Whatever He Says

Psalm 121:1 (New International Version) 1 I lift up my eyes to the hills— where does my help come from? Just checking in to say--it's going well with the storyboard since I created it on Sunday. Where I was feeling defeated, I feel confident. Where I was tired, I feel rested. Where I felt sluggish, I feel energized. Change--positive change--is happening. Rah! I'm reviewing the storyboard regularly to change my mind about who I am--reminding myself that I am a new creation in Christ--and reminding myself of who that person is. Amy Carmichael writes in her journalled thoughts, published in the book, Edges of His Ways: April 24th "Can we command our thoughts? I believe we can. God has given us the power to close the shutter of our minds upon hurtful, weakening thoughts. He has provided all manner of shutters. A book that swings us off ourselves and into another world is a very good shutter; a song set to music; beauty; the dear love of those who love us. Above all, there is t...

2 Corinthians 5:17 (New International Version) 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! I read these words this morning and decided--I receive them. I love that they are stated positively as fact. I am a new creation. Lately I haven't felt very much like a new creation as I've struggled with some old patterns that are unhealthy--overeating and not getting enough rest and exercise--but these words gave me a needed change of perspective. A couple of years ago I attended a great workshop presented by Deborah Gyapong, on "storyboarding" your life. For a while I've wanted to revisit my storyboard and update it and this afternoon I did. Storyboarding is a media term--a way of showing the sequence of scenes in a story by pinning up pictures of the scenes. Applying this idea to our lives involves making two columns on a page and in one column making word "pictures" written in present tense describing how we ...