"Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me."
Psalm 51:10
Psalm 51:10
"You can't change what's going on around you until you change what's going on within you."-Brothers in Christ Outdoors
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I love that verse and the saying. I think they go together perfectly. I saw the verse on a friend's email and thought about praying it. I prayed that verse over my friend and me. I can't say much about my friend because I don't know much but I know for me it is what I need.
I need to get rid of the old and start clean again. I need God to give me a steadfast spirit of Him in me. I need to be happy where He is leading me and focusing on that. If I want to change anything around me, I need to have a renewed spirit in me. I can't take care of things if I don't take care of myself. That is a lesson I have to learn everyday.
I have a heart for caring about other people eapically children but it can't be about them all the time. It also goes along with feelings. I can't change how I feel about something or someone if I don't change what is going on in my mind and heart. If I have the addtiude of I want it now, then that is what is going to come out in my actions. Yet, if I expect a person to change or treat me differently, then maybe I should treat them differently too.
I need that spirit of peace. Clean all of the bad things out so I can fellow God in peace and know I am doing it right. I feel like I am repeating myself a lot but it is hard to explain when you can't tell about the situation. I just know that I did pray about having a clean heart and that is what I want. I even prayed that prayer for others too. It is like you want all the old junk and memories out so you can start anew.
I will also say for a relationship/crush, it is like you want everything that has happened in the past to be gone. You want to start again as friends and stay that way. I will say that was some of the prayer I prayed last night. I want a clean heart in me yet a peaceful spirit where I know friends are what we are suppose to be. I also know that I can't expect that from the other side until I change on the inside too.
Maybe that's why I got my hair dyed a different color? Not really, I was thinking about it way before all this came up. Yet I have had another friend say that if you change something on the outside, it means you are changing on the inside. Not the first time I've changed my hair because of a situation in my life. I've done it a year after my grandma passed away.
All this to say that I do need to change my heart and things inside me before I can move on in life. Might be a long journey but I am ready for it!
I need to get rid of the old and start clean again. I need God to give me a steadfast spirit of Him in me. I need to be happy where He is leading me and focusing on that. If I want to change anything around me, I need to have a renewed spirit in me. I can't take care of things if I don't take care of myself. That is a lesson I have to learn everyday.
I have a heart for caring about other people eapically children but it can't be about them all the time. It also goes along with feelings. I can't change how I feel about something or someone if I don't change what is going on in my mind and heart. If I have the addtiude of I want it now, then that is what is going to come out in my actions. Yet, if I expect a person to change or treat me differently, then maybe I should treat them differently too.
I need that spirit of peace. Clean all of the bad things out so I can fellow God in peace and know I am doing it right. I feel like I am repeating myself a lot but it is hard to explain when you can't tell about the situation. I just know that I did pray about having a clean heart and that is what I want. I even prayed that prayer for others too. It is like you want all the old junk and memories out so you can start anew.
I will also say for a relationship/crush, it is like you want everything that has happened in the past to be gone. You want to start again as friends and stay that way. I will say that was some of the prayer I prayed last night. I want a clean heart in me yet a peaceful spirit where I know friends are what we are suppose to be. I also know that I can't expect that from the other side until I change on the inside too.
Maybe that's why I got my hair dyed a different color? Not really, I was thinking about it way before all this came up. Yet I have had another friend say that if you change something on the outside, it means you are changing on the inside. Not the first time I've changed my hair because of a situation in my life. I've done it a year after my grandma passed away.
All this to say that I do need to change my heart and things inside me before I can move on in life. Might be a long journey but I am ready for it!
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