May Word: Guard

Hard to believe May is almost over and I am just getting a minute now to post. I got my word about the 2nd week in, but things have been busy with birthdays and starting a new business. I have had quite an interesting month and am thankful for all the Lord is revealing in me and refining. Growth is never easy, but I am glad he loves me so much to keep showing me the sin that so entangles me. I think for the first time, in my walk with the Lord, I am looking forward to be free from it. I can almost taste the freedom that is to come once I walk through this valley.
I have 2 verses this month that I have clung to.

"Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of scripture, to exhortation, to teaching. Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by prophecy when the council of elders laid their hands on you. Practice these things, devote yourself to them so that all may see your progress. Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers."
1 Timothy 4:13-16

"Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God?
Or am I trying to please men?
If I were still trying to please men,
I would not be a servant of Christ."
Galatians 1:10

God has shown me that my ability to preserver has grown weak and my desire to be liked and accepted by people has taken a front seat in my life. So I say once again, here I am Lord, teach me how to live as you would have me.

Praising Him for His goodness,
Connie