I'm insanely over analytical.
Ask any of my friends.
They'll say the same thing.
I look too deeply into things that can be answered rather easily.
I do that a lot with guard.
I try to figure out every minute detail of some toss/phrase/move.
But, when it comes down to doing it all together, half the details I've thought about didn't even matter.
It just comes rather naturally.
Even with my faith, I try to analyze every little thing.
I don't trust God enough to believe that He has amazing plans for my life.
I try to do my own thing, thinking that it's what God wants for my life.
9 times out of 10, it's not.
It tends to be the complete opposite of what He wants.
It just comes rather naturally.
Even with my faith, I try to analyze every little thing.
I don't trust God enough to believe that He has amazing plans for my life.
I try to do my own thing, thinking that it's what God wants for my life.
9 times out of 10, it's not.
It tends to be the complete opposite of what He wants.
That's usually where my doubt creeps in.
I let the devil fill my mind with these lies that God could never love someone who screws up as much as me, and that He doesn't have the plans for me that He says He does.
I read through Hebrews last month, and I would recommend it to anyone who's struggling with doubt (which is the same circumstance under which it was recommended to me).
Chapter 11 is one of the most amazing things about the book.
It talks about all these amazing people from the Bible who did these amazing things through their faith.
At the end of the chapter, however, the writer pretty much drops a bomb, saying that they didn't receive what had been promised.
In the final verse, he says that "God had planned something BETTER for us that only together with us would be made perfect."
We have to trust that, if we surrender our lives to God, He'll do amazing things in and through us.
It's not easy.
Frankly, I haven't been able to do that yet.
But, I've seen Him do amazing things in the lives of those around me who let Him have control of their lives.
That leads me to think that He'll do the same thing with me.
In fact, I know He will.
It's hard to trust what we can't see.
It doesn't make much sense at all.
A lot of things about God don't make sense, which is usually what leads me to doubt.
But, I'm working to trust Him with my whole heart and live.
Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year (because, as shown by the time span between posts, I probably won't post between now and then. But, who knows? I might be wrong)!!!!
-Kati
I let the devil fill my mind with these lies that God could never love someone who screws up as much as me, and that He doesn't have the plans for me that He says He does.
I read through Hebrews last month, and I would recommend it to anyone who's struggling with doubt (which is the same circumstance under which it was recommended to me).
Chapter 11 is one of the most amazing things about the book.
It talks about all these amazing people from the Bible who did these amazing things through their faith.
At the end of the chapter, however, the writer pretty much drops a bomb, saying that they didn't receive what had been promised.
In the final verse, he says that "God had planned something BETTER for us that only together with us would be made perfect."
We have to trust that, if we surrender our lives to God, He'll do amazing things in and through us.
It's not easy.
Frankly, I haven't been able to do that yet.
But, I've seen Him do amazing things in the lives of those around me who let Him have control of their lives.
That leads me to think that He'll do the same thing with me.
In fact, I know He will.
It's hard to trust what we can't see.
It doesn't make much sense at all.
A lot of things about God don't make sense, which is usually what leads me to doubt.
But, I'm working to trust Him with my whole heart and live.
Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year (because, as shown by the time span between posts, I probably won't post between now and then. But, who knows? I might be wrong)!!!!
-Kati
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