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Just show up!

I don't know, but I'd just bet most of us find ourselves questioning over and over if we're really doing what God has called us to do. You know...it's like we ask again and again, "dear God, what is Your will?"
That's a good prayer to pray, a good petition to make to God. But really and truly, don't we already know, or pretty much know what His will is?? Are we sure we aren't just wanting somebody to say we don't really have to follow through with those commitments we already know we are to make?...especially if it's hard, if it takes time, if it calls on us to do more than we really want to invest right now?
Maybe more than anything, we just need to show up everyday and say something like, "Dear Abba Father, here I am, I'm showing up, listening, looking, wanting to represent You well this day".

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  1. LaDonnaMay 5, 2011 at 10:44 PM

    WOW!!! Powerful message for my life right now. Thank you! Knowing what His will is, but facing the unknowns sometimes is a little scary. I want to do/be everything that He wants. I'm here, listening, looking and wanting to represent Him well, whatever and however that may be!!! Now to just trust Him more knowing that where He leads, He'll equip. :)

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  2. montereyparkMay 7, 2011 at 10:48 AM

    Thanks, Ann. Well said and in just a few sentences.

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  3. PaulaMay 12, 2011 at 11:56 AM

    Thanks Ann, for the reminder that I do need to "show up" every day. I know this blog is a week old, but I needed to see it today. It spoke to my heart. Thank you.

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