Jesus Calling

 happy wednesday! so, my sweet husband got me a book i have really been wanting, called "Jesus Calling" by Sarah Young. he knew i really wanted it and surprised me with it :) he is such a wonderful hubby. love him.  i was so excited and couldn't wait to start reading it. this book was written by a missionary, Sarah Young, who traveled and studied the gospel. she went on a journey to find God and sought out how to be closer to him, and hear him. she put together the scriptures that spoke to her the most, the ones that she learned lessons from and that changed her life. the book gives you a scripture/lesson to read each day of the year. i wake up every morning and read it...it makes the day so much better and i highly recommend it.

i had to share this particular lesson that i read on July 9th....it really spoke to me. 

"Stop worrying long enough to hear My voice. I speak softly to you, in the depths of your being. Your mind shuttles back and forth, hither and yon, weaving webs of anxious confusion. As My thoughts rise up within you, they become entangled in those stick webs of worry. Thus, My voice is muffled, and you hear only "white noise". Ask My Spirit to quiet your mind so that you can think My thoughts. This ability is an awesome benefit of being My child, patterned after My own image. Do not be deafened by the noise of the world or that of your own thinking. Instead, be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Sit quietly in My presence, letting My thoughts reprogram your thinking."

Deuteronomy 30:20; Genesis 1:27; Romans 12:2. 

this is so true, and often we get so busy that we don't really take the time to hear God's plan for us. we let the "things" going on in the world take priority. we spend so much time thinking of things that don't actually matter, and keeping up with things that don't matter...and somehow we are too busy for the things that really matter. this definitely made me think about re-focusing my life. thought i would share :)

i hope you have a great day!

XOXO The Stephens