There is a reason I chose “the heart of the songbird” for the title of my blog. When I think of a songbird, I think of a creature who is not very impressive in stature or appearance, but who takes great delight in singing out something beautiful for all to hear! The creature is small…but it’s song is large!  It’s as if there’s so much HEART in it’s little song!  If something so small has the bravery to open itself up to the world and sing out something sweet…why can’t I? 🙂 I want to “sing out” things that will encourage others in their walk with (or toward) the God of the Universe…the One who not only made them…but loves them beyond anything or anyone else ever could!  So if God is speaking something encouraging to my heart…why not share it?  It might just be what someone else needs to hear!

A few years back, I was driving in my car on a familiar road at night…not thinking about too much, when I heard the Lord speak to my heart.  He said, “Tami…open your mouth.”  Ummm….what?  I’m SO NOT kidding when I tell you that I actually parted my lips and opened my mouth a little…I don’t know what I was expecting…;)  But I KNEW it was God.

“Tami…open your mouth.”  I began to realize what the Lord was saying to me.  He was encouraging me to “open my mouth” with others and share the things He’s put on my heart to share.  I’m not quick to vulnerability…but I’ve found that more often than not, others are in the same boat as I am with stuff, and what God pours into me…He wants me to pour into others.  Deep….I know! 😉

So here’s me today…”opening my mouth” with good news!  Here it is:  God is for us! 🙂

He loves us.  Sounds simple, right?  But do we BELIEVE it?  He’s on our side.  His DESIRE is that we are loved by Him, and that we love HIM!  He wants us to be fulfilled, full of joy and living an abundant life.  He has amazing, ADVENTUROUS and exciting plans for us (Jeremiah 29:11).  He is NOT into boring!!  Essentially…God is for us.  We may say we believe all this with our mouths…but do we believe it in our heart…REALLY believe it…deep down…past the voices of doubt that say God won’t come through…past our hurts and past our present circumstances?  My goal today is to let it sink in…deep.

God is FOR me.  God is for you.  I like to say, “He’s got this!” 😉

Romans 8:31 says, “If God is for us, who can ever be against us?”

Psalm 56:4 says, “I praise God for what He has promised.  I trust in God, so why should I be afraid?  What can mere mortals do to me?”  I love that!!

Psalm 121:1 says, “I look up to the mountains…does my help come from there?  My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth!”  Cool, huh?! 😉

We may not see it, we may not feel it, it may have to work it’s way past some “stuff” to sink into our hearts…but it’s the truth.  Let it sink in today.

There.  I opened my mouth! 😉  Have a blessed day!