A few blogs that I've been enjoying lately: Mourning Into Dancing: Jess has a way with words. I love her strong spirit and her "real-ness". She tells it like it is...and she will have you laughing out loud and shedding a tear in the same post. She talks openly about the struggles she has and yet walks with Jesus through it all.

Big Sweet Tooth: Can anyone have such a charmed life as Misty? I think not. The girl travels the world, builds schools in 3rd world countries, helps children in need, meets the most interesting people, eats amazing food, and is passionate about her work. If you've ever wanted to travel the world (or anywhere!), you'll love reading about her adventures.

Have you found any new blogs recently that you're enjoying? Do share :)

Oswald Chambers...gotta love him. I've been reading "My Utmost for His Highest" as a devotional for as long as I can remember and it never ceases to speak a timely word to my spirit. Today was no exception. Read on:

There was nothing of the nature of impulsive or thoughtless action about our Lord, but only a calm strength that never got into a panic. Most of us develop our Christianity along the lines of our own nature, not along the lines of God’s nature. Impulsiveness is a trait of the natural life, and our Lord always ignores it, because it hinders the development of the life of a disciple. Watch how the Spirit of God gives a sense of restraint to impulsiveness, suddenly bringing us a feeling of self-conscious foolishness, which makes us instantly want to vindicate ourselves. Impulsiveness is all right in a child, but is disastrous in a man or woman—an impulsive adult is always a spoiled person. Impulsiveness needs to be trained into intuition through discipline.

Discipleship is built entirely on the supernatural grace of God. Walking on water is easy to someone with impulsive boldness, but walking on dry land as a disciple of Jesus Christ is something altogether different. Peter walked on the water to go to Jesus, but he "followed Him at a distance" on dry land ( Mark 14:54 ). We do not need the grace of God to withstand crises—human nature and pride are sufficient for us to face the stress and strain magnificently. But it does require the supernatural grace of God to live twenty-four hours of every day as a saint, going through drudgery, and living an ordinary, unnoticed, and ignored existence as a disciple of Jesus. It is ingrained in us that we have to do exceptional things for God—but we do not. We have to be exceptional in the ordinary things of life, and holy on the ordinary streets, among ordinary people—and this is not learned in five minutes.

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