Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light. Matthew 11:28-30

Have you looked Jesus in the eye today? Have you sought something beyond the natural, or above the normal? Has the Spirit of God found any space in your schedule, or the discipline of faith any means of necessity? Has grace found you on you knees?

There was an hour of this day that owned you. When was it?
There was a conversation that stole your true identity? Why?

Consider, confess, and turn from it, freeing your heart to claim forgivenness as far as the east is from the west!

I'm realizing more and more that I can battle "being" for the rest of my life, or I can submit to "not being," and trust that if God is really who He says, He will. "I am" only takes me so far in being strong, capable, smart, disciplined, wise, even Godly enough, before I come face to face with the reality that I am not...nor will I ever be.

Only God can BE all that I am not.

May you come to the Lord today, and allow His words to give you rest.
"But God, what if..." Daughter, I AM.
"But God, she said..." Beloved, I AM.
"Father, He did..." Child, I AM.
"Lord, they didn't..." Chosen, I AM.
"God, I need..." Blessed one, I AM.
"When it..." I AM.
"Why can't...?" I AM.
"They don't..." I AM.
"But I'm not..." Shhhh, child, be still. I AM.

Be His today, unashamedly His.

Amen.