This has been on my heart and mind for a while. Anyone who grew up in the church ever think that their testimony is "lame?" Like you were never addicted to anything or deep into any sin, you never had a rock-bottom experience to jar you from your sin. For some reason, we seem to think that these are the cool testimonies that people want to hear, but God's moving in people's lives is fantastic to hear from anyone. I am not trying to discredit more intense testimonies, but trying to encourage those who think that theirs is not worth telling.
God's mercy and grace are greater than we could ever imagine. Until recently, maybe a year and a half ago, I thought that my testimony was really boring and that no one would want to listen to it. I was saved when i was about 4 years old and have grown up in the church ever since then. At face value this is no where near as captivating as a testimony from someone who was caught in deep sin, but then I started thinking about it and I became incredibly thankful. When I realized that I have never really had to deal with anything on my own, God has always been there to help me. I may not have know this as well as I do now, but my understanding of it grows continually. I am grateful that God showed Himself to me at such a young age.
What I can share from my testimony I hope can be an encouragement to others who have Lame Testimony Syndrome (LTS). My story rests more in my growth with God than Him saving me from a wretched life of wastefulness and sin. This is not to say that I never sin, duh, everyone still sins i struggle with sin like everyone else, but my slavery to sin was much shorter than many. All of this time in Christianity has been great, but there are disadvantages. Complacency and arrogance are probably the most dangerous of the disadvantages. Taking for granted God's grace and providence is never a good thing. But more often, God's great love for me jars my complacency and breaks down my arrogance (always could be done more though Romans 7:14- 8:1 is a fantastic reminder).
My relationship with God has been a fantastic 13 years, He has always provided for me and lavished me with blessings. He never will leave me or forsake me. I will never be able to comprehend the sheer massiveness of God in this life, but I look forward to that day with extreme anticipation.
Those of you who think that you have a boring testimony!!! Don't think this way! If you are a Christian it is all part of God's plan for your life, don't ever think that He hasn't provided for you, please. Let us all encourage each other and continue to grow in our knowledge of God and His extreme affection for us. Please add comments or thoughts to this.
This passage comes to mind: Philippians 2 (NASB)
Be Like Christ
1Therefore if there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any consolation of love, if there is any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,
2make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose.
3Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves;
4do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Some Late Night Thoughts About Love
So I just finished watching the documentary, LORD, Save Us From Your Followers and my mind is abuzz with thoughts and a deep-seated conviction in my heart to love people more, just for the sheer fact that they were created in the image of God. This film, made by a Christian, highlighted the church's failure to love--especially in America--and how this turned people away from the Gospel. It reminded me that we too often get caught up in proving points and pushing our own ideas that we forget that the person listening is also a human--whether or not they are right of wrong.
Understand that I am in no way downplaying the importance of intelligent thought or doctrine in Christianity; in fact, Paul calls for anathema on those who preach a gospel contrary to that given in the Bible (Galatians 1:8-9). I wish to raise the level of love I show others.
Too often the church tells people how depraved they are without showing them the way out of their sin. Too often, the church judges homosexuality and people who get abortions more than those who divorce or adulterate--even the fact the church condemns certain groups of people is not right (Romans 2:1-4), it gives the wrong impression about the nature of God. Non-Christians look at Jesus' life and see that he spoke to the Samaritan woman, he hung out with the tax collectors and prostitutes and did not condemn the people. See, it is possible to disapprove of an act or practice while not besmirching the rest of their character; their sin is no less forgivable than is ours. Non-Christians know the "get the log out of your own eye" line and sadly--although I have heard it out of good context--Christians give them entirely too many opportunities to reference this passage. How often do we need to tame our tongues instead of letting a harsh criticism fly out. We are to build up and edify with our speech, in love, so that we do not sound like a 3rd grader learning Flugelhorn. (Sorry if I am just jumping around or if this is incoherent, it's late/early, but these thoughts need to get out before I sleep).
So to avoid hypocritically criticizing the church for not loving I should add a few things, namely: I am a hypocrite, I condemn certain acts and then committ the same thing later. I love myself too much and therefore do not love others as I should. I say things that I wish I could take back, things that hurt, teardown, mislead, or cut--about specific people, from aquaintences to political leaders, and groups on whole, such as gays, people who get abortions, and others who I just don't agree with. This, however, gives me no right whatsoever to condemn the people. I am not God, that's not my job; my job is to show these people Christ's immeasureable love through action and allow the Holy Spirit to convict them, of their sin, while simultaneously humbling myself to receive God's correction for me. Sanctification doesn't end in this life, in other words, you'll always be a sinner while you are alive on this earth, but in Christ, there is no condemnation.
Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.
-1 John 3:18
Love requires that we take action and move on it. The love of the Christian (myself included) for the non-Christian and hurting should make them jump out of their pew, folding chair, or theater seat--depening on church background--and serve people as Christ humbly served here on the earth. Love people for being people made in the image of God.
Good night =D
Friday, January 8, 2010
Unconventional love in a convetional world
It has been told to us that the greatest commandment is to love the Lord our God with all of your heart, mind, soul, and strength. This is a fantastic thing to aspire to, I do not think that is impossible, but I would maitain that it is extremely difficult. There are a myriad of things that the devil uses to distract us from God and that get in between us and Him. I have often heard this idea of loving God spoken of in church, quite a common topic, and an excellent one at that. The problem is, however, the second greatest commandment or the Golden Rule, Love your neighbor as yourself. Hmmm, tricky isn't it. Kind of an easy concept to throw around flippantly. Common questions when regarding this commandment are ones like, "Who is my neighbor?" When asked this, Jesus responded with the parable of the good samaritan. At the conclusion Jesus asks, "Who do you think acted as a neighbor to the man who fell among robbers?" The inquisitor's response was, "The one who showed mercy." Jesus responded, "You go and do likewise." The good samaritan went out of his way to clothe the man who fell among robbers, clean his wounds, and see that he would be taken care of. That is a marvelous example of true selfless love; sacrificing love. The Samaritan man loved his neighbor. He sought nothing for himself but that the man who needed help was given what he needed.
Jesus clearly tells us that we are also to love our neighbors as ourselves. I am not sure if this is true for you, but I tend to be extremely selfish. The selfishness I am speaking of is also more than just the kind that wants the last of the ice cream or to be in line first. It is that, but also the pride that makes my judge people, it makes me insult and degrade people hands over the use of my tongue to satan, the same tongue that praises my God. You and I are so, so much more selfish and self -absorbed than we can even realize, it is ridiculous how conceited we are. Thank God for unlimited grace, though we must still work on becoming selfless, no excuses. So for us to love someone as ourselves, that is pretty hard, we first have to push back our own selfish desires and then start to feel for the other person and to love them as we love ourselves. You want the best for youself, do you not? Even when serving God I have found myself not wanting to do certain jobs, why? because the "all important me" does not feel like doing that. The "me" monster is hideous things and when it rears its ugly head, watchout and pray for love. It is not until after I start working, whether the place I desired or not, that I realize my heart is in the wrong place and that I need to pray for a selfless love. As I work God usually brings to mind the face of someone that is being served and how by wanting the best for me I have slighted them. If I can love them and want the best for them, they will see God working in me and through me. I think it is pretty obvious that if we all lookout for ourselves no one wins, someone will always be forced into a lower caste, status, rank or what have you. If we change our mindset, however, and all love each other and seek the best for each other then everyone will have their needs met. When I help you, you help me. Not out of obligation, but out of a deep-seated, genuine desire for that person to do well. The reversal of that applies to when you love me. This is an extremely difficult trait to come by, but I believe that God will help you greatly with it.
The early church depicted in Acts gives a great example of what happens when people love each other. They devoted themselves to the teaching of the apostles (pastors now apply) and to fellowship with one another. The passage of scripture continues to describe the great love of God and people that the early church had, it also says at the end that the Lord added to their numbers daily those who were being saved. They loved those who were not of them. Perhaps this is a stretch to what you are accustomed, but I think it is within reason to say that the Lord used the love of the early church to add to their number day by day. God uses us for immeasurably more than we an ask or imagine (Eph. 3:20-21). When read in context, verses 20-21 are seen as the after effect of our love. (Eph. 16-19)
Jesus even commands us to love our enemies. I do not have a bible with greek translation in it with me now, but I would imagine that the word used for love was the aforementioned agape from previous posts. The selfless love. James 3 talks alot about the tongue and the heart behind it. Blessings and cursings should not come from the same mouth, but they do. He poses the question, "Can a spring release both salty and unsalty water?" This rhetorical question is meant to make you think, "hmm, I say things that cut people down. The spring, my heart, is messed up and I need to make a change." It is one thing to bite your tongue and not say anything, but you are still thinking it in your mind, which can be, in effect, murder. It is another whole thing completely to change your heart and put on an attitude of love for that person.
