Throne Room Moments: Musings of an Imperfect Princess

The Merriman-Webster Dictionary has several definitions for the word promise. Some of my favorites are: A cause or grounds for hope to pledge to do, bring about, or provide to tell someone that you will definitely do something or that something will definitely happen in the future  a reason to expect that something will happen in the future Throughout the Bible, God has given us tons of promises. The Bible as a whole is a promise in and of itself. But I think that sometimes we get distracted. It's really easy to get distracted too. I can be trucking along one moment and the next something else grabs my attention. I call these "squirrel moments" inspired by the dog Dug from the Disney/Pixar movie "UP".  Life is crazy. Many of us start the day with God and we're pumped up about the day and confident in our faith and the promises of God. Then we walk out of our bedrooms and life's craziness steps in. We get so caught up in the day, and instead ...

Something I've been thinking about recently is how God can use anyone and any story to further his kingdom. For example, look at our heroes from the Bible. Joseph Was sold as a slave by his brothers Wrongfully imprisoned and blamed for a crime he didn't commit While in prison God used him to interpret the dreams of the Pharaoh's cup bearer and baker He was left in prison because the cup bearer forgot to tell Pharaoh about him for a while Once the forgetful cup bearer remembered, Joseph was used by God to save the land of Egypt! He also saved his brothers and their families.  Moses Was a prince of Egypt but also the son of a Hebrew slave Murdered an Egyptian and then hid the body Exiled from Egypt Came up with excuses as to why he COULDN'T be the one to confront Pharaoh Through him God performed many miraculous things and freed the Nation of Israel from the slavery of Egypt Rahab Was a prostitute Because of her position though she was able to sa...

So we've all heard the songs and sermons about how Jesus understands us because he was God AND HUMAN. But do we really stop and think about the second part of that? Sure we really focus on the fact that he is God (which he is) and that he lived a sinless life (which he did), but sometimes I think by not talking about the fact that he was, in fact, human just like you and me (minus the sinning part) we limit our view of him.  Let's look at Jesus the man for a moment. The Bible tells us that Jesus was tempted in EVERY WAY that we are. Not SOME of the ways or MOST of the ways EVERY WAY!  For we do not have a high preist who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way, just as we are--yet was without sin.  Hebrews 4:15 (NIV) The Message says it this way:  We don’t have a priest who is out of touch with our reality. He’s been through weakness and testing, experienced it all—all but the sin.  Hebrews 4:15 (The Me...

"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole full of worms and oozy smells. This was a hobbit-hole and that means good food, a warm hearth, and all the comforts of home." -Older Bilbo, The Hobbit an Unexpected Journey Many of us have heard the story of the hobbit named Bilbo who lived a comfortable life in his home under the hill in the beautiful Shire. Nothing out of the ordinary happened to him. Nothing strange or dangerous really ever happened to anyone in the Shire. It was peaceful and tranquil. However, one fateful day that all changed for Mr. Baggins when  a wizard named Gandalf the Grey came calling and presented Bilbo with the opportunity of a lifetime. Gandalf presented Bilbo with the chance to leave the Shire and go on a great adventure to vanquish a dragon and help the dwarves of Erebor reclaim their homeland. At first, Bilbo is determined that he will have no part at all in this quest. He has a whole list of reasons as to why he...

I was so excited and focused about starting the blog and writing the previous posts that I forgot to do something..... Welcome to my thoughtful spot! This is a place that I created to share some of the things that God has been showing me and doing in my life over the past few months. As I've said in previous posts, I've been dealing with fear and anxiety.....it's been quite a journey....one that isn't over yet.  I hope that by sharing what I've learned and continue to learn from my experiences that it will help someone else who maybe going through, coming out of, or about to go through something similar.  A little bit about me.... My name is Andrea (hence the Andrea's Thoughtful Spot), I'm 26 years old and I love to write stories and edit video. My eventual goal in life is to become a film director and make faith-based movies and movies based on Bible stories...ACCURATE Bible movies.  I've been a Christian for most of my life...since ...

A few weeks ago I was in my room and was pretty anxious. Suddenly the desire to write in my journal came to me. I picked up my journal and favorite pen and started writing, I had no idea what I was going to write just had the feeling that I needed to write. The letter that follows is what came out of this time. I can honestly say that I wasn't the one coming up with the words, it was truly a God and Drea moment. A note, in a future post I plan to go into more about being God's princess, but simply put, if you're God's child you're royalty! He is the King of Kings, sons and daughters of kings are princes and princesses. Also referenced in the letter is the fact that we're in the middle of a spiritual war. The bulk of this war is unseen to our human eyes, but we can see the collateral damage all over the world....sometimes we ourselves get caught in the crossfire. Finally, there is a part where my name is used, as you read it, please put your name in there. While...

Lies, lies, lies, Satan is full of lies. In fact, he's the FATHER of LIES!!! Nothing that comes from him is truth. Even when the lie has an element of truth, which the best lies often have, the truth is so distorted that it barely resembles anything of the truth it's imitating. I've come to realize that the majority of the things I'm afraid of are just lies and distorted truths. See Satan knows where my weak spots are, he knows exactly which fears to push the hardest and where to poke that will affect me the most. And as I said, the best lies always have some element of truth woven into them somewhere. It's so easy to believe a lie. Why? I think it's because lies are complicated and God's truths are generally very simple. If we were to just accept His truth's for their simplicity we'd all be much happier and peaceful people. But we tend to complicate things, it can't really be THAT simple, can it? This, my friends, is one of the most successful...

Fear, we all hear about it every day, it's everywhere. Fear has a way of taking something that's a tool used for good purposes and can turn it into something that can be used for evil ends...if we let it. For example, God has given me a very active imagination. While, this comes in handy when I'm writing...it can be a bad thing when I let my fear get a hold of it. When this happens, I usually shrink away from my creativity, put it in a box and lock it away in order to avoid fear using it against me. But by doing this I'm not using the gift that God gave me to use for him. Nor am I trusting him the way that I should. Instead of relying on him and trusting that he's going to take care of me LIKE HE'S PROMISED, I listen to the fear and lies and end up locking away the very thing that makes me special/who I am. Fear is NOT rational, not logical and often times my biggest fears aren't even founded on real things. Many times the things I fear end up being fears ...

Recently I've been struggling with anxiety and fear. For a long time, I would be very anxious because of the thoughts that fear would spawn in my head. Everyone would tell me "Trust God, He's gonna take care of it." "Give it to God." Even Paul says in the Bible "Be anxious for nothing." And Jesus himself said, "Don't worry". Something that I've figured out.....not worrying is much easier said than done. For a little while (and sometimes it still is) it was really hard. I mean giving up control and trusting that someone else was going to take care of my problems? It goes against human nature...especially mine. I like to be in control, to know what's going to happen, how it's going to happen, when, where, and why it's going to happen...details I like to know the details. But one of the things that God's been showing me over the past few weeks is that I don't need to know all the details, in fact if I knew the det...