We have been really working hard at Grace Place this week and I am so excited to share with you a copy of one of our new ads. This ad will help to tell a little about who we are, what we do and how the whole thing works!
We also have a new brochure that is in its final stages that matches this ad and some exciting new ministry opportunities that are opening up.
Please feel free to share links to this blog or copy this picture and share on you social pages! Thanks so much for all of your support and especially for your prayers! Also here is a link to an earlier blog post when we were first getting started – check it out! https://mjharvell.com/2010/11/22/grace-place/
I got very frustrated yesterday! It seemed like everything I started out to do that should have been very easy, ended up being very difficult! As the day drove on I found a growing tension in my neck and shoulders, and my attitude felt like it might just explode at any minute. When I sat down to look at the Scripture this morning, I got to thinking about why I was so messed up about being messed up and I realized the biggest problem for me was my impatience!
Sometimes I am not a very patient person. I don’t want to lose my cool, but I often do and while I try very hard to not lose it in front of other people, the truth is: I still lose it, even if it is in private!
If I am going to accomplish God’s will for my life, then I must learn to practice patient endurance. Hebrews 10:36 says: “For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.” As I learn to endure life’s difficulties without becoming anxious or annoyed, I become more patient and as I become more patient, the peace of God is able to flow into and through me and the will of God is accomplished in my life!
My being patient is a badge that shows that I trust God. This is a form of faith and as my faith grows, so does my relationship with my Creator. As my relationship with my Creator grows, then so does my relationships with others!
Some say that we should never pray for patience, but the truth is: “We have not because we ask not!”
Lord, help me to grow in my patience! Help me to endure life’s difficulties! Help me to grow strong and dependent upon You, rather than weak and frustrated in my independence. I know that You will bring me opportunities for Your Holy Spirit to grow and perfect this area in my heart and life, help me to recognize and take advantage of these opportunities! When the frustrating circumstances of life come my way, help me to react with calm assurance, quiet strength and faithful trust that You are at work!
There is so much noise in my life! The phone is always making a sound alerting me to a call, email or incoming message! Television and radio are often blasting useless information! And there is talk, talk, talk all around me! All of this noise and if I am not careful, I can miss the still, small voice of my Creator!
I want to cut it all off, take a moment in the silence to hear the sound of praise for the One Who made me! I want to cut it all off and take a moment to bask in the amazing wonder of the awesome things that He has done, is doing and will do! I want to have more of those awesome, inspiring and incredible moments where God shows up, shows out and blows my mind!
I confess today, that I often miss these moments because I am so busy that I fail to take the time to sit still in His presence. I need His help to discipline myself to cut it all off and leave it off, so that I might hear, see, feel and experience Him!
Lord, help me today to build a few moments into this day, where I can be in the still quietness with You! Help me to be open to Who You are and what You are up to in me and around me. Show me just enough of Your awesome plan, that I will be able to walk in obedient surrender and always be ready for Your will to be accomplished in my life.
In the stillness of this moment, I ask for Your help and look forward to what we get to do together today!
