God has been showing me lately what the true meaning of "Open the Eyes of my Heart Lord" means or just to open up our eyes to see what is in front of us. My devo. hit me hard this morning and then a song came to mind.
Quote from "Jesus Calling"-Sarah Young-" I AM nearer then you think, richly present in all your moments. Ask Me to open your eyes, so that you can find me everywhere. The more aware you are of My Presence, the safer you feel."
Song-"Open the eyes of my Heart, Lord. Open the eyes of my heart. I want to see you. I want to see you. To see you high and lifted up, shining in the Light of Your Glory, pour out your power and love."-Old song but so true! :)
Someone close to me told me that I needed to open my eyes on certain things before my trip to Guatemala because I was stressing out way too much and of course I didn't understand that. I was like my eyes are open and I want what I want but I was so wrong and the trip showed me that in so many ways. I come back from my trip and it is like God laid out a new path for me and blessed me a lot more then I could have thought He would. To me, now opening our eyes really means just opening our eyes and focusing more on God and other people. If we want to see God work in our lives then we have to be willing to open our eyes because really He is working just not the way we want it most of the time. I found out to that my prayers are a lot more praises and thank yous instead of all questions and that even deepens our relationship with the Lord. I don't ask for anything so I'm opened to whatever He wants for me. I've been busy too that I don't have time to think about other things, which can be good at times. I'm not for sure how the trip helped me get here and where God is taking me yet or will when my eyes are fully opened because I know I still have a ways to go but I can't wait to see the end because I have a feeling it's something I never thought of. Maybe too that is why He moved me down here to AR out of MO because it is a new area with new people and he can lead me to them. It is a great big world and there are so many things out that but when God leads you to the right ones you know and I feel like He has here in AR. Never thought it would be AR but it is. :) I'm a small town/ country girl and I wouldn't trade that for anything. My dream is to live in the country someday and that is one thing that won't change about me even if I have to wait until I'm 70. :) Living in a big city like Bentonville, AR is great to because it opens my small town country girl's eyes to a lot more then the little town had for me. It gave me chances for more jobs and get to know more people from different ages and different backgrounds, although most of them seem to be teachers or teacher's kids. Somehow, I haven't gotten away from that yet but I do like that part because that was my life too so I can understand and it is easier to get to know them so I'm not complaining at all. Also, living on my own helps me to get to learn more about me I didn't know and learn more about God and just do whatever I want whenever I want. It is a good feeling! Opening your eyes is something that you will fear but you need to have Trust in the God to do it. Yes, it will be about fearing the Lord some, but isn't that the best way to do life? As people of God, and espically teachers, we need to be praying that God truely opens our eyes because we could be missing something in a person's life (kid's life) that could be fixed by only us because God made it that way. In saying all of this, I'm just saying that God has really opened my eyes more this past year and I hope He countines too until I'm at where He wants me to be at. I hope this make some sense because it is one of those things I want to share but it is so big and I'm just learning that I really can't but if I have get it all firgured out I might write on here again.
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