Needing Encouragement? Mondays Are Great! Linkup!

Glad Rejoicing Encouraged And Thankful!

Feeling a little beaten up? Feeling your work might be all in vain?  Wondering if it's all worth it?  Discouraged? Press replay and watch again this last week and look for God.

He was there.

Do you see where He was helping, encouraging, perhaps molding you into Christ's image?  Write it down. Post it. Share it.  Be encouraged and let God use you to encourage someone else.  Don't delay. Write that testimony down now, post it, and link up.

This was a rough week, for half a dozen reasons, and at the end I felt in need of the encouragement which I'm trying to foster through this linkup.  On our 45-minute drive to church this morning, I was praying.  Feeling discouraged, I said, "Jesus, help."  Immediately these words popped into my head: "Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice." That was the Lord, alright, reminding me that I should be led by the Spirit, not my emotions. I thought of all His goodness and rejoiced in thankfulness.

Singing the hymns during the church service, I knew God was answering my questioning heart.  Is my blogging worth it? Does what I do here really matter? I'm trying to be a Titus 2 older woman, but is anyone listening?  "Not I, but Christ."  He softly spoke, "If what you're singing is truly your heart's desire, your heart will fill with joy." These are the words we sang:

Not I, but Christ, be honored, loved, exalted;
Not I, but Christ, be seen, be known, be heard;
Not I, but Christ, in every look and action;
Not I, but Christ, in every thought and word.

Refrain:
Oh, to be saved from myself, dear Lord,
Oh, to be lost in Thee;
Oh, that it may be no more I,
But Christ that lives in me.

Not I, but Christ, in lowly silent labor;
Not I, but Christ, in humble, earnest toil;
Christ, only Christ! no show, no ostentation!
Christ, none but Christ, the gatherer of the spoil.

The next hymn put the period on the message Christ spoke to me:

"Channels Only."
"Thou hast saved and cleansed and filled me
that I might Thy channel be...
But with all Thy wondrous pow'r flowing thro' us
Thou canst use us every day and ev'ry hour."

Reminded that I must keep my eyes on Him, just obey and do the work He's given me to do, and not worry about the results, but leave that with Him, I'm encouraged that He will use me as His channel in this world. My labor is not in vain in the Lord. And yours isn't either.


How did God encourage, help and speak to you this week?
Write a post (or a comment). Include a link back here to my blog and "Mondays Are G.R.E.A.T.!" Publish your post, then copy the url of that post in the lower space of the Linky box below. Put your name in the top space and hit Enter. That's all there is to it! If you have a blog, please tell your readers about this linkup.

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Where did you see God this week?