Okay, this has to be the hardest part of loving others as ourselves. Not saying things about people that deserve it. Take politicians, rude co-workers or classmates, celebrities, for example, people that just make you cringe when you hear about them or think about them. Nancy Pelosi and Obama are quite popular among people I often hear. (I am not calling anyone out or accusing anyone, just an observation, I have done it many times myself). Although we may not agree with them, or anyone for that matter, on things, it by NO means gives us right to degrade them or to verbally "curbstomp" them if you will, a.k.a. Murder. They are made in the image of God and ought to be treated as such (James 3:9). Under no circumstances should we ever degrade people made in the image of God. This fact is hard for me to grasp personally.
I am going to leave you with two sriptures. Read them and think about them, let God work in you.
1 John 3:10-23
Philippians 3:12-14
P.S. They would not paste. So I figured I'd let you get in the word now.
Jesus clearly tells us that we are also to love our neighbors as ourselves. I am not sure if this is true for you, but I tend to be extremely selfish. The selfishness I am speaking of is also more than just the kind that wants the last of the ice cream or to be in line first. It is that, but also the pride that makes my judge people, it makes me insult and degrade people hands over the use of my tongue to satan, the same tongue that praises my God. You and I are so, so much more selfish and self -absorbed than we can even realize, it is ridiculous how conceited we are. Thank God for unlimited grace, though we must still work on becoming selfless, no excuses. So for us to love someone as ourselves, that is pretty hard, we first have to push back our own selfish desires and then start to feel for the other person and to love them as we love ourselves. You want the best for youself, do you not? Even when serving God I have found myself not wanting to do certain jobs, why? because the "all important me" does not feel like doing that. The "me" monster is hideous things and when it rears its ugly head, watchout and pray for love. It is not until after I start working, whether the place I desired or not, that I realize my heart is in the wrong place and that I need to pray for a selfless love. As I work God usually brings to mind the face of someone that is being served and how by wanting the best for me I have slighted them. If I can love them and want the best for them, they will see God working in me and through me. I think it is pretty obvious that if we all lookout for ourselves no one wins, someone will always be forced into a lower caste, status, rank or what have you. If we change our mindset, however, and all love each other and seek the best for each other then everyone will have their needs met. When I help you, you help me. Not out of obligation, but out of a deep-seated, genuine desire for that person to do well. The reversal of that applies to when you love me. This is an extremely difficult trait to come by, but I believe that God will help you greatly with it.
The early church depicted in Acts gives a great example of what happens when people love each other. They devoted themselves to the teaching of the apostles (pastors now apply) and to fellowship with one another. The passage of scripture continues to describe the great love of God and people that the early church had, it also says at the end that the Lord added to their numbers daily those who were being saved. They loved those who were not of them. Perhaps this is a stretch to what you are accustomed, but I think it is within reason to say that the Lord used the love of the early church to add to their number day by day. God uses us for immeasurably more than we an ask or imagine (Eph. 3:20-21). When read in context, verses 20-21 are seen as the after effect of our love. (Eph. 16-19)
Jesus even commands us to love our enemies. I do not have a bible with greek translation in it with me now, but I would imagine that the word used for love was the aforementioned agape from previous posts. The selfless love. James 3 talks alot about the tongue and the heart behind it. Blessings and cursings should not come from the same mouth, but they do. He poses the question, "Can a spring release both salty and unsalty water?" This rhetorical question is meant to make you think, "hmm, I say things that cut people down. The spring, my heart, is messed up and I need to make a change." It is one thing to bite your tongue and not say anything, but you are still thinking it in your mind, which can be, in effect, murder. It is another whole thing completely to change your heart and put on an attitude of love for that person.
Okay, this has to be the hardest part of loving others as ourselves. Not saying things about people that deserve it. Take politicians, rude co-workers or classmates, celebrities, for example, people that just make you cringe when you hear about them or think about them. Nancy Pelosi and Obama are quite popular among people I often hear. (I am not calling anyone out or accusing anyone, just an observation, I have done it many times myself). Although we may not agree with them, or anyone for that matter, on things, it by NO means gives us right to degrade them or to verbally "curbstomp" them if you will, a.k.a. Murder. They are made in the image of God and ought to be treated as such (James 3:9). Under no circumstances should we ever degrade people made in the image of God. This fact is hard for me to grasp personally.
