to know you have a relationship with Christ, I would love to chat. youresewtrendy@gmail.com.

This week, I have had the privilege of having guest blogger, Rachel Britton. Read her post, A Pure Heart for Prayer. I love her space and her encouragement to a healthy prayer life. She has a new eBook available at her site called Tough Love Prayer Challenge. Guess What? It’s FREE! Just sign up for her mailing list, which always has great content.

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I am going to be sharing a Featured Friend, weekly! I love that so many of you come and share with us every week and I would love to highlight your work! The friend that I have chosen this week is… Rachel Britton. Please stop by and visit her site for her latest posts at rachelbritton.com

While you’re here, sit down with some of my friends.

WOW! I know Summer is busy so I thank you all for coming here and for the 91 Amazing posts. This party has been wonderful and it is thanks to you, friends, who link-up with us and those who stop by and read and SHARE! Thank you!

You all are amazing writers who share DIY’s, Recipes, Photos, Giveaways, Homeschool and Family and Faith. Many of you have amazing journeys of faith and I praise the Lord we are able to connect here!

Friends are here to encourage and challenge us in our walk of life, so enjoy!

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Am I Giving My All

Jaime Wiebel — Thu, 16 Jul 2015 08:03:00 +0000

I want my heart to say…

Nothing
is holding me back from giving God my all.

But the truth is life happens. We get busy. Being a
mom of busy young ones keeps me on my toes. The piles they make seem to get
bigger by the second. I can clean up one mess and a mess is forming somewhere
else.

I have kids to entertain and I don’t want to miss a moment of that. I have a husband I vowed my heart
to and a house to tend and clearly that is not going so well. My heart and my strength begin to grow weary.

Remember that little green Gumby guy you could
stretch in all directions and somehow he would stay in tack. That is my heart
and sometimes my limbs.

The question I keep asking myself is, “How can I
give my whole heart to God?”

It is what He asks of us. To love Him with all of
our heart, soul, mind, and strength.

I wonder if I am doing that right. I wonder if it is
enough. I wonder if I am letting Him down.

I think about God all day long. I wonder how He
could have chosen me. With all my flaws, my insecurities, my lack of godly
virtues at times. Anybody ever sailing this rocky ship with me?

Praise God I am a work of constant transformation.

This
is what I am working on…

I give God – me.
He knows me. He knows my flaws. He knows my insecurities. He knows I am not
always a woman of upstanding character. In Matthew, we are told that even the
very hairs on our head are numbered.

Yet HE chose me.
If you are a believer in Christ, He chose you.
Isaiah 43:1
tells us, “But now, thus says the LORD, your Creator, O Jacob, And He who
formed you, O Israel, “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called
you by name; you are Mine!”

So in the midst of all my human ways, I can draw on
the strength and power of a living God. Because my Creator, My Lord, the one
who formed me and carefully knit me in my mother’s womb, Now… He says, I don’t
have to fear.

He has called
me by name. He has ransomed me. He has paid the price for me to be free from feeling like things are holding me back from giving my whole self. He says, “YOU ARE
MINE.”

He wants us in the middle of
where we are right now. A mom, a spouse, a co-worker, a friend, wherever He put you, you are there to give Him your whole heart, right there.

A wise woman recently told me, “I don’t have to
worry about letting God down because I
was never holding Him up.” Thank you
grandma for all you’re guidance.

I don’t need to be super-human. I can’t do this
journey alone. I wasn’t meant to. I can look to God’s Word and draw on the
power of The Spirit and there I can be restored.

When my strength begins to fade, I can remember Psalm 28:7. The LORD
is my strength and my shield; My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped;
Therefore my heart exults, And with my song I shall thank Him.

When my soul becomes weary, I can be sure of Matthew 11:28 Then
Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens,
and I will give you rest.

When my mind
begins to wander, I can be refreshed by Philippians 2:1-2 Therefore if there is any encouragement in
Christ, if there is any consolation of love, if there is any fellowship of the
Spirit, if any affection and compassion, make my joy complete
by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent
on one purpose.

When my heart feels faint, I can be assured that I
belong to God. Jesus said in John 14:1-3 Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God,
believe also in Me. “In My Father’s house are many
dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare
a place for you. If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again
and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also.”

Oh
Glorious Day!

Surrendering our whole heart, our whole life to God,
isn’t always easy. Take heart my friend. He has gone to prepare a place for us
and when He calls us home, He will call us by name.

What will you do until that day? Will you be able to
say, “Nothing was holding me back from being the one He called me to be?”

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