M.O.M. CHALLENGE DAY 21

Wednesday, Marsh 21, 2012

M.O.M. CHALLENGE DAY 21

The Heart has its reasons...I know this blog may sound a lot like yesterday's blog (re-cycled) but the thoughts are worth re-iterating!

Proverbs 21:2 reads: "You may believe you are doing right, but the LORD judges your reasons." (Now that does sound a lot like the point of yesterday's blog, huh?) O'kay so when things get repeated, they are usually important, so you don't miss the point. Get it? So you don't miss the point?

"What's my motivation?" I have heard actors ask that question before playing a part...maybe we should all ask ourselves that question, or better yet, ask GOD that question...DAILY!!! Like I said yesterday, the heart is deep like an ocean. Sometimes we can be tricked by our own heart, and we might have mixed motives that we don't want to admit, not even to ourselves! But you can't deal with the stuff you won't admit...it is spring time now...a great time for spring cleaning of the heart!

Motives, although often hidden and unspoken, are the true reasons behind what we say and do. Maybe you offer to do something nice for someone, because you know they will surely repay you in kindess, somehow... so what was your motivation? Doing the kind act out of love, or the possiblity of the payback? Don't even bother to ask yourself that question...we all know what we are going to say, of course..."I just wanted to do the right thing." Like every Miss America pageant contestant wants to work for world peace! Sure, right! It is a standard, canned answer we all know that. But are you willing to ask GOD for the TRUTH?

If we're honest, we'd have to admit that our own motives are usually at least a little mixed. How often do you think about your own motivations? GOD thinks about them a lot. He knows all the sincere and not~so~sincere parts of you, and HE wants to weed out the less~than~genuine qualities so HE can refill the empty spaces with HIS goodness. Without HIM we are like the hollow chocolate Easter bunnies that are gracing the Wal-Mart shelves! We are empty, we are a disappointment, and we can crumble easily! Asking HIM to show you your motivation would be a really wise thing to do today.

So, yeah...I love getting all this wisdom this month... Did you happen to linger on Proverbs 21:1 (like I did) which reads: "The Lord can control a king's mind as HE controls a river; HE can direct it as HE pleases."? If not meditate on that one for a while today...marinate your heart in The Word, you will be so much more tender and tasty to the rest of the world around you! I am willing to ask HIM to control my thinking, how about you? I believe that is called "total surrender"! Its a good thing!

Blessings,
Shawnie Hendrix