Post by Diverse Melody on Mar 27, 2009 20:37:52 GMT -6
Well, I pretty much went over this in the announcement I just made, but I'm so happy and in love with God right now and thankful to him I felt like making a thread here too!
Like any Christian, I had some ups and downs. Lately I've had a half-way up. Over the past couple weeks, slowly, it's become a bigger up and I've drawn closer to God. Today I lost a good friend (no, they didn't die. We had a fight) but it's just made me realize how great God is. God is the ONLY one that will be there for me no matter what. I have a close friend right now who is always there for me but I have a hard time trusting even her, due to a lot that happened in my past with friends betraying me. Plus, being human, there are times when school, work, etc mean we can't talk. God is the ONLY one that myself and you, the reader of this post, can talk to all the time, no matter what. We can talk to God about anything and everything, anywhere, at anytime.
Realizing those things is what made me realize I have to turn to him. Plus, if I'm not living for God, I'm living for myself. I was still reading my Bible, praying, doing some witnessing by talking to people about God, and by the example of my life, but I wasn't doing nearly enough. My days were focused on talking to friends, having fun, playing games, etc. How worthless does that make my life ultimately? None of those things will pass into eternity. What will be left is what I have done to show people God's mercy and love and glory. If I am just looking for a way to spend my day having fun, I am throwing that time away like it's completely worthless. I might as well sit in my room doing absolutely nothing. In fact, doing nothing would probably be better because I'd probably start thinking about stuff and eventually I'd get to the topic of Jesus and eternity.
So, I am committing today to truly give God my all. And I am not going to let Satan hold me down! A pastor at my friend's church said one Sunday "when you are at your worst, your absolute worst, you are stronger than Satan at his best, because you have Jesus as your Lord." I remind myself of those words almost daily. God truly is amazing.
And now, I've finally let go of the pain I've had from various things. I've let go of 15 years of pain and now, thanks to God, I'm so happy I keep laughing and smiling for no real reason! It is amazing. If you have no experienced something like this, you can't imagine how amazing it truly is. I went from one of the worst days of my life to one of my best! God truly can do anything! I also think I can trust people better now. When I was praying and listening to some really great Christian worship/rock (band's name is Starfield) I asked him to help me trust people. 15 years of pain, 15 years of feeling no one cared, 15 years of having trouble trusting others is just gone now. True, there is a little of that left that I keep remembering occasionally, but I just put it aside and every time I put it aside, a little bit of it seems to vanish out of existence.
So, thank you Jesus! You are amazing and I love you!
Like any Christian, I had some ups and downs. Lately I've had a half-way up. Over the past couple weeks, slowly, it's become a bigger up and I've drawn closer to God. Today I lost a good friend (no, they didn't die. We had a fight) but it's just made me realize how great God is. God is the ONLY one that will be there for me no matter what. I have a close friend right now who is always there for me but I have a hard time trusting even her, due to a lot that happened in my past with friends betraying me. Plus, being human, there are times when school, work, etc mean we can't talk. God is the ONLY one that myself and you, the reader of this post, can talk to all the time, no matter what. We can talk to God about anything and everything, anywhere, at anytime.
Realizing those things is what made me realize I have to turn to him. Plus, if I'm not living for God, I'm living for myself. I was still reading my Bible, praying, doing some witnessing by talking to people about God, and by the example of my life, but I wasn't doing nearly enough. My days were focused on talking to friends, having fun, playing games, etc. How worthless does that make my life ultimately? None of those things will pass into eternity. What will be left is what I have done to show people God's mercy and love and glory. If I am just looking for a way to spend my day having fun, I am throwing that time away like it's completely worthless. I might as well sit in my room doing absolutely nothing. In fact, doing nothing would probably be better because I'd probably start thinking about stuff and eventually I'd get to the topic of Jesus and eternity.
So, I am committing today to truly give God my all. And I am not going to let Satan hold me down! A pastor at my friend's church said one Sunday "when you are at your worst, your absolute worst, you are stronger than Satan at his best, because you have Jesus as your Lord." I remind myself of those words almost daily. God truly is amazing.
And now, I've finally let go of the pain I've had from various things. I've let go of 15 years of pain and now, thanks to God, I'm so happy I keep laughing and smiling for no real reason! It is amazing. If you have no experienced something like this, you can't imagine how amazing it truly is. I went from one of the worst days of my life to one of my best! God truly can do anything! I also think I can trust people better now. When I was praying and listening to some really great Christian worship/rock (band's name is Starfield) I asked him to help me trust people. 15 years of pain, 15 years of feeling no one cared, 15 years of having trouble trusting others is just gone now. True, there is a little of that left that I keep remembering occasionally, but I just put it aside and every time I put it aside, a little bit of it seems to vanish out of existence.
So, thank you Jesus! You are amazing and I love you!