“The way we obey teaches us much about who we really trust.”

The way we obey teaches us much about who we really trust.

I will be still before you, lord, I will draw near. In this simple moment, I’m just happy to be here.

Love, its time to embrace the beauty of the unknown.

When you’re feeling exhausted and completely out of breath, turn and fall into his arms and you will find your rest.

We’re not far from home.

To bloom is to grow. To grow is to know the one who created x Died for my soul.

Maybe I’ll do something that the world will see, but I think its enough to know my father see’s me.

We spend so much time avoiding death that we forget to take time to truly live.

The dawn is our reminder; fresh start come with the rising sun, and all life was made new when the sun rose, too.

Tears – they water the soil of your soul, they sink in deep and help your spirit to grow.

Hope remains. The light will stay. You are held and seen and covered in grace.

Sometimes you cant find the words to say. And you know what? that’s okay. Your presence still matters.

Let’s go on an adventure, oh, the place we will go! and with you by my side, I am always at home.

I have never gone too far to be unloved by you.

I lift my hands in praise and all else begins to fade, for you are all that matters; lord take all of me.

I want to leave a legacy.

And which will remain undone and incomplete until by faith and obedience you step into the will of God.

You have to have obedience; otherwise, the idea can spread that you don’t have to listen to the orders, and it can spread to important places.

If a woman does not fit the shape of what you think a woman should, if a woman is not obedient, does not see things the way you do, if a woman is too independent to need anything more than herself, does she automatically become a threat filled with such terror to you?

John Calvin comments on today’s passage: God is only rightly served when his law is obeyed. It is not left to every man to frame a system of religion according to his own judgment, but the standard of godliness is to be taken from the Word of God.

If you obey the majority of those on earth, they will lead you astray from God’s way. They follow nothing but conjecture. They are only guessing.

Mediation gives you knowledge about God. Obedience gives you knowledge of God.

You cannot obey God without your obedience spilling out in a blessing to all those around you.

From my childhood, obedience was something I could not get out of my system. When I entered the armed service at the age of twenty-seven, I found being obedient not a bit more difficult than it had been during my life to that point. It was unthinkable that I would not follow orders.