writing

The only thing I struggle with more than blogging is the look of the “new post” page on my blogger. It does not stir up within me the creative juices I wish it did. It just reminds me of the PC I typed 1000’s of words on during college homework days. So now, right now I feel like I am typing homework when I sat down to share.
So now I am convinced that “new post” pages should have pictures, coffee, cool pages and journal-type lines just like my coffee dates with Jesus in my big chair in my living room. Ahh if only my computer looked like my quiet times feel, then I could really tell my stories and share. I am so OCD sometimes, I seriously may leave this moment without sharing what I thought I really wanted to just because I am typing in Times New Roman and I feel like I have to hand this in tomorrow. Whelp there’s that, I guess I will have to create my own blog post page and sell it to the masses. It will be very hands on, michelle friendly, and definitely have more than 7 fonts to choose from.
My heart was made to share, to love, to constantly tell a story so people can feel God, feel more than just each day passing by. I want to do this. I want to write, to share, to be a voice. This is who I am.  I know this, that “before He formed me, He knew me.” He knows better than I do what He was doing when He finally set out to form what I see now as me. He intimately new every detail of me, “He knew me.” That is an intimate knowledge, a deep knowledge, more than I could ever begin to understand. Deep sigh. That is what I can put my trust in, I can rest in that. He knows what to say, he knows my story. He has and had the perfect way to put me into words. I am thankful for that today! So let the stories come, let the words and the sharing and the songs come.
4 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying:
       5 “ Before I formed you in the womb I knew you;
      Before you were born I sanctified you;
      I ordained you a prophet to the nations.” 
Jeremiah 1:4-5 (NKJV)

REAL DEAL

What is trust? Why don’t we trust Him? After all of these years, why does my heart still fail to believe He is good and He will take care of me? This is my challenge today and most days. To trust and believe in what I can not see. I sing it, pray it, talk about it, but the real deal is walking it out each day. 

Here I am in Luke 12:22. This is me: Do I really believe this? Do I trust its really true? 
I hear him saying, “Michelle, consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap, which have neither storehouse nor barn, and God feeds them. Of how much more VALUE are you than the birds Michelle?” “O you of LITTLE FAITH?” Do you have little faith Michelle? 
Anyways, I didn’t complete many thoughts in this, but this is where I am! Waiting, trusting, hoping, believing, learning, aren’t we all! One foot in front of other, considering the ravens, the lilies, the grass of the field; considering my value compared to these! Thats me!

Its a New Day!!

I wrote a song in 2005 called “trust in you.” It was very needed at the time, but now I see how much it was for this moment in my life right now!

“Its a new day, its gonna be alright!
I got Joy in my step and your in my sight!
I’m gonna trust in, I’m gonna trust in you!
You are faithful and so true
Sometimes I doubt but I am runnin’ back to you!
I’m gonna trust in, I’m gonna trust in you!
I’m gonna trust in you, oh God, I’m gonna trust in you O Lord!”
Its really completely not based on my ability if I can do this new season. Its not up to me and my own thinking. Its all about faith and trust! Do I trust that what I know to be true is actually true! Thats my thoughts for the moment! It really is a balance of trust and obey!!
Its time for a new day!!