I am going to leave you with two sriptures. Read them and think about them, let God work in you.
1 John 3:10-23
Philippians 3:12-14
P.S. They would not paste. So I figured I'd let you get in the word now.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Greatest Love...this may be long
"12 This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. 14 You are My friends if you do whatever I command you." John 15:12-14
Wow, so Jesus is telling us to love one another as he loved us; that the greatest love is when someone lays down their life for a friend; and that if we do what He commands us we are his friends.
The first part of this is pretty straight forward, I command you to love everyone. Now, wait, isn't love a feeling? Can I actually choose to love someone? YES! Love is much more than a feeling, much, much more. The word "love" has been so diluted in our culture that it doesn't carry the same powerful meaning as it once did. I mean, do you really love french fries and spaghetti? (yes they go great together.) Would you be willing to sacrifice for those objects? If you are then you may need to seek some help, but chances are that you just enjoy eating them. The Greeks had five words for love; Philia, Eros, Storge, Thelema, and Agape. They considered, Agape, the greatest form of love. Philia and eros were used as love you feel for a brother and friends, and for a spouse respectively. Philia is where we get the name Philadelphia, meaning, "City of brotherly love." Thelema is used to describe a desire and Storge as the natural affection one has for their offspring.Agape is described as divine, self-scarificing, unconditional, active, voluntary, and thoughtful love. The kind of love Christ exemplified for us.
So, we have been commanded to love as He loved us, and he still loves us. Jesus then tells us of the greatest sacrifice one can make to manifest their love for a friend. Which he also exemplified for us. Now I don't think this means we are to run around jumping in front of bullets for random people, but if the opportunity occured, I would like to think that I would do all that I possibly could do to stop someone from harming one of my friends or someone that I care for. This type of sacrifice can also be met daily in what some call, "dying to yourself." Doing something without being told, letting someone else have the last of the food when seconds come up, or even staying late at work to help someone clean up when that is the last thing you want to do. Going back to agape, self-sacrifice is one of the words used to desribe it. Agape'ing everyone may not be the easiest thing you do, in fact I know it will not be, but it will be the most rewarding thing you can do to share Christ's love with EVERYONE, even difficult people. (which I find very hard, but God usually steps in and helps me out.)
And in the last part of this scripture Christ says, that if we follow his commandments that we are his friends. Now, sit back and think about this for a minute. Christ, a.k.a. God, the divine creator of the universe, the one that formed you in your mother's womb, the one who is to be feared, also wants to be your friend. How ridiculously awesome is that? It's an odd dichotomy that the Lord, who is to be respected and feared is also our friend. It is amazing how completely unfathomable God is. I love and rest assured that I will never, in this lifetime understand how God works and that I will not know nearly everything about Him, and maybe not even in heaven will I be able to comprehend his greatness. If I was able to see through everything God did and knew why he did what he did, I wouldn't want to give my life to a God that small. I want to worship and give my entire life to the One "who is able to do exceedingly abundantly more than I can ask or imagine." Eph. 3:20 some translations use the words "think" or "know." This means, the greatest thing I can conjure in my finite mind, all my hopes and desires, all my wildest dreams absolutely pale in comparison to what God can do and what he has in store for each and everyone of us. "Exceedingly abundantly" now that is an incredible amount more than I can think or Imagine, that is the God one can't put in a box, he cannot be contained. He is my everything and I want everyone to know about his perfect love. Love that casts out fear, love that makes enemies friends and brothers, love that heals, love that protects. Love that is perfect and that we are to strive for and to strive to replicate, and we can with our God's, with our Friend's great and mighty power.
My prayer for myself is that I would love everyone, no matter how difficult they can be, no matter how many of my buttons they can push. That I would sacrifice my life to my God, and that no matter what happens to me in this life I would love him with all my heart, with all my soul, with all my mind, and with all of my strength. Amen!
Wow, so Jesus is telling us to love one another as he loved us; that the greatest love is when someone lays down their life for a friend; and that if we do what He commands us we are his friends.
