Laurie Hopkins

The Lord is our comfort; it was He who divided the sea, and laid the foundations of the earth.
It is He who puts His word in our mouth and calls us His people.
And yet, we fear man. 
Man who will die and the son of a man who will be made like grass. 
The fear of man is a great hindrance to our walking obediently with our Lord, into the full and amazing destiny that He has for us.
Often it is not a question of hearing the Lord’s voice, but rather walking in obedience to what we hear. 
That lack of obedience often comes from the fear of what others will think of us.
Today is the day to understand Who is in control; Who created us and Who we answer to.
Man is not the answer to any of those things. 
The Lord is the only answer. 
As we learn to walk in fear and awe of the Lord rather than man, we will walk confidently and obediently in those things we hear the Lord directing us and we will walk into our amazing destiny.

We spend a lot of our time murmuring about we don’t or even do have. 

When we find ourselves with fewer things we wish we had more. 
It really should not be about what we have or how what we have compares to what those around us have; it should have much more to do with our attitude and frame of mind. 
Finding ourselves thankful for what we do have and working more to develop the relationships we are in, rather than accumulating more stuff will find ourselves much more at peace in our lives.

And when we do find ourselves in abundance we often complain about the things we have to do to maintain the more, like cleaning it, caring for, and maintaining it. 
How often do we complain about housework without thinking first about the blessing it is to have the house and items in the house to clean?
How many times do we complain about getting groceries or running errands without first thinking about the blessing it is to have the means to allow that to happen?

It is time that we learned that the “better” is in the state of mind and heart we find ourselves, rather than the amount of stuff we have, little or more. 
Let’s start focusing on the blessings, rather than the things and on the relationships rather than the comparisons and in doing so find peace in our minds and our hearts.

We spend a lot of our time murmuring about we don’t or even do have. 

When we find ourselves with fewer things we wish we had more. 
It really should not be about what we have or how what we have compares to what those around us have; it should have much more to do with our attitude and frame of mind. 
Finding ourselves thankful for what we do have and working more to develop the relationships we are in, rather than accumulating more stuff will find ourselves much more at peace in our lives.

And when we do find ourselves in abundance we often complain about the things we have to do to maintain the more, like cleaning it, caring for, and maintaining it. 
How often do we complain about housework without thinking first about the blessing it is to have the house and items in the house to clean?
How many times do we complain about getting groceries or running errands without first thinking about the blessing it is to have the means to allow that to happen?

It is time that we learned that the “better” is in the state of mind and heart we find ourselves, rather than the amount of stuff we have, little or more. 
Let’s start focusing on the blessings, rather than the things and on the relationships rather than the comparisons and in doing so find peace in our minds and our hearts.