I can remember times in my life when an adamant “no” came flying out of my mouth. I would rather kick and scream than give up my “no” because in that moment I felt justified that I was right. I am a grown adult and pushing back in the form of a mini tantrum is not pretty, but standing strong in my position seems the only way to go at times. What can we possibly believe is worth that much of a fight?
Life experience adds restraint and understanding to situations that I did not always have when I was younger. We learn that getting our way at any expense is not the choice God wishes for us to choose. We find we can back off and let go when we turn to God to advise us in difficult times. We find beauty when we are handed a “no” answer because God’s “yes” is exactly what we needed. We allow God’s truth to permeate our choices and turn our adamant “no” into His beautiful “yes”.
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God’s grace is transforming and accepting this gift allows us to pause and carefully choose what God desires rather than what we stubbornly are fighting for. We do not become brave in our faith by overriding God’s decisions. We grab brave faith when our heart is in sync with God’s desires for our journey. Today we can let God transform our no into His yes because we choose brave faith and God’s truths as our answer.
With grace and bravery, let’s walk away from our stubborn “noes” to God’s beautiful “yeses”.
Mary
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THIS: “God’s grace is transforming and accepting this gift allows us to pause and carefully choose what God desires rather than what we stubbornly are fighting for.” Yes!
“We grab brave faith when our heart is in sync with God’s desires for our journey” – yes and Amen! It’s in the yes of willing surrender where we walk closest to our God-given destiny and have the courage to follow Holy Spirit’s hand on our life, no matter where it may take us. Thanks, Mary! 🙂 x
The yes of willing surrender. Amen to those words. Even though saying “no” can seem easier it never is because we have not released everything to God. We do not let Him take over and show us that He will walk us through the difficult and take us to the other side. Your words mean so much to me. Thank you for encouraging me.
I have mini tantrums every now and then as well. Many times they turn into full blown ones :). I’m so stubborn and have always hated hearing no. This is such a beautiful perspective to dig out what God’s yes is in the situation. I’m always blessed visiting you, Mary. You continue to inspire me with this 31 days series you have stayed so consistently committed to. Thank you, my friend!
You are one of my biggest cheerleaders and I am so grateful for you. I understand when you say you have mini tantrums. We need to be intentional about not always fighting God in our choices because He always has our best interests at heart. Thank you for encouraging me in this 31 days and for being a friend who is willing to listen and share writing dreams.
This is great because last night I lay in bed wondering how I’ve said so many “yes” responses and ended up too crazy busy! I resolved to work on my “no” ability. But you’re right, I do want to say no to God sometimes – if only He’d do things the way I wanted rather than His way. I’m learning to trust and to listen and to wait…and to say yes!
We love taking care of things on our own and many times this causes things to get messy. I find I am very stubborn so saying “no” is my way of staying in control but in reality I never am. God will take our stubbornness and work it for His good by putting us in situations that require us to rely on Him and only Him. Praying we both are able to say “yes” and let God lead us in our everyday.
I’m all in! Yes, God. Good encouragement today. Visiting via #raralinkup.
Thank you Kristi! God’s “yes” is always beautiful because it aligns us with His plan. Praying you are doing well and have a blessed week.
Makes me wonder why ‘no’ so often seems to be our default response. God, help us with our negativity, our lousy attitudes, our lack of faith …
I am not sure why “no” is our default answer but perhaps we feel it is easier. God knows that He needs to work on us to choose His “yes” because we do choose negative over positive often in our lives. Praying we all find it easier to choose God’s “yes” in our everyday.