Conquering the world!!

So, the picture...just in case you were curious the sunrise was beautiful this morning as usual. I just thought I'd share that with you. :)

Today (I only hit "snooze" twice) I woke up early enough and whipped out the Word to 1 John 5: 1 - 12. As my sleepy stupor wore off I realized that this passage was absolutely made for this time in our lives. Especially for me the part of the verse that says, "And his commandments are not burdensome, for whoever is begotten by God conquers the world" was incredible.

I have realized more and more that I am afraid of giving everything I have to diving in the Word...I'm afraid of saying things about Christ to other people...I'm afraid, sometimes, of what being faithful implies. Especially in my prayer life, I find myself saying, "You mean, I can't just be left alone?" or "I have to spend all day thinking about how I'm loving other people?" The passage today, though, says straight from His mouth that His commandments to love are not burdensome. His commandments to be chaste are not burdensome. His commandments to watch our tongues are not burdensome. Too often, I think of His wishes for me as a nagging almost. What silliness! Though it takes discipline at first to be chaste or not to indulge or to watch what I'm saying...in the end I feel so great! How often I forget the feeling of laying myself to sleep after a particularly prayerful or conscientious day.

I left the Bible on my couch with a thought for the day....that I may love as He loves me and be set free in all those possibilities. :) The world burdens me, not Christ.