Another Glorious Night

My dear fellow bloggers:

Another night I spent babysitting and again God met me here. Instead of watching tv after the kids had left I decided that It would be a good idea to read my bible. I really want to study the life of David. I want to learn how he became a man after God’s own heart. So I didn’t know where David first comes into the bible. So I started off in 1 kings thinking that since David was a king that he’d be in there. But the 1st chapter talks about King David giving up his thrown to Solomon, so I went back, and found where Samuel is looking for a king. What I learned as I read tonight was more about how David was just the runt of the family, how his father didn’t bring him to see if he was “fit enough” to be king. David was so humble. Somehow I started thinking about my own dad. About how yesterday when I had lunch with him how when he saw someone he knew he was always so proud in saying “This is my daughter Kristyn, she’s having lunch with me today” And he said it in a way that made me so happy to be his daughter, to know that he loves me and that he’s proud of me and wants everyone to know that I’m his daughter. I started to think about how I value my earthly fathers opinion of me, that may be silly but I do. I care a lot about whether or not he’s proud of me. And so as I read the chapter in Samuel and was reflecting on it I began to wonder why I treat my relationship with my earthly father better than my heavenly. Why is it that I care so much about my father’s opinion is here on earth? I mean I care a lot of what God thinks of me, but how often do I tell him that. How often do I ask for God’s approval in my life. Or why is it that when I argue with God that I still make the wrong decision. And that here on earthy I always end up making the decision my dad thought was best for me. But I believe God is never ashamed to call me his daughter, even through my mistakes, yet I treat him differently…

David was so humble, he was just a runt, but he loved God so much. People talked very highly of David. I wish someone would say this about me “ He’s also courageous, of age, well-spoken, and good-looking, And GOD is with him” I mean, I know God is with me, But how often do I hear people say “ Oh Kristyn… God’s with her” And that be a blessing, something that people want or are looking for when searching for whoever… For david they were just looking for someone to play a harp, but it made his “resume” better because “GOD is with him” What if we could put that in our resume. But why can’t we, why is it that we don’t. I mean why don’t I put under my strengths list, “follower of Jesus Christ” I mean I see that as a strength in my life, but that’s not something I list when in search for a Job.

God’s shown me a lot, and it’s all kind of random and jibberish thoughts and highly unorganized but it is also 12:10AM and I am also tired.

God is Amazing

The month of July has been really crazy and not in a bad way. On top of hanging out with some of the coolest people ever all the time this month amazing things have been happening in my life. I had been really bummed that i hadn't signed up for Super Summer. A week and a half before the TL's were supposed to leave for super summer i found out that i had been signed up and paid for to go. It was amazing. I was so excited. I found out that i was going to be in Orange School with Katy and Amy and was then super stoked. Well a few days before i was supposed to leave i found out that i had been moved to be a TL for Blue School. I was really bummed at first but then became excited because i had started going to Super Summer my blue school year and remembered how that year was my favorite. I had the most amazing week. God showed me a lot while i was there. That he was proud of me for content and patient with the plans that he has for me. That i need to be digging into his word. That marking a check on a checklist of what is "good" isn't good enough. I mean in my life. That God doesn't want me just to know about him, but wants me to be like him and that the only way to do that is by digging into what Jesus did. I had really been praying about a friendship that i had in my life that i wasn't supposed to be in my life. I asked God that when i got back that if he didn't want it there anymore that he needed to remove it because i wasn't strong enough to do it. Sure enough Monday afternoon i received a phone call saying that being friends wasn't going to work. And my so called "friend" belittled me and it made me realize even more how much i didn't need that in my life. God is doing so much in my life right now. I had someone just start asking me questions yesterday about what i believe in a chat on facebook. How cool is that?!? I heard at Super Summer that it's good to ask God to put people in your life to share your story. But if our lives were in line with Jesus than people would come to you. 

So are people coming to you? Does your life reflect the life of Christ? I know I have a lot to work on before i even begin to come close. But God is so amazing. And he's showed me so much in the past week. It's been so awesome!!! I guess i never realized how much God would bless me for being obedient and content with him. 

"God is most glorified with us when we are satisfied in him"