Truth Universally Acknowledged

The title of this blog is an obvious reference to my favourite author, Jane Austen. My other great inspiration is Ella Fitzgerald. I intend this site to be general musings about things which interest me, and hopefully you as well.

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I'm a girl in her twenties living in New Zealand - of Irish and Scottish descent. I'm married to a wonderful guy and we live in a tiny house in the suburbs with a menagerie of soft toys and model aircraft. My main occupations at the moment are attempting to become and author and surviving my day job... wish me luck!


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Thursday, 10 March 2005

Words of Wisdom

I was reading this great article today about Rebecca St James. The following bits really stood out to me. They're words I really needed to hear right now.

As Isaiah 30:15 says, "In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength."

The last two days I've been driving by a sign in front of a local church that says, "The world honors success; God honors faithfulness." When you think about it, our obsession with checking things off a to-do list is a worldly success thing. We feel successful and efficient when we cross something off our list. But I've felt God tell me, Spend time with me, even though you're not being "efficient." Just love me and allow me to love on you. That's faithfulness; that's real success.


Be encouraged: you don't have to measure yourself by the world's standards. We can get so pre-occupied trying to accomplish everything that we forget - to just trust in Him and rest in His presence.

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2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hi...
Came across your site through BE. Thanks for the encouragement. I understood the Jane Austen reference immediately, and I *heart* Rebecca St. James! Great site! :)

11:21 am  
Blogger Carlotta said...

Thanks Anna, it's always nice to come across someone who's on the same wavelength. Hope to see you back here again. What's your blog about?

11:47 am  

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