Great I Am

Dear Reader,

For starters, I hope you all had a fantastic Thanksgiving!
My family is definitely still working on an abundance of leftovers...and I will be happy to take some back with me to school (Thank goodness for plastic containers and dorm fridges...).

Anyways, I once again a sitting at my favorite coffee house EVER (again), during my stay at home over this Thanksgiving break.
No matter how hard I tried, I have not been able to focus on my homework, take-home exam, or anything I was hoping to do in a "productive" manner.

For the first time discovering this beautiful thing called Noise Trade(I'm definitely a bit behind), long story short, I downloaded a worship album.

As it (among many other albums) were being added to my computer, I was writing out a letter to God in a Word Document. Some days I think a lot faster than I can ever possibly write by hand, like right now. In this letter was quite a bit of "God whys," "God helps," "God what am I going to dos," and so on. Then on my iTunes came this song that completely threw me off guard. It's one of those songs that in the beginning starts off really soft, then the chorus gets loud...unexpectedly. With music already playing in this coffee house...I guarantee you I didn't hear a thing of this song until the chorus. This reader is what I have come to leave you with:

The Song-
"Great I Am"
New Life Worship
(I wish Blogger let us post videos...)

Among all of the things whirling around in my head, and my cries out to God, even in a letter on a Word Document, I suddenly realized, all of the things I was asking Him, about life, my future, my dreams, my shortcomings...He already knew. It was as though hands rested on my shoulders and a voice said, "Rest...and don't worry about it." In the end, it is not my life, future, dreams, or shortcomings that are going to exactly do anything in my life. For too long I have been looking at them first then asking God later...

"But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you."- Matthew 6:33

Ladies and gentlemen I've had it backwards for what seems like the longest time.

So much time, energy and thoughts are wasted when I don't think of Him first. He truly is the Great, I Am as He spoke unto Moses from the burning bush.

Greater than any dream,
any shortcoming,
anything.

Besides...who created of those desires in your heart in the "first" place? ;)

Keep that in mind as you go about...life, and everything else, according to His plan, as promised "shall be added unto you."

"Take delight in the Lord, and He will give you your heart's desires."- Psalm 37:4

Blessings,

JB

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Also #2: THANK YOU for the wonderful friends of mine that have been saying these very same things to me for the past few weeks now. You've been used by God in ways you may or may not have realized. I love you dearly.