MAX LUCADO

Christ in Me

by Max Lucado

Like Mary, you and I are indwelt by Christ.

Find that hard to believe? How much more did Mary? No one was more surprised by this miracle than she was. And no one more passive than she was. God did everything. Mary didn't volunteer to help. What did she have to offer? She offered no assistance.

And she offered no resistance. Instead she said, "Behold, the bond- slave of the Lord; may it be done to me according to your word" (Luke 1:38).

Unlike Mary, we tend to assist God, assuming our part is as important as his. Or we resist, thinking we are too bad or too busy. Yet when we assist or resist, we miss God's great grace. We miss out on the reason we were placed on earth-to be so pregnant with heaven's child that he lives through us. To be so full of him that we could say with Paul, "It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me." (Gal. 2:20)

What would that be like? To have a child within is a miracle, but to have Christ within?

To have my voice, but him speaking.
My steps, but Christ leading.
My heart, but his love beating
in me, through me, with me.
What's it like to have Christ on the inside?

To tap his strength when mine expires
or feel the force of heaven's fires
raging, purging wrong desires.
Could Christ become my self entire?

So much him, so little me
That in my eyes it's him they see.
What's it like to a Mary be?
No longer I, but Christ in me.

From Next Door Savior
Copyright (Thomas Nelson, 2003) Max Lucado

SO MUCH TO SAY BUT JUST THIS FOR NOW

i am about to hit the sack after a long fulfilling rest day that i but i shall leave you with this before i zip off to lala land. it brought about a fresh new revelation of your love for me. His love for me. 

and tears to my eyes. 

"...i couldn't be more sure of my ground - the One, I've trusted in can take care of what He's trusted me to do right to the end." 2 Timothy 1:12 (MSG)

what a privilege to be able to call you "Abba God". 

so loved. blessed night & sweet dreams. 

xoxo

STARRY FRIDAY!

and so we went for dinner at one of my favorite places with the yummiest meatballs & chicken wings. 

ikea. 

even the sound of its name is like music to the ears. 

pretty new shoes.

ouch. 

even the sound of it is like caution to the ears. 

new stuff look good, smell good, taste good. 

but they don't always feel good, do they? 

well at least for a start. then it can only get better. 

oh, ever increasing glory. 

"The very steps we take come from God; otherwise how would we know where we're going?" Proverbs 20:24 (MSG)

i know where i'm going cause my going comes from Him.

xoxo 

DON'T DESPISE LITTLE THINGS

God started with LIGHT. 
Look how far He's come.


“Do not despise these small beginnings, for the LORD rejoices to see the work begin” (Zech. 4:10 NLT).


xoxo