Yes, I am 'just me'

Whew!  Finally figured out that 'saved' and published are not the same thing!!!  Thinking about it, that is kind of like our walk with Christ.  We can make all the grandiose plans that we want, go through it a thousand times in our heads how we are going to do better, be kinder; but until we actually put feet to our thoughts, it is all nothing.  I am so happy that you decided to read my blog.  Never thought I would have one.  Had always 'thought' (kind of like what I said above) that I would write a book or something for publication, but never put my fingers to the keyboard to actually get the words on paper.  So much for all that wasted time.  I always felt that I had to be something more, be someone more.  Someone more learned, more accomplished, more whatever.  But I finally realized I am just me...but I am just the me that God created, and even better than that; I am that Gail, redeemed!!  Oh what a glorious thought!  That I am on my way to becoming the Gail that He created me to be.  Praying everyday to become more Christ-like.  I have dealt with low self-esteem issues my whole life.  Feeling that I never measured up...not realizing that the only standard I have to measure up to is the one that God has, and His delight is to help me to live up that.  What a gift we are given when we receive Jesus as our Lord and Saviour.  What a gift to know that we don't have to give in to that sin nature that we are born with, but because of His sacrifice, we can live to Him every day. 
I have realized that I am stronger than I think I am.  That the times that I feel weak and inefficient are the times that I am not living in the fullness of what the Lord has for me.  I never would have thought that I would have been able to care for a parent who had a massive stroke and continuous health problems for three years.  But as I sought the Lord day by day, I realized what a gift it was to care for my mom.  That the past that had been so rough was redeemed in the daily act of caring for her; changing diapers, feeding, listening in the middle of the night for her to stir.  I sit here in tears, thankful for a God who gets us past our inadequacies, pushes us farther than we think we can go.  Because He knows what we are made of.  We are the stuff of divine miracles.  The children of the one true God.  The apple of His eye.
Just think of that for a few minutes when you are feeling insufficient.
So, thank you for dropping by.  I hope that you will find encouragement here.  I know that that is one of the things the Lord has called me to do.  We all need that from time to time, don't we?  Probably more often than we would like to admit.  So if you find anything here that blesses you, please take a moment and let me know.  Or if you have a criticism, let me know that also.  I am hoping that through this I will also grow, go from glory to glory as it were.