Neutral

Life can have you running at a high rpm. So when life is coming at you hard and fast, do not forget that little gear called Neutral.

Shifting life's demands can require a steady hand, a close eye on the road, and regular fill-ups.
Neutral in my life is spending time with God through prayer and the reading of His word.But even with regular maintenance, the issues of life still shift me into high gear at times. Sometimes the frenetic pace seems a bit exciting, but an all out run for your money, can also drain your last bit of energy for the road ahead.
So.
Back to Neutral...literally.
This point was driven home recently by the need to drive someone else's car and my inability to shift from Park to Reverse. The car had a stick shift that refused to go into gear while the engine was running.
No amount of self-effort would move it.
So I sat there, becoming more aggravated by the moment.
All my effort still left me in Park. When I turned off the engine and applied the brake, I could easily move the gear into Reverse.
Alright, so the gears work!
Yet, as soon as I turned the engine on, the gears would lock.
Not moving.
I called for help.
My help, came from my husband, who said, " Put the car in Neutral with the brake engaged, turn on the engine and move the gear into reverse. "
Wow! it worked.
A simple gear change.
If you find yourself not going forward and not going backwards. A shift in gears in needed.
Neutral.

~Debbie
© 2010 Debbie Turner Chavers

I posted this originally, April 2010.

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A Life Redemption

Good Morning,

I read an amazing encouragement this morning from Joyce Meyer in "100 ways to simplify your life".

I pulled out the gist of the message that refreshed me from pages 61-62.

"Condemnation is a feeling of guilt and shame that presses you down.

Jesus comes to lift us up, not press us down. It is the devil who wants to press us down and keep us there. He brings condemnation, but Jesus offers forgiveness and restoration.

The devil offers complexity and confusion; Jesus offers simplicity in  its purest form. 

Every time we sin, the Holy Spirit convicts us but the devil tries to denounce and condemn us. 

We need to know the difference.

Conviction is for the purpose of leading us to admit our sin and repent. 

Condemnation only makes us feel guilty and actually weakens us and keeps us in a cycle of sin. 

We must decide not to accept condemnation."

-Joyce Meyer

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I am reminded that God loves us so much, that even as His Holy Spirit brings any fault to mind, He quickly reminds us of His power and love to bring us restoration in all things. His ability to redeem all and everything.  God's correction/ conviction is not a death sentence but a LIFE Redemption .  

I am reminded of 2 Corinthians 3:5  Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves, but our sufficiency is of God.

God is so able.

Reading Psalm 78 restates for me the mercy/ conviction given by God in lieu of condemnation. 

I am so comforted by Isaiah 48:17 Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God, which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.

May you be encouraged and be an encourager of God's goodness as you walk your path today.

-Debbie

All writing, poetry, posts, art, and photography, copyright © 2014 Debbie Turner Chavers. Protected by US and International copyright laws. All Rights Reserved. Scripture references taken from the King James bible. Would you like to see what I am currently painting? Click on these links http://artparables.com or http://debbieturnerchavers.com