Thursday, July 17, 2014

Taking a walk with Jesus and never returning



As I reflect on all of the things I have been experiencing and learning as I grow in Christ, I can't believe how much I just didnt know and how not knowing has set me up for some major sin issues in my life.

Over the past 10 years I have been going to church. Not always consistently, but I was saved and baptised,  and I thought I knew God. I thought I understood. I thought that was good enough.

All I can say about that is, I was not reading God's Word every day. I was not praying or spending enough time with Him.

If I wasn't doing that, how then could I ever have possibly been able to really know him and have him working in my life? If you know me, you know that I have been through it. If you still know me, you know that I am working hard to change my life and I am walking with Christ. The only way possible to turn it around is to completely put my faith in Him and know him more, every day.

I have some really difficult decisions to make. I need to take care of some things that I wasn't sure I had the strength to do before. I have to make a list of things that need to be crossed off that I dread having to do.

The one thing that I did do, the most important thing I needed to do, is already done...I completely and recklessly gave my life to Jesus. I am completely convinced that He, and only He is going to fill all of the broken crevices of my heart.

I get it now. I really really get it.

Sunday, July 6, 2014

The Pearl


In every oyster there lies the ability
To produce something rare.
Truth like a grain of sand will produce
The pearl that is hidden there.
Young woman, you are often mocked and scorned, and told you never should
Have been born.
You want to run away, to hide your hurt.
Your heart is wounded, bleeding and torn.
God makes not mistakes:
Every life is special,
Every life is planned.
Seeds can sprout in sand.
Open yourself up to the Spirit of God,
Grow in grace and maturity,
Be what He wants you to be.
Your beauty, your strength lies deep within you.
Young woman, young girl,
Open yourself up to God.
Allow Him to reveal your pearl.
-Sylvia Hannah