When I was a little girl, I thought I would be a poet.
{I also thought I would be the next Mary Lou Retton and the next Olivia Newton John and the next Bionic Woman, but those are stories you can go back and read...}
The first poem I remember showing to Mom, she didn't believe I wrote. I was little and out of nowhere my head came up with this:
God gives Himself to each of us,
To each a special part.
But I am the luckiest one of them all
For unto me He gave a piece of His heart.
After awhile I convinced her I hadn't copied it from one of my children's books so it went on the fridge, which was enough for me to consider myself published.
I was little and wanted to make sure I always had God's heart in me, and I knew without a shadow of a doubt that I was in His.
It's easy to believe as a child.
But then we grow older.
And we see our flaws.
And we hide more than we show.
And instead of believing we are in His heart we shift our thinking and we start trying to earn our way in. Into a place where He already holds us as a precious gift.
My friend and (in)courage sister, Holley Gerth, saw that in herself and women all around her, and listened to a prompting that caused her to write God's Heart for You: Embracing Your True Worth as a Woman.
And girls, we need this book.
It's a tiny little book, but it is powerful. I've had so many little daily devotionals over the years that have been nice, and I read them and put them away and went about my day. But this one is different.
This one has made me pause.
Each day is only a few pages long, but Holley doesn't mess around. She starts with an idea, tells you her thoughts and then asks you three questions that stop you dead in your tracks.
Not the questions that you do two minutes before faith sharing because you're running late and they are typical ones you don't have to think about. {Not that I ever did that. Ahem.}
These are questions that dive into your heart, so that you can see yourself more clearly in His.
And after you ponder and pray and realize something new, she gives you a few lines of a prayer you think she pulled right out of your own heart, and then she gives you a pep talk that leaves your ready to face your day with a new readiness you didn't know you needed.
Can you tell I like this little treasure?
Would you like a copy, too?
Good. Because I'm giving one away. :)
If you want to be entered in, all you have to do is leave me a comment finishing this statement:
In God's Heart, I am...
Here's a video with some other people's answers if you need help getting started:
Please, only one comment per person, and the contest will go until 11:00 pm Thursday night. I'll announce the winner on Friday.
Good luck!