Me - The Big-Mouthed Introvert

This is so me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  As a general rule, I talk a lot and that would lead to thinking that an introvert wouldn't be me.  But being around people for any length of time really wears me out.  It totally drains me.  Below is a definition that describes me to a tee.

Definition: Contrary to what most people think, an introvert is not simply a person who is shy. In fact, being shy has little to do with being an introvert! Shyness has an element of apprehension, nervousness and anxiety, and while an introvert may also be shy, introversion itself is not shyness. Basically, an introvert is a person who is energized by being alone and whose energy is drained by being around other people.

Introverts are more concerned with the inner world of the mind. They enjoy thinking, exploring their thoughts and feelings. They often avoid social situations because being around people drains their energy. This is true even if they have good social skills. After being with people for any length of time, such as at a party, they need time alone to "recharge."

When introverts want to be alone, it is not, by itself, a sign of depression. It means that they either need to regain their energy from being around people or that they simply want the time to be with their own thoughts. Being with people, even people they like and are comfortable with, can prevent them from their desire to be quietly introspective.

Being introspective, though, does not mean that an introvert never has conversations. However, those conversations are generally about ideas and concepts, not about what they consider the trivial matters of social small talk.

Obedience

Obedience brings peace.

Freedom / Peace

I tasted freedom and I liked it.  Freedom brings peace or maybe it's vice versa.  Or both.  Regardless, freedom and peace - oh, how I long to be there and stay there. 

Father, help me know where that place is for me.  That place that brings freedom and peace in this everyday life.  I love You.

Simplicity

Today I yearn for the simple life.  A simple life.  A mind at rest in the midst of life,...

Today's Thoughts

1.  Debt is from the pit of hell.
2.  It is nobody's business if I want to let my hair go natural.
3.  I am a flawed human being.
4.  God thinks my face is lovely and my voice is sweet.  Don't believe me, see Song of Songs 2:14.
5.  My husband is the most wonderful man in the entire universe.
6.  It's ok to be me.  Really, it's ok.

The Sidelines

Anything that keeps us sitting on the sidelines and not out and about serving the Lord is not a good thing.  It is time to put aside anything and everything that hinders us from going out and loving on people.  From showing them the Father's love.  The Father's heart.  While we are snug in our comfortable little worlds, there are young girls being raped by ISIS.  There are young girls aborting precious little babies.  There are women being beaten by their husbands.  There is a hurting world that needs the comfort of the Lord.  They need someone to stand up and fight for them.  This world is a scary place with horrendous things happening right in plain view and we do nothing.  I, for one, do not want to sit on the sidelines any longer.  I want to make a difference with this one life the Lord has given me.  I want to leave a legacy for the glory of God.  

Hebrews 12:1-4

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.  Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.  Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.  In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.

I'm tired of easy.  Wasting away time that could be used for something that matters.  I'm asking the Lord to show me anything and everything that I need to throw off.  Anything that hinders me from running the race He has for me.  I'm also asking for the courage to do whatever He shows me and the resources.  Everything in this world is at His disposal and all my so-called limitations are nothing to Him.  

So today, I am looking for opportunities to help whomever the Lord places in my path.  I am starting where I am and open to where He wants me to go.  One step, one request, One magnificent, glorious God Who is well-able.  For the love,...  

Thoughts on Paper (so to speak)

Lord, break my heart for what breaks Yours.

Support group - for women who are sexually confused as to their orientation.  Maybe gone as far as attempting to change who God created them to me - female to male.  I can't imagine the confusion in their minds.  Especially when God begins to shine His light on their situation.  He loves them.  Inside, deep inside, they know they are women.  That moment when they feel that they have gone too far for God to forgive them and commune with them.  They will need someone to wrap their arms around them and tell them that someone cares and God cares.

His love endures forever,...

Jesus - Forever

Please, click on the link below and be blessed!  It is Kari Jobe - Forever.  It is a 12 minute video but ohhhhhhhhhhh, so worth the time.  A man speaks close to the middle and it is very powerful.  Our Jesus is beyond words,...  Our Jesus is the Word.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huFra1mnIVE

Today and Tomorrow

Oh my precious Lord,

What ignorance,... and arrogance, is the so-called knowledge of Your sheep.  We oftentimes think we know what the day holds but we are so ignorant,... and arrogant.  I know those words sound ugly but they are true.  You are God.  Only You know all things.  You know what each day holds.  I am learning daily to be satisfied in the knowledge that I know the One Who holds this day and all of my tomorrows. 

1 John 4:18 NIV

There is no fear in love.  But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment.  The one who fears is not made perfect in love.

I have often thought about this scripture.  I kept trying to put myself in there.  Into being the one who has to love perfectly.  That's not how it is.  Actually, that is quite impossible.  I cannot love perfectly.  But once I realize that God loves me perfectly- all the time - I can begin to grasp that there truly is nothing to fear.  He is perfect.  I can trust Him with EVERYTHING.  Anything that comes my way, He knows about.  He's seen it.  He knows how the story ends before it even begins.  He has me in the palm of His hand. 

He holds my today and He holds my tomorrow.  He holds your today and He holds your tomorrow.  His perfect love can be trusted.  Do not trust what you know.  Trust Who you know.