Will Somebody Please Fill My Cup??!!??

Fill my cup Lord,
I lift it up Lord,
Come and fill this thirsting in my soul.
Bread of Heaven, feed me til I want no more,
Fill my cup, fill it up and make me whole.

I don't know about you, but so many times when my cup is empty and I feel hollow inside, I look to others to fill me back up. Sometimes I feel like my cup is always empty no matter what I do. Why is this? The answer is clear, I'm not looking to the right source...Jesus. He is the only one who can fill us ALL the way up, even to overflowing. He is more than willing to be all you need, in fact, He longs for it.

Don't be afraid to tell God what you need, what is missing from your life. Tell Him all the things that YOU have done to try and fill the void yourself, and then ask HIM to fill you with His love and flood you with His presence.

Beth Moore says, " If Christ has not been invited to fill up all the hollow places in our lives, we may be saved---But we are not safe!"
Oswald Chambers says, "No love of the natural heart is safe unless the human heart has been satisfied by God first."

Constantly seeking to be filled by others leaves us and them feeling drained. We become dissatisfied and our relationships suffer because of unmet, unrealistic expectations. So friends, let others off the hook and run to Jesus! He is the only one able to handle our need and totally fill our cup!

Breathe in His Word Today,

Crystie

Words of Comfort

“…I have loved you with an everlasting love, I have drawn you with lovingkindness.
I will build you up again: You will be rebuilt…
Again you will take up your tambourines and go out to dance with the joyful.”
(Jeremiah 31:3-4)

Today these words are a comfort to me because today, I don’t feel very loved, and I don’t feel like I will ever be whole. It is a very good thing that His Words are Truth, and not my thoughts, because my thoughts are definitely in the pit today.

I hate days like this, days that it feels overwhelming and never-ending. Days where everything seems filtered through the lens of depression. Everything is clouded by sadness and what sometimes feels like despair, and a heaviness that I can’t seem to shake. My mind hurts, my body hurts, and my heart hurts.


BUT PRAISE GOD…HE IS STILL GOD!!!!!! He is reaching down into my pit and drawing me out! He is my support and He arms me with strength. He gives me His shield of victory…did you see that? I will have victory over this because He is going to give it to me! He stoops down to make me great…me, who feels so unloved today. He sees all my weeping, hears all my cries for mercy, and He accepts my prayers today…Praise Him! He will deliver me from the deep waters of depression to a spacious place that He has picked just for me!


So until then I will be joyful in all things, I will keep on praying, and I will keep giving Him thanks in this circumstance because this is His will for me…(1 Thess. 5:16-18)
And who knows…maybe I’ll even be dancing soon!


Breathe in His Word today,
Crystie

“God is our place of safety. He gives us strength. He is always there to help us in times of trouble.” Psalms 46:1 NIRV

A place of safety……

A place to be who you are. A place without condemnation. A place to fall and be picked up again. A place to be broken, and a place to be healed. A place where love abounds and is freely given. A place where love is never taken away.

Strength from him……

Means no more defeat. No more being alone in battle. Knowing that when you stand, He stands beside you. Knowing that when you can’t, He can, He will, and He does! Let God’s love abound in your heart. Stand in the shelter of His refuge. Fight with His strength that only He gives.
“God is our place of safety. He gives us strength. He is always there to help us in times of trouble.”


These words bring such comfort in the midst of my fight with depression. Knowing that I can be who I am without having to hide. I am loved as I am...loved without limits. Knowing I am not alone sometimes is the only thing that keeps me going. Knowing it...not necessarily feeling it. Standing on what I know to be true, is so much better than listening to the lies that the enemy whispers in my ear. Getting through the moment on His strength is so much better than relying on mine, or other's. He is the only one that can give true strength in trouble...in depression...in despair...or whatever burden you may face today.

Remember, God's Word is His very breath...Inhale!
Crystie

Awesome

I have a friend who tells me..."Praise will get you into His presence every time". I have just recently discovered how true that is. I got Mandisa's new "Freedom" CD today, and let me just say that it is AWESOME. One song though captured me in the deepest part of my soul almost immediately. It's called, "Broken Hallelujah". While I know the truth behind praise, it is often very difficult for me to praise in the midst of my depression...when I feel so broken. I realized though that God accepts our broken praise too...our Broken Hallelujahs....

Broken Hallelujah

Mandisa

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With my love and my sadness

I come before you Lord

My heart's in a thousand pieces

Maybe more

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Yet I trust in this moment

You're with me somehow

And you've always been faithful

So Lord even now

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Chorus

When all that I can sing

Is a broken hallelujah

When my only offering

Is shattered praise

Still a song of adoration

Will rise up from these ruins

I will worship You and give You thanks

Even when my only praise

Is a broken hallelujah

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Oh Father, You have given

Much more than I deserve

And I have felt your hand of blessing

On me at every turn

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How could I doubt your goodness

Your wisdom, your grace

So Lord hear my heart

In this painful place

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Repeat Chorus

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Hallelujah

I lift my voice

Your Spirit moves

I raise my hands

I reach for You

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Repeat Chorus

Here is a link for this song on YouTube... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA9S0g137Pg

I hope it works. If not, go to YouTube and you can find it there.

Remember His Word is His Breath...Inhale

Crystie

Hi and Welcome to my blog. I hope that all who enter will find something that they can take with them!

Why "From Deep Waters To Spacious Places"? Because that is exactly where God is taking me! He has drawn me out of deep, deep waters and He is taking me to spacious places! I am so excited to see exactly what that will mean for my life. I will give my testimony in a later post, but right now I just want to share with you the verses from God's Word that was the inspiration for the title.

Psalm 18: 16-19
"He reached down from on high and took hold of me.
He drew me out of DEEP WATERS.
He saved me from my powerful enemy,
From my foes who were too strong for me.
They confronted me in the day of my disaster,
BUT the Lord was my support.
He brought me out to a SPACIOUS PLACE,
He rescued me because He delighted in me."

God's Word is alive...It is His very Breath...Inhale!
Crystie