enough

From My Utmost: The only thing that will enable me to enjoy the disagreeable is the keen enthusiasm of letting the life of the Son of God manifest itself in me. No matter how disagreeable a thing may be, say - "Lord, I am delighted to obey Thee in this matter," and instantly the Son of God will press to the front, and there will be manifested in my human life that which glorifies Jesus. There must be no debate. The moment you obey the light, the Son of God presses through you in that particular… You must keep yourself fit to let the life of the Son of God be manifested, and you cannot keep yourself fit if you give way to self-pity… If God puts you there, He is amply sufficient.

O, Lord, You ARE enough! You are everything I ever need, ongoingly available to me in the moment, all lined up one after the next and the next and the next. You are my portion—“that which is allotted to me,” the ALL of You is my inheritance. I can spend You—You cannot be squandered or frittered away! “Tax Me! See if you can!” You are my Refuge, my Stronghold, my High Tower, my Deliverer, my Way, my Purpose, my Life. Though the path seem demanding or boring, You are my Enough.

Emmanuel Never Overwhelms U—Go² Him! (for my poetic friend)

oh the irony

Got up with Kev to make breakfast, and Jylle wanted to make brownies for our rafting trip tomorrow. She loves to bake, but her messiness makes me crazy. The oil bottle was slippery, she doesn’t scrape all the batter into the pan, and there are batter drips on the counter. Anyway, she ends up doing like 5 messy things in a row, and I sigh and retire to my bedroom where I tell her to be quiet because I’m going to have my quiet time. I’m there one minute, and she comes back with the oil bottle wrapped in my brand new kitchen towel. “Look how clear it is!” Instead of enjoying the accomplishment and the attractiveness of the now clean bottle with her, I start in on how she’s using my brand new kitchen towel and how oil stains. She walked out saying, “You’re so agitated with me...”

This is happening AS I am reading today’s portion in My Utmost For His Highest.
Here are the words: “Agree with thine adversary quickly.” Have you suddenly turned a corner in any relationship and found that you had anger in your heart? Confess it quickly, quickly put it right before God, be reconciled to that one—do it now!"

"Sweeeetie, come here, please..."