Cornerstone

I was very thankful for an afternoon off today after a very stressful morning and week.  I was able to go to the gym and get my jogging  and weights in.  I then was able to go to the park and get some out door jogging in.  It really helped me to get my thoughts back where they need to be.  I am telling you there is nothing better for relieving stress then blaring worship music and working out.  You are not just working out your physical body, but your spiritual and mental one as well.  It really doesn't get any better than that.   Oh but wait if you are jogging on a beautiful day outside it really is the icing on the cake. As I was jogging at the park and just really enjoying being in God's presence the song cornerstone came on and God really just began to speak to me as I was worshiping during that song.  This is by no means some new revelation, but it just hit home for me in a fresh way today.  The bible tells us that Jesus is to be our chief cornerstone.  Chief meaning MOST important, the HIGHEST authority.  And then I began to really think about just what exactly a cornerstone is.  An entire building is erected around that cornerstone.  That stone dictates which direction that building will face and how each stone of the foundation will lay.  And Jesus is suppose to be our chief cornerstone.  It should all start with him.  Our family, our finances, our home, our marriages, our career, our entire lives.  All these are stones that should be placed according to the chief cornerstone  Nothing else in this life can be our cornerstone.  It will all fade away nothing else on this earth remains the same like our Jesus.  You can't have a cornerstone that might one day not be there anymore or it might decide to change its self in some way.  You need a cornerstone that will NEVER change and one that is strong enough to build a foundation on.  And there is NOTHING else on this earth that can do just that.  Everything else is just sinking sand.  Christ is our rock, our fortress, and our chief cornerstone.  Is He what your foundation is built on?  Does he dictate the direction of your family, your career, your LIFE?  Was your life built up around that cornerstone?  Did He dictate the direction your temple is facing?  Did you build your home on the Rock?  If not chances are it will all crumble around you.  That cornerstone should be bearing a lot of the weight of the structure.  What do you think will happen if you once built your temple around that cornerstone and you have since then removed the chief cornerstone?  You have greatly weakened the structure and it's destined to fall.  I hope we all can make Jesus our chief cornerstone and not just try to throw Him in there in the mix somewhere and wonder why we don't have a sound foundation.


Ephesian 2:20-22
built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. 21 In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. 22 And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.

Letting go of the wheel.

I apologize for the long respite from blogging.  Things have been kind of crazy around here.  Things I am not quite ready to blog about just yet, but hopefully soon I will be.  This morning was an extremely stressful morning for me trying to get all 4 kids ready for church in the morning can really try my patience at times and this was definitely one of those mornings and when you compound the stress I am already going through it is like a bomb waiting to explode at times.  And unfortunately my son broke the last straw and had Mt Mama erupt on him.  Something I am by no means proud of, but I am not going to pretend like I always have it all together and never lose it because I do.  ( and no I did not strike him so no calls to 241-kids please;) But my words were probably more harmful than any spanking would have been.  I wish that I could take it back, but I can't.  I can apologize and let him know that that kind of behavior is unacceptable even from mommy and hope I did not damage him to much.  The stress I have been under is enormous and that is when I realize that once again I have picked up burdens that I am not suppose to carry.  I am not big enough or strong enough to carry this burden.  I really just give myself to much credit sometimes, because I do have a lot of faith in my abilities.  And I know God is trying to show me that He has this NOT me.  I need to leave it in His hands and stop butting in and trying to take over for Him, because I usually am just getting in the way anyway.  It's amazing just how many times we have to give it back to Him.  When will I get it?  I have thick skull at times and it takes a while to get through to me.  It is so miserable to always be worrying  anyway why do I torture myself with it?  What does it really change?  It doesn't change anything, but my attitude and it definitely does not change that for the better.  So once again I am stepping out of the drivers seat and letting Jesus take the wheel because he knows the route a lot better than I do.  I am fumbling around in the dark and He can actually see where we are headed.