Live courageously from your heart!
When I was going through some dark valleys during my divorce, one of the foundational resources that I discovered was a book by Andrew Murray simply called Humility. This is a book that does not sit on my bookshelf and collect dust, it is a book that I read again and again. Since then I have become inspired by the wisdom what this man shares.
Here are 10 of my favorite quotes from Andrew Murray.
Wanted to share a page of of my journal from April of 2007…
A little bit of the backdrop here…I was in the middle of going through divorce and these words are “as written” and not edited.
During conversations with my Heavenly Father I often ask for Him to reveal more of Himself to me and to speak to my heart. So often, I have found that He does reveal Himself in our lives and He does speak to our hearts, but we simply miss it in all of our business; we don’t listen. Well, recently I guess I was at a place where I was ready to listen because He spoke to my heart loud and clear and I hear Him. I have to tell you that it was a tough word for me to receive, but it was a word that I needed to hear.
From the beginning of time God has used stories. Passed on from person to person and generation to generation stories have inspired nations to trust and individuals to have hope.
We all have a story.
God’s word tells says in 1 Peter 3:15 “But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.”
How did you come to know Jesus Christ?
That is your testimony, and every Christian has one. Some stories be more radical than others, but every testimony is significant.
Was reading through one of my journals and wanted to share a snippet of that entry from September of 2005.
During my prayer time with the Lord this morning, He showed me an image of an open book with the pages slowly turning. I did not fully understand the depths of what He was trying to speak into my heart, but I did have a sense that part of this had to do with Him beginning to write new pages in my life. Later that day, God continued to pursue me with this in a message my dad gave me from his church called, “Life is a Storyline.” For me the paradox of this message was both simple and difficult.
It is so hard to keep going sometimes when life is so difficult, isn’t it? We know God has a purpose for us, but sometimes we just can’t see it yet.
The Weaving
My life is but a weaving
between my Lord and me,
I cannot choose the colors
He worketh steadily.
Oftimes he weaveth sorrow,
And I in foolish pride
Forget He sees the upper
And I, the underside.
Not till the loom is silent
And the shuttles cease to fly
Shall God unroll the canvas
And explain the reason why.
The dark threads are as needful
In the Weaver’s skillful hand
As the threads of gold and silver
In the pattern he has planned.
—Corrie ten Boom
Are you ready to start trusting Him with your life, even when it doesn’t make sense?
