As I sit here and read through Philippians I’m reminded that I need to REJOICE in the Lord. Not just when things are going wonderful, but also when circumstances aren’t the greatest! I loved reading chapter 3 verses 7-9 this morning
“I once thought these things were valuable, but now I consider them worthless because of what Christ has done. 8 Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ 9 and become one with him. I no longer count on my own righteousness through obeying the law; rather, I become righteous through faith in Christ.[c] For God’s way of making us right with himself depends on faith.”
Knowing Christ isn’t just a head knowledge thing. Its not just Knowing about Him, its having a relationship with Him. When one trusts Christ as their Savior its like he spiritually shares with the Lord in the victory over sin and death. The believers old self is dead and now he has the power of Christ in Him!
I need to REJOICE in this everyday. This needs to be the first thing I think of when I wake. Rejoice in Him for He is awesome and worthy. Christ died for me! I know Him as my Savior. What an awesome privilege to be a daughter of Christ. How neat that He is right here with me all the time, no matter what! All the “stuff” in this world is just worthless compared to knowing Christ.
With all this being said one of my goals this year is to be a more patient, loving, compassionate wife to Brian and mother to my boys. Often times things frustrate me and often times its in the category of being worthless and not important in the grand scheme of things. So, I’m hoping to work on this this year. With that, I’d like to give more attention to my family this year. Less focus on house duties and more attention on things that are important, my marriage and my children. I do have a few other goals, things I want to accomplish and do this year but in reality they aren’t worth much.
