Becoming Me / Becoming

Do you believe in divine timing? That god really is working all things out for the good? How many of you have a story where maybe somebody showed up at just the right time when you needed it? Or you've been thinking about somebody for days and days, and then all of a sudden you run into them at the grocery store. Or or maybe you're behind a slow truck and you wanna pass, but you decide not to. In seconds up the road, there's a massive accident. Right? Some people call these experiences coincidences, but I don't. I call them mini miracles or godwinks as I recently heard them called. [00:01:24] (47 seconds)  #GodWinks

This particular passage instructs believers to replace anxiety with prayer, petition, and thanksgiving. It promises that God's transcending peace will guard our hearts and minds in Christ. This verse highlights that rather than being overcome by worry, which is what I do, believers can find inner calm through active, thanksgiving filled prayer and by focusing on positive, godly virtues. [00:09:34] (32 seconds)  #PrayerOverAnxiety

So finally, I I opened up and asked somebody for help. I text Josh. I told him I was spiraling and could use some prayers. I also spent time venting with a close friend who had stopped over after I told her I was off my rocker. And this is what community is about, having like minded people who are willing to stop what they are doing to pray, to confide in confide in, and perhaps eat some chocolate with. [00:25:12] (32 seconds)  #CommunityHeals

See, don't be afraid to ask for help. God places people in our in our lives for a reason, so we can call on them, lean on them, cry out, and pray with them. Becoming and peace require communal support, people we can rely on, who can hold us accountable, give an encouraging word or a hug. It's no coincidence my neighbor is my closest confidant. It's no coincidence that Josh and I have become friends because I believe it's all part of God's divine timing. [00:25:44] (34 seconds)  #LeanOnEachOther

Like becoming, God's peace requires small intentional acts. There is no new me. It's the same me, but with new routines, new habits, and mindsets. Peace and becoming require new perspectives. Rejoicing when I feel like crying, being thankful when I feel thankless. The following week, Josh preached on how intentional becoming starts at our core and is shaped by what a person repeatedly sows. He explained that becoming requires intentional, persistent practice to unravel concrete habits and create a steady transformation. [00:14:16] (43 seconds)  #IntentionalBecoming

The things that we think and what we say, they have the power to build us up or tear us down. Corinthians ten five calls us to bring every thought in cap into captivity to the obedience of Christ. So when my mind starts to reel, I have to force myself to push the chaos aside and focus on what I know. I need to get out of the what ifs and into what is. I need to get out of my head and into my heart. [00:19:13] (33 seconds)  #GuardYourThoughts

I felt like I was on a train to crazy town. Honest to goodness, I could not control my thoughts. I was not who I wanted to be or who God intended me to be. I was irrational and irritable. And as hard as I tried to revert my thinking, I still felt crazy, like I didn't wanna be in my own skin. For two days, I fought my demons alone, trying to remember this peace, trying to pray, but I I couldn't. I couldn't stop spiraling. [00:24:40] (32 seconds)  #NotAloneInTheStruggle

Over the past few weeks, I have been searching for peace. You see, and the more I do, the more God reveals it to me. I've found moments of peace within the chaos, and it's it's fleeting, but it's there in a song, maybe the birds at my feeder, a flower in winter. Sometimes the littlest things take up the biggest place in our hearts, and those are the things that I must hold tightly to while letting go of all that I cannot control. [00:23:44] (32 seconds)  #FindPeaceInSmallThings