James 4:9-10

I needed this weeks readings this week! Monday was not good for me - it was the not so friendly and happy time of the month for this girl, and unfortunately I let it get the best of my emotions. I depended on others around me to make me happy and make things better. Sometimes it's just easier to stay in the negative, feel-sorry-for-myself kind of mood than it is to make an effort to be happier and to turn to God's word. And it's ridiculous too, because I KNOW that turning to my Heavenly Father is the answer. He tells us that in so many ways...

"Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded."

Reading this last verse was one of those times where you know you've read it before, but it feels like you're reading it for the first time... It just hits you, and makes you realize that God speaks to us more than we know, and more than we probably listen.

On Monday nights I have a night religion class. After everything that made my day hard, I went to class and the very first thing we did in class was listen to a presentation about what I was going through. It almost made me tear up because I know that God planned it exactly that way. I needed to be humbled, and be in God's word, and He showed me just that. After class I went to Compline, and once again was just what I needed. We sang Chief of Sinners Though I Be, and I feel like it goes well with today's reading about repenting to our Savior.

Chief of sinners though I be,
Jesus shed his blood for me,
died that I might live on high,
Lives that I might never die.
As the branch is to the vine,
I am his and he is mine!

Only Jesus can impart
Comfort to a wounded heart:
Peace that flows from sin forgiven,
Joy that lifts the soul to Heaven,
Faith and hope to walk with God
In the way that Enoch trod.

Strengthen me, O gracious Lord,
By your Spirit and your word.
When my wayward heart would stray,
Keep me in the narrow way;
Grace in time of need supply
While I live and when I die.

Jesus' love is the most comforting thing that we have. Praying that you all have a nice end to this week, and remember or Savior's love for each of us! :)