Limits…I never liked limits on me as a child but now that
I am a parent - I think about how good they are!! I think about when my
children were babies and all I did to protect their space around them - setting
limits all over the house. Then they
would begin to crawl and more limits were placed…then they began walking and
even more limits were placed. Now as
they get older the limits change but there is still limits we as parents have
to set for them.
I need to set limits on myself as well because sometimes
I do things that aren’t good for me.
Sometimes I eat too much or I talk too much or I go outside of my
boundaries more than I should.
With God there is always more than enough strength and
grace and love that we can never run out of it.
We have to live in His will and TRUST Him with everything.
“Define yourself radically as
one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion.”
~Brennan Manning
How can I live a limitless life? Drop
the negative labels that I have on me…whether they are from me or from
someone else. They are not what define
me. I have to seek Him daily, live
within His will for me and trust that He will use it ALL for His glory. I have to align my decisions – my choices –
my actions inside His boundaries. If I
do this…then I’ll stay on the right path.
“For
we are God’s masterpiece. He has created
us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things He planned for us long
ago.” ~Eph. 2:10
We are a MASTERPIECE.
Sometimes that is really hard to let sink in because I think I am far
from a masterpiece. But if I am created
in His image…then it’s true. By staying
in His word – eating the Bread of Life – then maybe I will start to see my life
as a masterpiece?
Gratitude is
another way to live a limitless life - if I am thankful for all of it—everything! If I come to Him with a grateful heart then I
am really seeing Him. Gratitude invites us into His generosity –and His
generosity is LIMITLESS. But we have got
to “see” it all---take the blinders off and look at His generosity. “God says to give thanks, to do this in
remembrance of Him — because in the remembering to give thanks, it’s our broken
places that are re-membered — and we are the ones made whole.” Ann Voskamp
It can be a daily struggle to remove the labels we put on
ourselves or the ones that others have stuck to us but God gave us His ability
so we don’t have to do it on our own – but with His limitless strength. With God all things are possible.
“The
will of God will not take us where the grace of God cannot sustain us.”
~Billy Graham
~Billy Graham
So I will try and stay within my limits…stay
in His Word…give thanks for His limitless grace…and let Him use my mess for
His message. “But God in His grace sent Jesus
into our mess to transform us into masterpieces.” ~Derwin Gray, Limitless Life
Thank you for sharing with your words. Your pictures are gorgeous also!
ReplyDeleteMichelle thanks for reminding me that when I do things like eat unhealthy I am going outside my boundaries. Never thought of it that way. Beautiful pictures and blog as ALWAYS. So glad to be a part of OBS with you. (Proverbs 31 Ministry OBS Team)
ReplyDeleteThank you Debbie!!! I'm glad to be a part of it with you!!! :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful blog and pictures. You said It can be a daily struggle to remove the labels we put on ourselves or the ones that others have stuck to us but God gave us His ability so we don’t have to do it on our own – but with His limitless strength. With God all things are possible. How true we may not be able to remove the labels ourself but God will help us see there are not any labels that can define who we are. Thanks for sharing .
ReplyDeleteMarilyn (Proverbs 31 Ministry OBS Team)