GOD WANTS YOUR "NOT ENOUGH"

"As Jesus looked up he saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. 'Truly I tell,' he said, 'this poor widow has put in more than all the others.  All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on'" Luke 21:1-4 (NIV)

Packing to move to a new location, having my two beautiful grandbabies of 2.5 years and 6 years old for the entire summer, planning a trip to OK with the boys to meet my daughter after her training so they can go back home to Ft. Drum, and being in a relationship is very exhausting especially when you thought the one person that said they would support you didn't show up.  There isn't enough time to pack (yes, in an organized manner!!), clean the house, do the grocery shopping for the grandbabies (gotta feed'em once in a while, ya know!), make sure they have some sort of fun (after all, that's why the are here in the Sunshine State for the summer (: ), give them a bath, and take care of my significant other as he would expect me to. 

Simply, there isn't enough.  Not enough sleep.  Not enough hours. Not enough me to please everyone and do everything that needs to be done. I write this while the boys play in the tub with bubbles and doing laundry.

Sooo....this is for everyone who at one time or another has felt so overwhelmed they want to give up on everything and run away, like me.  And how the enemy just loves to camp out in our "not enough" and make us feel inadequate.  We need to remember that we serve an Almighty Father who loves our "not enough". I'm here to tell you and myself (yep, I need to preach and encourage myself too) that our "not enough" by His grace and power IS MORE THAN ENOUGH.


TRUTH FOR TODAY:
2 Corinthians 12:9, "But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me." (NIV) 

THE BELL...I KNOW WHO I AM

THE BELL
I KNOW WHO I AM

I am God's child (John 1:12)

I am Christ's friend (John 15:15 )

I am united with the Lord(1 Cor. 6:17 )

I am bought with a price(1 Cor. 6:19-20)

I am a saint (set apart for God). (Eph. 1:1)

I am a personal witness of Christ. (Acts 1:8)

I am the salt & light of the earth ( Matt.5:13-14)

I am a member of the body of Christ(1 Cor 12:27)

I am free forever from condemnation ( Rom. 8: 1-2)

I am a citizen of Heaven. I am significant ( Phil.3:20)

I am free from any charge against me (Rom. 8:31 -34)

I am a minister of reconciliation for God(2 Cor.5:17-21)

I have access to God through the Holy Spirit (Eph. 2:18)

I am seated with Christ in the heavenly realms (Eph. 2:6)

I cannot be separated from the love of God( Rom.8:35-39)

I am established, anointed, sealed by God (2 Cor.1:21-22)

I am assured all thi ngs work together for good (Rom. 8: 28)

I have been chosen and appointed to bear fruit (John 15:16 )

I may approach God with freedom and confidence (Eph. 3: 12 )

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me (Phil. 4:13)

I am the branch of the true vine, a channel of His life (John 15: 1-5)

I am God's temple (1 Cor. 3: 16 ).

I am complete in Christ (Col. 2: 10)

I am hidden with Christ in God (Col. 3:3).

I have been justified (Romans 5:1)

I am God's co-worker (1 Cor.. 3:9; 2 Cor 6:1).

I am God's workmanship(Eph. 2:10 )

I am confident that the good works God has begun in me will be perfected. (Phil 1: 5)

I have been redeemed and forgiven(Col.1:14).

I have been adopted as God's child(Eph 1:5)

"The LORD bless you and keep you;the LORD make His face shine upon youand be gracious to you;the LORD turn His face toward youand give you peace.."Numbers 6:24-26