Excuses have been a part of each of us since that first, forbidden bite in the Garden of Eden. Sometimes we use them so we don't have to take responsibility for our actions or because we're ashamed. Do we also use them because we have a hard time believing that we could be capable of doing the things we dream of? Yes.
How many times have we heard or even used these..."I'm just not good enough to do this." "This is too important and I'm not skilled enough." "A project like this takes someone with a deep, continuous connection with God. That's not me."
I had a realization today. Proverbs is a book written by the wisest man who ever lived, except for that one chapter at the very end. Chapter 31 is written from the wisdom and experience of Solomon's mother, Bathsheba.
The first thing that tends to come to our minds about this woman is that she is the one who had an affair with King David and we know what a fiasco that situation ended up being. But Bathsheba, like David, repented and was used by God. Even to the extreme of giving us a guidebook, sanctioned by God, of how women should live their lives.
So a woman who had an affair with a married man, got pregnant outside of marriage and married the father after he killed her husband was the one to give the rest of the world's women the plan to live and grow by. If God can use a woman that went through all that then each of us can follow the dream and plan He has for our lives.
None of us are perfect and never will be. God doesn't distribute the dreams He gives us by how holy, pure or spiritual we are. He plants dreams and goals in out hearts because of how He made us and where our lives have taken us. Because of all Bathsheba learned from her experience and her repentance, God was able to provide her the opportunity to let the rest of us know what a virtuous woman looks like. She took the opportunity. I'm glad she did.
What dream has God placed in your heart that you need to dust off, stop making excuses about and start working toward again? There will be so many people who will be glad you did.
How many times have we heard or even used these..."I'm just not good enough to do this." "This is too important and I'm not skilled enough." "A project like this takes someone with a deep, continuous connection with God. That's not me."
I had a realization today. Proverbs is a book written by the wisest man who ever lived, except for that one chapter at the very end. Chapter 31 is written from the wisdom and experience of Solomon's mother, Bathsheba.
The first thing that tends to come to our minds about this woman is that she is the one who had an affair with King David and we know what a fiasco that situation ended up being. But Bathsheba, like David, repented and was used by God. Even to the extreme of giving us a guidebook, sanctioned by God, of how women should live their lives.
So a woman who had an affair with a married man, got pregnant outside of marriage and married the father after he killed her husband was the one to give the rest of the world's women the plan to live and grow by. If God can use a woman that went through all that then each of us can follow the dream and plan He has for our lives.
None of us are perfect and never will be. God doesn't distribute the dreams He gives us by how holy, pure or spiritual we are. He plants dreams and goals in out hearts because of how He made us and where our lives have taken us. Because of all Bathsheba learned from her experience and her repentance, God was able to provide her the opportunity to let the rest of us know what a virtuous woman looks like. She took the opportunity. I'm glad she did.
What dream has God placed in your heart that you need to dust off, stop making excuses about and start working toward again? There will be so many people who will be glad you did.
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thank goodness...
smiles.
Very insightful, as usual!