Simply Virtuous

As I looked up the definition of Trust I came across a great definition. Dictionary.com defines trust as reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence: a person on whom or thing on which one relies: God is my trust. One thing that stood out to me is confidence. Sooooo, I looked up the word confidence and it’s defined as full trust; belief in the powers, trustworthiness, or reliability of a person or thing. In both of these definitions the words strength, ability, surety, trustworthy, rely, integrity are strong words that do not indicate weakness or worry. When you sit in a chair do you first exam it, look under the seat to make sure it will hold you up, or do you just sit down knowing that it will hold you up. We should trust God in that same way we should just know that God will provide for us or will fix a situation without constantly messing with the situation. As I sit and think about trusting God I go back to a time in college when I...

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Matthew 19: 16-23 talks about a rich young ruler. The rich young ruler was so excited about Jesus and wanted to know what he could do to obtain eternal life. When Jesus instructed him to keep his commandants the young ruler was happy to reply that he kept all the commandants since he was little. Than Jesus told the rich young ruler to sale all his riches and give it to the poor. Jesus told him if he did he would have treasures in heaven and he would be able to follow Jesus. Unfortunately, the rich young ruler was not happy about the last part of the statement because he had a lot of money. The rich young ruler walked away very sad. When I look at the rich young ruler, I think of myself. Last year I started to change my life around. I wasn’t sure about everything I needed to do to get right but I was determined to do it. I began to pray and ask God about it and he gave me my answer. But it was up to me to follow his instructions. I was stubborn about a few things because I was so stuck...

Today’s Challenge: Let loose and cry out to God. Today I encourage you to take some time today and get in a quiet place. Once you find a quiet place start praying and don’t hold back. Don’t worry about anything but focus all your energy on God. CRY OUT to him!!! Let loose and don’t worry about being too loud or about the way you look (after all you are by yourself). Seek God for an experience of his presence. (I can remember before I was saved, I would look at people in the church and wonder how they were able to let loose and pray. I wonder how they could just ignore everything around them and praise God without caring what people thought. I tried it last year for the first time. I just Cried Out to God in desperation to live right. The tears rolled down my cheeks, my nose was running, my face was probably red, my voice was cracking but I didn’t care I wanted the experience. And I got it… it was an experience like no other!!!) WARNING: You will only get out what you put in. So DON’T H...

Often times in situations such as disagreement/arguments or when things didn’t go my way in the pass I would play the victim. I would automatically get in my feelings, get an attitude and choose to respond to the situation as if everyone was out to get me. Often times I would rehearse in my head how I would respond to that person the next time we would speak. Or I would dwell on whatever didn’t go my way and go around with my lips poked out and had an attitude with everyone. Lately, God has brought this to my attention. Basically he told me,”STOP PLAYING THE VICTIM!!!” It so easy to throw myself Pity Party and of course I was VIP. I never looked at the situation from the other person’s point of view and most importantly I never looked at the situation from God’s point of view. When I started looking at the situation from the other person point of view I notice that I looked at the person and their background. I also ask myself, “Is there something I’m doing or how I’m responding that ...

Today’s Challenge: Mend a broken relationship. Take time to think of a relationship you had with someone that’s been on the rocks and think of some ways you can fix it. It doesn’t matter if it was your fault or theirs that caused it to go bad but do your part to fix it. It’s a slow process and it may not work the first time that you try to reach out to them but try again. Just keep in mind when God reached out to you, you didn’t listen the first, second or third time but he continue to give it another chance. The challenge is to try and don’t give up the first time!!! You never know that by you reaching out to them you could lead them to Christ. Have a bless day!!!

Today’s Challenge: I woke up with conviction this morning. I felt like I needed to take my relationship with God to another level. Often times I find myself on fire for God and doing everything I can to spend time with him. Other times I feel like I am going through the motions (I really hate when I feel this way). So, today’s challenge is to examine yourself. Pray and ask God to remove those things that are not pleasing to him out of your life. Ask him to purge you of any behaviors or conversations that are not like him. Then alter your daily routines to include more time with God. One thing that I need to work on is my prayer time. Sometimes I can get so engaged with my surroundings and irrelevant stuff that mind seems to wonder when I talk with God. This is something I will work on and it WILL change. Have a Bless Day!!!