Welcome To The Weekend!
How was your week? Hope it was good. Welcome to the weekend!
I’m
flying to Colorado for the Dever "SHE Tour" show. See www.sheevent.com
for details! I’ve never been to Colorado before, so I’m looking forward
to seeing what it’s like. I’ve been told the air is pretty thin out
there, so hopefully I won’t pass our during my set!
It’s been a
real encouragement to hear more of you have been using my songs, all
around the world. It reminds me that we are all family regardless of
nationality or language…we are united as worshipers around the globe!
Keep sending me your videos and I’ll feature them on the Blog like this
every now and then : )
Highlights of my week were: successfully
cooking egg burritos with no casualties (!), watching a documentary on
child trafficking called "Not For Sale", the Spring weather hitting
Nashville, managing to not eat bread or sandwiches for a week (its a
kind of diet!) and cutting my own bangs/fringe and not messing them up!! (I’m a wannabe hairstylist at heart!)
Most importantly, I
also made more time to spend with God this week… I feel like I need
to hear His voice on a bunch of different decisions, so I carved out
time this week to just be still, read, listen and journal. My favorite
thing He said to me was this:
"My yoke is easy and my burden is light" (Matthew 11:30).
I’m
sure we’ve all heard that verse hundreds of times, but this time is hit
me especially deeply. Even though I follow Jesus with all of my heart,
sometimes I feel like I still strive too much in life…I put too much
pressure on myself to work harder, to be better, or to accomplish more for
Him each day. He reminded me that I need to stop stressing myself out
with ‘doing’ and just rest in ‘being’ with Him. He reminded me that
it’s only when we are connected to "The Vine" (John 15) that we bear fruit, not
when we neglect the Vine by trying to bear fruit in our own strength.
So
He’s drawing me deeper into just ‘being’ with Him, "The Vine", and
letting the fruit and work all spring out of that place of life and
intimacy. That is the ‘yoke that’s easy’ and the ‘burden that’s light’ -
He doesn’t say "come and work for Me", He simply says "come to Me"…its all
about relationship and intimacy. May our ministries never steal us away
from that precious time with Him!
My question for our little community is this:
"In your life, how is the balance between "being with" Jesus and "doing things for" Jesus?
Is He calling you to spend more time alone with Him?"
Have a fab weekend! Enjoy these videos submitted by people from across the globe!
Vicky : )