SSMT Verse 2

16 Days into the New Year, I thought I would be employed by now and I'm not - gulp* gulp*  With the only certain thing in my life being on the first and 15th of every month (oh and now that I'm doing youth the next 9 Fridays are planned out - YAY!).

So the 15th of January rolled round yesterday and I thought 'OH NO I don't have a verse to memorize for the next 2 weeks' que the anxiety.  Ridiculous right, anxious because I can't find a verse that speaks to me, one where I can hear God saying 'Justine this is where you're focus needs to be for the next 2 weeks'.  In my true fashion I list the things that I am struggling with in life...

anxiety

fear (links to trusting God)

stress

uncertainty

My next step is to page through my journal and see if I've written down any verses that I could use, nothing.  My next turn is to my bible concordance and see what I can find, the result NOTHING.  Well I am a 21st century woman so lets use technology, I will google the scripture verses I am looking for - nothing relevant.  Finally I go to my bible software and search, after scrolling through and reading a number of verses I got Isaiah 12:2 "Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid.  The LORD, the LORD, is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation."

Having just posted it, I saw another ladies verse come up under mine and I am now hijacking her's so verse 2 for 2011, which I think re-iterates what I chose - "But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him. He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit."  Jeremiah 17:7-8 NIV

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"Being CERTAIN of this that He who began a good work in you will carry it onto completion until [Jesus comes back]."  Philippians 1:6 NIV

God see's

I try start my days out by reading my bible and spending some time in prayer, the prayer part I battle with, but practice makes perfect right?

Last Friday was a day where I didn't have time for my morning quiet time, I might have slept late or had a "give me a few more minutes with my head on the pillow" moment, or had errands to complete around the house before I went out, I really cant remember which, knowing me it was probably the second one.

I got up and was getting ready, trying to figure out what to do with my hair, I looked in the mirror and thought "Good grief my hair is a mess" no amount of brushing was going to tame my thick bleach blonde tresses.  A ponytail wouldn't work because I 'gasp' need to retouch my highlights, so I opted for the half pony and styled my hair to hide the dark root re-growth.  Departing with the mirror with a final thought of "At least I dont need to look at me today - sorry for everyone else".  Bad hair day!

I was at the bank doing a transfer, the information lady came up to talk to my teller and then touched my hair and said "You have the most beautiful hair."

What I saw in the mirror that morning, was my reality, but someone else saw the same thing and had a prescribed a different reality to it.

This brief interaction immediately woke Gods voice in me with Him saying "I see you Justine and although you didn't 'meet with me this morning' I'm still here and I still see you through my eyes, not yours."