Extraordinary!

xtraordinary! It is becoming on of my favorite songs. "The Earth will sing Your praise, the glory of Your name, the greatness of Your ways, You are Extraordinary!" Father there is nothing ordinary about you. The way you do things in my life is hardly ever how I thought you would. I love to watch You work in my life and the lives of those around me. Many are the plans in a man's heart, but You direct their steps. Direct me always Lord, even when I don't understand what you are doing. Thank you for being extraordinary. :)

Dedicated

edicated is the word I woke up to last week, after I finally posted Caller. Thank you Father for being so dedicated to loving me. Thank you for taking the trouble, after man fell to prepare the way back to You. Thank You Jesus, for being dedicated to walking around on Earth in human flesh and being a living example of what is like to live a life completely and totally submitted to the will of the Father. Thank You for your sacrafice on the cross. Thank You for saving me, and thank You so much for remaining dedicated and never leaving me. Thank You for being my example of dedicated, and Father please help me to return it. Help me to be more dedicated to You. You are my everything. Thank You! :)

Caller

Thank you Lord for being my caller. I am not just talking about creating me with a purpose, and placing a calling on my life. That is awesome, and I thank you for that too. But You my God call me to You. Whenever I start to drift away, or make anything more prevelant than my relationship with you, You are quick to say, "Yoo hoo! Roz, keep me first!" "Hey, Roz, I come back to me....remember your first love..." You never let me stray, Lord. Thank you so much for being so faithful to remind me that You are the one thing that is needful, that more than anything if I want to survive this life You have ordained for me, I have to continue to look to You as my source of everything. I love you for it. I am so grateful that you are a faithful caller. Thank you for calling me, and being patient with me. Thank you with all my heart!

Beloved

eloved, Father, is the word that was on my heart for you when I woke up (the third time) this morning. I looked for another word because while I know you call your children, your beloved, I was not quite so sure I could honestly call you my beloved. Not because I don't love you. Well, at least I try to love you. You say over and over in Your word that if we Love you, we keep your commandments. It is my hearts desire to keep them all the time, but You know I don't. You know better than anybody how much I screw up. WOW, I just got it. It is okay that I call You my beloved without getting it all right. Because in my heart I am working toward that end. To love you with my whole life. To obey You the instant I hear You. And even though I don't have it all together, you still love me. You still call me daughter. I love You for that, Father. I love you for sending Jesus to shed His blood that covers me and offers me the chance to come to You. Thank You, even for this lesson that I have learned today. I am glad I did not change the word. My God, My King, My Beloved.

Amazing!

Okay, so I am doing another round of Praises A to Z. This time the rules are different, as long as we use a word for each letter of the alphabet, the structure of the "praise" can be anything we want it to be. :)

mazing Lord,

Just want to take a little time to talk to You about how amazing You are in my life. When I got out of my car the other day it struck me that there are so many things in my life, that are there because You made them happen. When I deserve nothing but to be ignored or shunned, you bless me. You bless me with health when I eat crazily and sleep way to little. You bless me with good grades, even when I don't do as well as I want to on some test. You amaze me with the way You continue to be a kind, generous, loving, savior, no matter how I behave. You make me want to do better. You make me want to draw closer to You, to learn how to be more like You. You make my jaw drop when I think about the amazing effects of You being the Lord over my life. Thank you, Father, for being so incredibly amazing. I love you!