The first part of this is pretty straight forward, I command you to love everyone. Now, wait, isn't love a feeling? Can I actually choose to love someone? YES! Love is much more than a feeling, much, much more. The word "love" has been so diluted in our culture that it doesn't carry the same powerful meaning as it once did. I mean, do you really love french fries and spaghetti? (yes they go great together.) Would you be willing to sacrifice for those objects? If you are then you may need to seek some help, but chances are that you just enjoy eating them. The Greeks had five words for love; Philia, Eros, Storge, Thelema, and Agape. They considered, Agape, the greatest form of love. Philia and eros were used as love you feel for a brother and friends, and for a spouse respectively. Philia is where we get the name Philadelphia, meaning, "City of brotherly love." Thelema is used to describe a desire and Storge as the natural affection one has for their offspring.Agape is described as divine, self-scarificing, unconditional, active, voluntary, and thoughtful love. The kind of love Christ exemplified for us.
So, we have been commanded to love as He loved us, and he still loves us. Jesus then tells us of the greatest sacrifice one can make to manifest their love for a friend. Which he also exemplified for us. Now I don't think this means we are to run around jumping in front of bullets for random people, but if the opportunity occured, I would like to think that I would do all that I possibly could do to stop someone from harming one of my friends or someone that I care for. This type of sacrifice can also be met daily in what some call, "dying to yourself." Doing something without being told, letting someone else have the last of the food when seconds come up, or even staying late at work to help someone clean up when that is the last thing you want to do. Going back to agape, self-sacrifice is one of the words used to desribe it. Agape'ing everyone may not be the easiest thing you do, in fact I know it will not be, but it will be the most rewarding thing you can do to share Christ's love with EVERYONE, even difficult people. (which I find very hard, but God usually steps in and helps me out.)
And in the last part of this scripture Christ says, that if we follow his commandments that we are his friends. Now, sit back and think about this for a minute. Christ, a.k.a. God, the divine creator of the universe, the one that formed you in your mother's womb, the one who is to be feared, also wants to be your friend. How ridiculously awesome is that? It's an odd dichotomy that the Lord, who is to be respected and feared is also our friend. It is amazing how completely unfathomable God is. I love and rest assured that I will never, in this lifetime understand how God works and that I will not know nearly everything about Him, and maybe not even in heaven will I be able to comprehend his greatness. If I was able to see through everything God did and knew why he did what he did, I wouldn't want to give my life to a God that small. I want to worship and give my entire life to the One "who is able to do exceedingly abundantly more than I can ask or imagine." Eph. 3:20 some translations use the words "think" or "know." This means, the greatest thing I can conjure in my finite mind, all my hopes and desires, all my wildest dreams absolutely pale in comparison to what God can do and what he has in store for each and everyone of us. "Exceedingly abundantly" now that is an incredible amount more than I can think or Imagine, that is the God one can't put in a box, he cannot be contained. He is my everything and I want everyone to know about his perfect love. Love that casts out fear, love that makes enemies friends and brothers, love that heals, love that protects. Love that is perfect and that we are to strive for and to strive to replicate, and we can with our God's, with our Friend's great and mighty power.
My prayer for myself is that I would love everyone, no matter how difficult they can be, no matter how many of my buttons they can push. That I would sacrifice my life to my God, and that no matter what happens to me in this life I would love him with all my heart, with all my soul, with all my mind, and with all of my strength. Amen!
Monday, July 13, 2009
His plans vs. our plans
11'For I know the (A)plans that I have for you,' declares the LORD, 'plans for (B)welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a (C)hope. Jeremiah 29:11
I still have awhile left in high school before I go off to college or whatever awaits me thereafter, but in the few years past I had started thinking about what I wanted to do when I grew up. For a few years the idea of an engineer seemed exciting and profitable, then my mom metioned to me the possible career as a marketing director. Both of these were enticing but at the same time didn't quite feel right. Then, one day, almost out of the blue came God's still, small, voice saying, "Eric, I want you to be a pastor." So, I thought, "Cool, this will be exciting." but as I continued to pray about it something in me changed, I grew much closer to God and listened more to his prompting. This week past i had the great opportunity to serve in Washington D.C. and then attend the DCLA conference there. The theme was Be. Love. Serve. Repeat. the passages Exodus 4, Jeremiah 29:11, and Philippians 2:1-18 have been appearing, "coincidentally" over the past few weeks and months and I finally today realized what it meant. I was becoming impatient wanting to now what all this meant, but today God revealed it to me. In my quiet time those 3 passages came to mind and they all seemed to fit together and make so much sense for my situation. God wants me to be a missionary, which I am really excited about! I'm just waiting for the who with, the when, and where; but hey, it will all come in time. "Thy word is a lamp" not a beacon shining forward so I can see my entire future.
