What's in your heart?

"The complexion of your face does not matter at all, it does not matter how many pimples show themselves there, what matters is the complexion of your heart, how many idols show themselves there? You do not need to makeup who you are, your heart shows who you truly are. You can stick your best foot out for awhile but eventually all will see the ugly foot that you tried to hide -- the desires of your heart."


This has challenged me far greater than words can describe!! It's made me really think about my priorities. It's made me think about a lot of things...

What am I really putting first in my life? Do I have idols? What is/are my idol(s)? Am I putting God first? Is spending time with God the most important thing in my everyday life? Am I doing everything I can, in every situation, to bring glory to God? Am I making Him my TOP priority?


To be truthful, I can't say that I do/have. Does this make me sad? Extremely. I WANT Jesus to be my everything, my life and my very top priority... but why is it so hard? Why do I have to let my flesh rule and put other everyday things above God?

I am a sinner. I am not perfect. I am human. From my very first breath here on earth, I entered into this world with fleshy desires.... I am sinner.

However, through God's awesome grace He has saved me; sanctified me- and continues to. He is showing me areas in which I was not trusting Him with. He has shown me things that I can change, need to change and have to change. This doesn't mean it'll be easy and smooth from here on and I'll be able to change "just like that"!

Sure, it'll be bumpy, and at times I may feel like giving in to my wants and my own desires and will... but through these trials God will be working in me, and that is my greatest desire. To have God be working in me. To have Him be the Ruler of my life. To be my Hero. To be my everything.


Psalm 19:14- "Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer."



To God be the glory forever and ever Amen!!

~Gianna

Lately, God has been showing me that there are certain areas of my life that I had not fully surrendered to Him; trusted Him with. I was not willing to give up my will for His. I wasn't giving Him my everything. I was leaning on my own understanding and not His--"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding, in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths." ~Prov. 3:5-6
Sometimes it's so hard to trust Him. Sometimes it's easier to just do it ourselves-(or think we can, anyway) And so the Lord has just been working on my heart, showing me and teaching me these things.... asking me to trust Him. Someone recently told me, "The closer we walk with Him the more we learn to trust Him." My prayer is that I will cling to Him as He reveals His will to me, that I may fully surrender my will, and follow HIS leading.... joyfully! Whatever He has in store for my future, wherever He is leading me, may I always be trusting Him and looking upward as I move onward!

Many Blessings,


Gianna