Rocks

Jamie has mentioned these jars or rocks, and If you haven't seen her demonstration I would recommend you take a moment to stop and check it out. When I first saw her demonstration, I thought what a cute, simple way to show fullness. As I thought more about the rocks that fill my life, such as, "how big IS my God rock in comparison to the other important, good, busyness or busybody, or wasteful rocks that I am putting in my life?" I wasn't to pleased with my answer.

 The jar concept is, if you put God first the rest can go in. But also, am I filling my life with what Gods truth, reality, and perspective is or am I just trying to be busy so I'm not looked down upon.

 My perspective vs Gods perspectives.  What he knows is best for me and who I'm supposed to be involved with. It's time for me to pull every thing out of that jar and examine it. Getting rid of any bad habits or things I'm enslaved to. Like bing watching Netflix instead of playing with my kids.

Checking if these good things are what God wants me to do or if it's time to let go. Maybe God has new rocks waiting for me and I need to leave some space in my jar for them. As I go through these hard choices I need to read Gods word and stay close to him daily. From one day to the next I struggle to remain close to God and thankfully his mercy is new every morning (lamentations 3:24-27).
As I purge my jar, literally and figuratively, I know God will be with me. Whether I 'feel' victorious or morn the loss of something I have invested a lot of myself into, if I give it to God then he gets the glory and can use that in another persons life. This isn't an easy process for me and I have been avoiding really getting into it.

You may not have noticed, but the church has a rain garden. In dry times it looks like a unmowed ditch. Its purpose is to collect the extra water from rainstorms and filter the extra back into the ground water so that the water treatment plant isn't overwhelmed.

God has given me the opportunity to let him be my rain garden. To filter my life through his perspective and leave only what is useful and edifying for the body. (Ephesians 4:12&29)

 “Record my misery; list my tears on your scroll — are they not in your record?”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭56:8‬ ‭NIV‬‬
http://bible.com/111/psa.56.8.niv

I don't need to hold onto my rocks. God already has them written down. If he has a scroll (jar) just for my tears, then I know I can trust that he cares for the rest of my rocks and they are safe in his care. It's time for me to write down and throw some rocks into our rain garden. Let God filter my life through his perspective and become full of life that is Zoe life.


Please hold me accountable to this! I have a feeling I'm going to get really busy and not take the time to check and make sure these rocks (good works or whatever that fills my day) are supposed to be in my jar.

Thanks,
Theresa