The Way Recovery Houses

Ecclesiastes 3:11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He also set eternity in the human heart, yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. Our world is often filled with darkness that causes us to see the ugly in our world and ourselves. So we bow to this god that tells us that we never will be beautiful. But God see's differently. He not only sees the potential in us and everyone around us, he also creates in us beautiful things. Look around and see the beautiful sunset, the magnificence of a mountain, the beauty of a waterfall. I think he has created all these beautiful things so we know and understand how he feels about us, that he loves us. After all he set eternity in our hearts and that is where we find our beauty. So take time to see beauty around you today and ask how does that beauty point you to God?

I think about the possibilities of what Christ has done, is doing and will do. Paul writes in Galatians about what it means to be free and yet he tells us some choose to live in addiction instead. Yesterday, I was witness to 15 people who declared that Christ has set them free and they are choosing to follow Him. Knowing the back story of many of those, I am humbled and amazed at what Christ will do when we allow Him access to our minds and hearts. they testimonies were moving and powerful and left little doubt what can happen when we choose to follow Jesus. So you wake up today . . . who are going to follow? The enemy wants to distract you away from seeing Christ and how he desires to set you free. The enemy wants to keep you enslaved, it doesn't matter to what, he just wants to keep you in prison with no hope. My heart is full of Jesus today because of the stories I heard yesterday. My hope for you is that your mind and heart is full of Jesus today . . . and tomorrow . . . and the next day until we come face to face with the Author and Finisher of our faith.

There is an ancient prayer to God where one of the phrases goes like this:
I want whatever you want
Because you want it
The way you want it
As long as you want it . . .
How many times do we wake up and think and live the way we want rather than what God wants? Christ, on his way to the Cross said - I came not to be served but to serve and give my life a ransom for many . . . why not start your day asking Christ what he wants? Things just might go better.