Are you Comfortable?

What does "comfortable" mean?  According to Websters Dictionary it means affording or enjoying contentment and security.  Okay, so what does "contentment" mean?  It means feeling or showing satisfaction with one's possessions, status or situation.

That is the world's view.  So, according to the world, I need to be secure (home, money, job) and I need to feel satisfied by my home, money and job, in order to have the possessions that I deserve.  A sweet little life where it is all wrapped up, with a pretty red ribbon.

Is that the answer?  Is that the answer to a good life?  Great job, making great money, buying great toys and bigger houses.....2.5 kids, a dog, a cat and a fish...a manicured yard, well educated/rounded children and peace wherever you go?


If this is the life that you want....then stop reading and good luck to you!  If you want more out of life, more than money can buy, then keep reading on!


God does NOT want us to be comfortable!  He wants us to be up and moving and going.  We need to sincerely pray to Him and ask Him to send us where He is working...then when something comes up, all you have to do is GO.  He doesn't call the equipped, He equips those whom He calls!


My husband and I have lived an interesting life.  We married young, had kids young and we fought, oh so much.  He wasn't walking with the Lord and I was walking very slowly.  He was saved at an older age and even though the fruit wasn't very big...it was there and it was growing in God's time, not mine.  I learned very quickly that I was not my husband's personal little Holy Spirit.  


We have walked through several fires, with little grace and forgiveness.  Moreso, we wanted to hurt those who hurt us and we allowed that bitter fruit to penetrate every ounce of our hearts.  I'm sure that devastated God.


We've gotten older and we've learned to lean not on our own understanding, but to lean on God and remember that His grace is sufficient.  We are currently walking through some hot fires....we have lost so much, over the last 2 mths.  We have lost loved ones, we have lost respect towards some people, we've experienced a loss of innocence and we've had our eyes open to many many truths.  Every day, there seems to be a new thing.  One where we are now not saying "God, you aren't funny", but we are standing there, shaking our heads, knowing that He is continuing to refine us.  As painful as it has been, we have drawn closer as a family unit and as a couple and we have most definitely drawn closer to our Lord.


I have more peace than I've ever had and my circumstances have gone from "comfortable" to "chaos".  It seems as if we are standing in the middle of a field and God is getting us with some pretty good zingers.  We are standing strong in His Word and we are hanging onto His truths and promises.  We aren't trying to independently walk through this world "I do it myself" mode, but we are hanging onto God's belt loops and we are following our Daddy through all this muck.


Comfortable, in my terms....is an unmanicured yard with weeds and dead plants, everywhere; 4 dogs that shed horrendously...2 of which try to eat people, our cats are dead, our fish got ick and our snakes fried; a factory job, making factory money, raising (homeschooling) 6 children..all with their own needs.  Leaving a place that we thought we'd never leave....to go towards the unknown.  We are no longer detail oriented people. We are simply trying to follow where He leads.


If you don't know the Lord as your personal Saviour....please savor these next steps and  pray with a yearning heart. 


We ALL deserve death.  That's why Jesus came, to save us from our sins and be the ultimate sacrifice, on the cross.  Please know the plan of salvation and what my God can do for you and how He can change your life.

Salvation is really simple.  Admit that you are lost; Believe that the Lord Jesus Christ came to earth, 100% human and 100% God to die on the cross with your name on His lips; Confess that you are a sinner, separated from God; Repent, turn away from your sins; Ask God to come into your heart and you will be saved.  Baptism would be next, but baptism does not save you.  It is done in an act of obedience to what Jesus did and it is a public profession of your faith, to show the world of your decision.

Please, don't put off tomorrow what can be done today.  Our days are numbered and you can take this moment to ask Christ into your heart and reduce the number of hell by 1, as well as, securing your mansion, in Heaven.