Aroma & Faith

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A lot of the time there are so many things ping-ponging around in my mind that it's just difficult to settle down and pray. But once I get myself to look to Jesus and focus on this God-man, everything's downhill from there. This is what it looks like between us and Jesus. We get so distracted, but once we settle down and focus on HIM alone, it's a sweet exchange that we want to stay wrapped up in forever. Loving Him is a sacrifice, but that's how we know we're offering Him something. We can love Him when there are no distractions, but when we can worship Him in those times when we least feel like it, our love becomes real and substantial because it's a sacrifice. When there's an aroma, there's been sacrifice. He rewards us with the aroma.


Something I was praying for tonight was my family. When I go home, I unwind, I minister to myself and get my alone time. But I realized tonight that my home is my greatest battlefield. How can I keep to myself when my home is filled with the broken, depressed, and stressed? Everyone in my house is going through something and has reached their strength and wit's end. But this is when all they have is the cross. This is when the cross most glows with hope. To join them in the sulking would be a great sin, because I know who my God is.

There is so much power in simple faith. I've come to a point in my walk that I know what He's capable of, I have records of all the times He's come to my rescue. Now the only thing I need sometimes is just faith, trusting that He'll show up again like He's done so many times before. Faith, faith. It starts and ends with faith. It's a critical time for my family and I can't do much, but my faith can. Their faith can~

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