The God who is always there

God placed Psalm 121:3-8 on my heart. It says,

"He will not let your foot slip-

he who watches over you will not slumber;

indeed, he who watches over Israel

will neither slumber nor sleep.

The Lord watches over you-

the Lord is your shade at your right hand;

the sun will not harm you by day,

nor the moon by night.

The Lord will keep you from all harm-

he will watch over your life;

the Lord will watch over your coming and going

both now and forevermore."

Wow. When I read this, it feels like taking a deep breath in. It's so overwhelming how big our God is, and how much He thinks about us, how often I am in His thoughts. It's hard for me to even begin to understand.

I feel so overwhelmed with life sometimes; I often feel like I'm just one small person in the middle of it all. I get tangled up in my worries, and I forget to hand them over to God, or worse yet, somewhere in my mind I tell myself God can't handle them, or God has enough to worry about, when I know nothing could be further from the truth. God wants every part of me, to the point that He wrote down specifically what He does for me- He won't let my foot slip, He will always watch over me, He will watch over every aspect of my life, and keep me from harm, both now and forevermore.

I know this is switching the topic a little bit, but have you all listened to "You Loved Me Anyway" by Sidewalk Prophets? Well if you haven't, you should. = ) There is a line near the end of the song that says, " See I am the man who yelled out from the crowd for Your blood to be spilled on this earth shaking ground..." This verse has affected me so much. I am that man, yet my Lord loves me anyway. I think that is one of the many reasons Psalm 121:3-8 blesses my heart so much; not only do I get to know God loves me, He gave me a list of the ways He loves me. Oh, how I love my Lord. Every time I am tempted to despair, He picks me up and puts me in His glorious presence. <3

Here we go = )

Bits and Pieces. I decided to name my blog this because it's what I seem to give to God, and to others: bits and pieces of myself. The thing is, I want God to have all of me, not just bits and pieces. And I want to share who God has made me to be with all of you. So here's to handing over all the bits and pieces!

So this is it. It's Friday morning, and I can't believe it's been almost a week since our first Circles meeting. Throughout the week, I have been thinking a lot about Johnny's message: family. Family is so vital to all of our lives, and I feel so blessed that God has given me the opportunity to be part of the Circles family.

I'm so super excited about Circles, and yet nervous at the same time. I want to put myself out there, to be the woman God wants me to be. In the same breath, I am scared to know what people will see when they look at me. Then God placed it on my heart that families see you for who you are and love you for who you are.

It's so cool that God continually meets me where I'm at. He knows my fears and my strengths, and has brought me to a place where I can literally look around a circle of people, and say "These people are my family in Christ." I'm so excited to get to know everyone of you, and to see how God transforms our lives through this year!

Here we go = )