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by Kasia Kedzia
There are weeks where I wish the world would just stop spinning, or weeks where I feel like it’s all an uphill climb, but rarely are their weeks where I just am. I realized this is because even when I do have a good week and things are all going well I freak out and wait for the bottom to fall out.
But the past few weeks have been good weeks and I have been learning to enjoy them! It’s been wonderful! I’m learning that a good day does not have to be the calm before the storm. Good days are ours for the asking. God has a plan and he will bring it out to completion. Through my over thinking, asking what if’s, and worrying I actively seek out chaos- it is where my energy goes. If I desire and actively seek peace as much as I seek the chaos I can enjoy the good when it comes and therefore see Gods plan and his blessings more clearly.
Matt 6 (the message) 31 What I'm trying to do here is to get you to relax, to not be so preoccupied with getting, so you can respond to God's giving. 32 People who don't know God and the way he works fuss over these things, but you know both God and how he works. 33 Steep your life in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. Don't worry about missing out. You'll find all your everyday human concerns will be met. 34 "Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don't get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes.
God’s wisdom is vast, I can not comprehend it all, hence why I need faith. Faith is knowing what I hope for and being certain of what I can not see. My actions should be that of this biblical faith. Actively seeking peace has meant me realizing and holding on to the fact that happiness is not a present someone else holds in his or her hands. God has already given me the gift of Salvation, His Spirit, and joy all I have to do is accept it, own it and give my attention to what he is doing right know. When I do this I am able to enjoy the blessings he sends and be grateful in the moment. I can let him fill my well so that when times of refining do come I have the right perspective and am teachable.
1Cor 2 (the message) 7God's wisdom is something mysterious that goes deep into the interior of his purposes. You don't find it lying around on the surface. It's not the latest message, but more like the oldest--what God determined as the way to bring out his best in us, long before we ever arrived on the scene. 10But you've seen and heard it because God by his Spirit has brought it all out into the open before you. The Spirit, not content to flit around on the surface, dives into the depths of God, and brings out what God planned all along. 11Who ever knows what you're thinking and planning except you yourself? The same with God--except that he not only knows what he's thinking, 12but he lets us in on it. God offers a full report on the gifts of life and salvation that he is giving us. 13We don't have to rely on the world's guesses and opinions. We didn't learn this by reading books or going to school; we learned it from God, who taught us person-to-person through Jesus, and we're passing it on to you in the same firsthand, personal way.
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Since those first days, I have made it out of the Projects, finished my Masters degree in International Development, and moved to DC to work in my field. As a young single Christian woman my struggles today are a little different than they were when I first came to know God, but who am I kidding, not much. It's the every day battle for my heart to be pure before God, to strive to please him, and help others to seek and know Him.
Over my years of a faithful walk with God I have received much grace and compassion and have been blessed beyond my wildest dreams. Through out it all one thing has stayed consistent: God's word. Through His word I have been inspired and it has kept me faithful even when faith seemed like a foreign concept and God seemed deaf to my prayers. I started emailing my Quiet Times which helped me stay accountable as I shared my struggles and fought for understanding. Some wrote back and said they too were inspired and could relate. I hope some of my times can help inspire others who are seeking and fighting just like I am, to get to heaven and take as many as possible with me along the way.
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