Find and Seek

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Just looking into Patti’s eyes you can see the love of Christ!!!  What an incredible gal and beautiful heart for the Lord!!!  I pray I can exude Christ the way I even see it in her eyes some day!!!  Read on and see how HE speaks thru her!!!

“You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” Jeremiah 29:13

Like a whisper in my soul, I heard these words. His voice.  Before my eyes opened and my head cleared, my heart was receptive.

New Year’s Day. The first day of 2012. I had gone to bed thinking about the year that had passed. It was a challenging one, filled with unexpected trials and unplanned events. One that left me no choice but to draw on faith and hope in the One who covers me with His love.

Early on in 2011, it became clear that my “word of the year” was “Believe.” It began with a random conversation on a plane and carried through every event and life change I faced during the year. Some days, all I could do was choose to “believe” because circumstances spoke otherwise. If I dove into those circumstances, I might drown in fear and sorrow. But, clinging to my “word,” and more importantly, my faith, somehow He got me through every obstacle I encountered. He provided in ways only He could. He pruned areas of life that needed pruning. He spoke into my heart that He was with me.

And this year, on January 1, He woke me up with the gentle nudge of a promise. “Seek.” Seek Me. Those words settled into my mind as I slowly gained consciousness that morning. As I sat there, pondering the words, I knew this was my direction, my path, my “word” for 2012.

As I thought about the verse, I decided to look it up in different translations. The Message version grabbed my attention:

When you come looking for me, you’ll find me. “Yes, when you get serious about finding me and want it more than anything else, I’ll make sure you won’t be disappointed.” God’s Decree. “I’ll turn things around for you. I’ll bring you back from all the countries into which I drove you”—God’s Decree—”bring you home to the place from which I sent you off into exile. You can count on it. ~Jeremiah 29:13-14

When you get serious about finding me and want it more than anything else, I’ll make sure you won’t be disappointed. Wow. What power in those words!

My charge for the year? Get serious. Seek. Seek with all my heart. Ask Him every day to guide me, lead me, help me to seek Him in all I do.

What is yours?

Patti Hazlett is a writer whose blog devotionals have struck a chord with her readers. Her ability to look at life through what she calls her “Jesus filter” has taught many life lessons and practical Biblical application. A later-in-life Christian, she struggled for years to connect the dots between her life and a life as someone who was saved. Her journey took a radical turn after a cancer scare and a heartfelt, honest cry out to God to use her for more than the life she was living. Today, she approaches every day with the prayer to maximize each moment for His glory.

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