I need to clean my room.

You and I have a mess to clean up.  

I was listening to a song today that really struck me:

 “Your calling me to lay aside the worries of my day, to quiet down my busy mind and find the hiding place…. Worthy. You are Worthy.”

Ironically, the first time I choose to blog about something, what comes to mind is [silence.] How much of what I say is ultimately unnecessary? 

“The more the words, the less the meaning & how does that profit anyone?” Ecclesiastes 6:11

My good friend Anna[check out her blog > http://elleanarhythm.blogspot.com/] always knows how to gently provide sound advice that makes me think for weeks, sometimes years (its that good). This time she was directing me towards prayer, and she left me with the words of Mother Teresa- The fruit of prayer is often silence.

So why would I resort to silence? Because the Lord is Worthy. He is worthy


"but a man of understanding holds his tongue" Proverbs 11:12  and again "he who speaks rashly will come to ruin" Proverbs 13:3 

How often do I let my many words reflect who I am instead of my actions?

I heard this story earlier this year: A father asks his daughter to clean her room. She responds with an enthusiastic “Yes!” So willing. She sits in her room with her friends and they all talk about how they are going to clean the room. The father comes back and is deeply hurt, “Why is your room not clean?”

This is me, I can talk all day in Bible studies, Young Life clubs, or at church about how I need to be living a life as a child of the light, but it means nothing if I don’t do it.
If I am going to make great boasts with my words then an action needs to accompany it. I must first let the Lord's love consume my thoughts instead of the worries of this world in order to act on His promise of everlasting love. I can confidently take steps towards this because of 1 John 4" Dear friends let us love one another because love comes from God......God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.... We love because he first loved us." 

Lets just do it. Lets act out in faith and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us. Let His     eternal love flood our mind.

And this is my suite mate Lindsay Ragole.... She actually needs to clean her room.