Following God whole-heartedly

As Jesus commands in Matthew 22:37 "Love the Lord your God with all of your heart, soul, and mind. 38,39 Love your neighbor as much as you love yourself. 40 All the other commandments and all the demands of the prophets stem from these two laws and are fulfilled if you obey them. Keep only these and you will find that you are obeying all the others."

These are verses that I have heard all of my life. Many times these words have come out of my mouth, but my actions have fallen way short on too many occasions. This is truly my life's desire to obey these 2 commandments set forth. Its a journey, but a journey worth taking. I have justified many of my actions to satisfy my flesh in too many ways. God has not given up on me or the plans that He has in store for this family. So grateful that God has once again awakened in me the purpose He has set before me. I am at a place in life that I have never been before, surrendering my life to the will of God. Surrendering it ALL, not a little, not some, and not most but ALL of it! I am relinquishing all power to my Heavenly Father. Too long have I been deceived by the works of Satan with thinking that I could make more out of my life or that my plans were the best. God is good and God is faithful. I have proof. In my past, the areas that I have surrendered to God, He has always brought the best for me. Why would He not continue to do the same? His word promises us His love, forgiveness, wisdom, understanding, peace, joy, grace, mercy, and the lists goes on. As 1 Samuel 15:29 states, "And He who is the glory of Israel is not lying, nor will He change His mind, for He is not man." God is true to His word and His promises are not broken. As hard as it is for my flesh to give over control, I know that it must be done. That whatever God has in store for myself and this family is for one thing, that is to bring glory to our Heavenly Father.

So with all this said, almost a year ago God spoke to my heart to share the things that He had been placing on my heart. Well, I half way-obeyed, which was being disobedient to God. I justified to myself that starting a separate blog was what was best to share the things God was laying on my heart. I shared the blog address with like 3 people I think. I discussed it a little with Byron, but I honestly don't think he even knew that I had another blog. So how sad and pathetic is that. God is not separate from this family's life. This blog is to share our journey through life, and God is not only apart of that journey He is the journey. But, because I was afraid of possibly offending some people or people not liking me, I chose to go my own route. Well, my own route led to nothing as in God's word was not being shared and that my pursuit for God was not going anywhere. Why, because I wasn't being obedient to what God had shown me. I was letting doubt and unbelief set in instead of letting God be gloried. Once again, God is telling me to share the things that He has placed on my heart. The few posts that I had on the other blog I will re-post here. Last night I read through those posts and God totally touched my heart, again. God's word is so wonderful and God's timing is so perfect! God's love is unconditional and His mercies new every morning. I am so thankful that God has not given up on me. I am thankful to be called a child of the Most High God. So as much joy as I receive sharing the stories of our family's life, how much more joy I will receive in being obedient to my Heavenly Father! I pray that each and every person that reads this blog will come to know the unconditional love of God. That it will either help increase your walk with the Lord or help begin your walk with the Lord as accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. May our family's life be a living testimony to the unconditional love of God, the sacrifice of a Savior, and the power of the Holy Spirit. That our life will reflect the glory of God.