Yesterday was a pretty surreal day for me. Without going into a lot of detail - to have my husband, my brother and my son in my backyard putting in a concrete slab/patio - really got me to thinking.
Foundation - what a powerful word. What exactly is my foundation? My foundation is the Gospel. The Truth. Transformation. Faith. It wasn't always that way.
In reading my Bible this morning, I am in the book of James which of late has been very theraputic for my soul.
James 2:26 - For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
My love for Jesus - My oh so deep need to know Him better - my holding fast to the fact that He loves me deeply - not because of one single thing I can do for Him but what He did for me - bears out in my soul an overflowing love that ultimately participates in His redemption in this world. I believe in what I cannot see, I have faith - therefore I have work to do.
I must confess - I have more than one stumbling block in my life. My stupid human thought that I must work for God gets me into a lot of trouble. I venture out "doing" things for God. When you really sit and think about it - it is completely proposterous - laughable - that I think I can do one single thing "for" God.
In watching that foundation poured yesterday - what started out to be a day full of tension, brokenness and pain - ended up being a moment of grace, mercy and redemption handed down to me by the Father.
He redeems - He works to make right - He loves, we live - my foundation begins with letting the Lord of my life - have my life. I need to stop "doing the works" I think I should be doing - and let Him do the work in me - I need to quit seeking out "the things to do" and let Jesus bring His work to me. I need to focus on the foundation of my family and quit thinking I need to make some big huge difference for God in the World. He already did that - His name is Jesus Christ.
May you have a day of peace in Christ. Knowing your simple work is to love your neighbor as yourself. Let your love overflow in every circumstance and your faith in God is made perfect in His peace.
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