So, two weeks ago I was at the Creation music festival NE. I pulled an all nighter the last night and so I decided to watch the sunrise. As I was waiting I was watching this very bright star move across the beautiful night sky. I thought to myself, "wow, that's a awesome looking star." and as I was waiting for the sun the sky was becoming brighter and the star was loosing its luster. Tired of standing, I unfolded my tripod-chair and sat upon it in the middle of an empty field, alone. waiting and waiting for the sun to rise, a feeling of impatience began to settle over me, but I continued to wait, and wait. Then finally, when the sun arose over the mountain, the entire valley was lit and everything that moments before had been unclear were now clearly visible. I then somehow made the connection in my head that the star I first saw was like my plan and my ideas for my life and the sun was God's. I thought the little star was impressive until our sun showed itself and blew away the other. Another thought that raced through my head, "We must wait upon the Lord. His plans aren't ours, and his timing is not ours." and we should be very thankful for that.
Both experiences have changed me and made me mature and grow closer to God in my walk with him; for which I am extremely thankful. So, no matter what your idea is of how something should turn out or how crazy God's plan might seem...His plan is ALWAYS better than our plan.
-Godbless
I still have awhile left in high school before I go off to college or whatever awaits me thereafter, but in the few years past I had started thinking about what I wanted to do when I grew up. For a few years the idea of an engineer seemed exciting and profitable, then my mom metioned to me the possible career as a marketing director. Both of these were enticing but at the same time didn't quite feel right. Then, one day, almost out of the blue came God's still, small, voice saying, "Eric, I want you to be a pastor." So, I thought, "Cool, this will be exciting." but as I continued to pray about it something in me changed, I grew much closer to God and listened more to his prompting. This week past i had the great opportunity to serve in Washington D.C. and then attend the DCLA conference there. The theme was Be. Love. Serve. Repeat. the passages Exodus 4, Jeremiah 29:11, and Philippians 2:1-18 have been appearing, "coincidentally" over the past few weeks and months and I finally today realized what it meant. I was becoming impatient wanting to now what all this meant, but today God revealed it to me. In my quiet time those 3 passages came to mind and they all seemed to fit together and make so much sense for my situation. God wants me to be a missionary, which I am really excited about! I'm just waiting for the who with, the when, and where; but hey, it will all come in time. "Thy word is a lamp" not a beacon shining forward so I can see my entire future.
So, two weeks ago I was at the Creation music festival NE. I pulled an all nighter the last night and so I decided to watch the sunrise. As I was waiting I was watching this very bright star move across the beautiful night sky. I thought to myself, "wow, that's a awesome looking star." and as I was waiting for the sun the sky was becoming brighter and the star was loosing its luster. Tired of standing, I unfolded my tripod-chair and sat upon it in the middle of an empty field, alone. waiting and waiting for the sun to rise, a feeling of impatience began to settle over me, but I continued to wait, and wait. Then finally, when the sun arose over the mountain, the entire valley was lit and everything that moments before had been unclear were now clearly visible. I then somehow made the connection in my head that the star I first saw was like my plan and my ideas for my life and the sun was God's. I thought the little star was impressive until our sun showed itself and blew away the other. Another thought that raced through my head, "We must wait upon the Lord. His plans aren't ours, and his timing is not ours." and we should be very thankful for that.
Both experiences have changed me and made me mature and grow closer to God in my walk with him; for which I am extremely thankful. So, no matter what your idea is of how something should turn out or how crazy God's plan might seem...His plan is ALWAYS better than our plan.
-Godbless
Reasoning for this blog
I never thought I would have a blog, ever...but after a long week of being and loving and serving God and others I wanted to share with others what God shared with me. I thought of a book, but for now, the idea of a blog is much more practical. post may be from a spiritual urging or discomfort, or a song idea or anything the Lord puts on my heart.
-Godbless
P.S. I'm terrible at using commas, so bear with me on that please. ha
-Godbless
P.S. I'm terrible at using commas, so bear with me on that please. ha
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