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word prompt: FILL
GO
I ride on empty for so long
Then some little thing happens
To remind me
That I’ve stopped feeling.
I’ve been trying to be a robot so I don’t have to feel anymore.
No, I don’t want to be this way.
It is just a bad habit.
Worse…sinful habit. There, I said it.
Bad habits + overcommittment =lack of feeling
It might be better to say, lack of paying attention to feelings,
Ignoring nudgings from the Spirit,
Stoicism,
Living like I care what poeple think.
When my goal is to live like I care what GOD thinks. STOP
But some days it is easier to shut down and go numb
Rather than feel.
It is easier to run on empty
Rather than admit to my Father
How empty I am.
How much I need His filling.
How much I need His grace.
How much I need to change and
Admit my need for Him.
Even though he loves me in the middle of my mess!
He just loves me too much to let me stay there.
Thank you GOD that you love me that much!
I am so thankful that God comes in the middle of my mess to fill me up! Blessings!
hi barbie:) yes, interesting that we often feel the need to clean up b/f we ask for Him to come when he knows the mess that is already there better than we do!
Hi Martha! Thanks so much for visiting at The Writer’s Reverie – and your interesting comments about picture books. Sorry you have no special memories from your youth but how nice that you were able to have a shared experience while raising your own children. I have favorites from my years with my kids – and took joy in sharing my favorites from my youth with them. And, yes – Frances J. Hook did the illustrations of Jesus you spoke of. One of the much used books about Jesus I shared with my kids was of her drawings. Loved them for all the reasons you stated.
I enjoyed looking around your blog. Lots of great mentoring advice here – one of my passions. My picture book series is written and illustrated with multi-generations in mind – layers of metaphor with fine art watercolors. I hope to begin publishing by the end of the year with the complimentary study guides for family devotions and small groups.
Will keep caught up with you linking in at Julie’s place and on occasion at FMF.
Joy!
Kathy
thanks for stopping by kathryn:) i do have good childhood memories. i just don’t have great memories of art from my books! i was born in the 40’s and grew up in the 50’s. they were getting over the war. i just don’t think it was a priority. it wasn’t until i saw some of the art in my kids’ books that i fell in love:) so imaginative!
So grateful He fills me with exactly what I need. Glad to visit you from Fellowship Fridays this afternoon. Blessings to you!
thanks for dropping by joanne:) i enjoyed your post as i looked at it just now. yes, it is encouraging to know He knows our needs better than we do and he fills us with good things!
Martha, so fun to meet you here, through our Five Minute Friday posts (my first time to link up) … especially fun to find another blogger in her 60’s, in “empty nest” years, and with a full life!
nice to meet you cherry after meeting you first on your blog. yes, there seem to be more and more of us, but we are outnumbered:) it’s good to know more are popping up.
Hi Martha,
It’s so easy to slip into caring what others think; I’ve done it too, but the best life’s ours when we follow those promptings from the Spirit you talk about. Thanks for the reminder to keep looking at our priorities. #FMFParty
thanks for stopping by sara:) yes, and the caring about what others think can come on us so subtly!