I desperately need Jesus...
so much. all the time. every day of my life. I am nothing without Him. I fail to serve Him day after day!!! Yet He still loves me. He knows all my wrong thoughts and everything about me, yet he still loves me. Jesus is BEAUTIFUL to me. Absolutely beautiful. I can only see this because of His grace on my life. He is the one who opens my eyes. He is the one who gives me strength, and satisfaction, and wisdom!
Ive been messing UP my life here. Seriously. relationship after relationship I cant seem to selflessly love others.. and God is teaching me so much how to SERVE with LOVE. its all about love and serving others. When you serve others out of love, you are serving God.
I just want to challenge you guys to stop, before you act, and put yourself in the other persons shoes. Think of how you would treat others if they were Jesus.
hug your sister, do the dishes for your mom with a smile on your face, find out who needs some help today, spend your day pouring love out on someone you have a hard time with, write a letter of encouragement to a friend.. ect ect ect.
God really does call us to be a servant of all, for Him. So why do I spend the day thinking about myself? there is no way to justify the action of being selfish. Not because of chronic pain, not because of too much school, not because your hungry, or in a rush, or hurt feelings.. stop and think guys. how is God calling you to love others today, and every day??? don't miss out on what He has for you.. cause seriously, what He has for you is the absolute BEST.
L-O-V-E... everyone, through everything. seek ways to serve others. and READ about and meditate on Gods AMAZING love for you... and PRAY. God will change your heart through this.. and you life. <3
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Deuteronomy 31:8
"The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged."
There is so much in this verse. I want to explode from thankfulness. The Lord knew this is what I needed today. His grace amazes me! <3
There is so much in this verse. I want to explode from thankfulness. The Lord knew this is what I needed today. His grace amazes me! <3
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Strong
So I've been learning about Gods promises lately. How they are true.. and how God keeps them. always. I understand this and I believe it more than ever before.
I look back on my life and all the things that I have gone through in my life, all the things that God has brought me through. There were times when I was scared and I prayed for comfort and I got it! There were times when I was afraid of pain and prayed for help and God had me fall asleep or pass out. I was always in His hands.. just as He says "I will never leave you or forsake you." He kept this promise. time after time after time, and He always will keep His promises. I look back and see that everything that I thought I could never get through, I got through, because of Him! Because He knows the plans He has for me, because all things work together for good for those who love Him, because He cares. I realized how FAITHFUL God is when I just sat at the beach and thought about this. If He brings you to it He will bring you through it. That is some hard core truth right there. I never have a reason to doubt His faithfulness and His amazing plan for me. No matter how hard it gets. One verse that I have been stuck on this week is
Philippians 4:13 " I can do all things through Him who gives me strength."
One thing that people tell me all the time to encourage me is "you are so strong. to go through this intense pain every day and still smile.. you are just so strong." and I always think "well I don't feel strong! you shoulda seen me last night! I was crying and cryinggggg and then I was too tired to even pray anymore.. I'm so weak. " but then I realized that I am not weak.. I am dependant.. I am dependant on God to be my strength.. and the strength that people see in me is NOT MY OWN, It is the strength of Jesus! It is ok that I am weak! It's actually a beautiful thing because I know that I need Him to be my strength! and He will be!!! He says I can do all things through Him.. and that He is the one who is going to be the strength for me.
So, I've been applying this to my life. Usually, when my pain would get super intense, I would go into "out of it" mode. "I can't possibly talk to anyone right now, I can't possibly readdddd my bible, or do my school, or make dinner, or clean my room, or go to that party, or encourage someone, or be nice to my sister.... its just too much pain... I can hardly even breathe.." But now that I UNDERSTAND that this is actually true, that I can NOT POSSIBLY do these things without God, I haven't gotten depressed and figured that I failed and that there is no hope. NO! by the grace of God, no. instead I've been asking for Him to come and give me strength, because I can not do it alone. IT IS POSSIBLE to do EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING with Him. That is a promise. doesn't matter how hard it is. it is still possible. I trust God in this. This is how He doesn't give us anything we can't handle.. its the fact that we need Him to handle it for us.. and when He is does (and OH HE WILL!!!) we see His love more and more! Then we love Him more and more! And then its going to get harder and more intense trials and we will know that all we have to do is ask.. and he will give us the strength and courage and peace to get through it. guys.... the more you surrender to Him.. the easier it gets.
"Hope does not disappoint, because the Love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the holy spirit that has been given to us." Romans 5:5
Hope. This is what I have. I trust in God. That He is good, and He is loving, and He knows what He is doing!
Thy will be done, Father... I know Your grace is sufficient for me.
I look back on my life and all the things that I have gone through in my life, all the things that God has brought me through. There were times when I was scared and I prayed for comfort and I got it! There were times when I was afraid of pain and prayed for help and God had me fall asleep or pass out. I was always in His hands.. just as He says "I will never leave you or forsake you." He kept this promise. time after time after time, and He always will keep His promises. I look back and see that everything that I thought I could never get through, I got through, because of Him! Because He knows the plans He has for me, because all things work together for good for those who love Him, because He cares. I realized how FAITHFUL God is when I just sat at the beach and thought about this. If He brings you to it He will bring you through it. That is some hard core truth right there. I never have a reason to doubt His faithfulness and His amazing plan for me. No matter how hard it gets. One verse that I have been stuck on this week is
Philippians 4:13 " I can do all things through Him who gives me strength."
One thing that people tell me all the time to encourage me is "you are so strong. to go through this intense pain every day and still smile.. you are just so strong." and I always think "well I don't feel strong! you shoulda seen me last night! I was crying and cryinggggg and then I was too tired to even pray anymore.. I'm so weak. " but then I realized that I am not weak.. I am dependant.. I am dependant on God to be my strength.. and the strength that people see in me is NOT MY OWN, It is the strength of Jesus! It is ok that I am weak! It's actually a beautiful thing because I know that I need Him to be my strength! and He will be!!! He says I can do all things through Him.. and that He is the one who is going to be the strength for me.
So, I've been applying this to my life. Usually, when my pain would get super intense, I would go into "out of it" mode. "I can't possibly talk to anyone right now, I can't possibly readdddd my bible, or do my school, or make dinner, or clean my room, or go to that party, or encourage someone, or be nice to my sister.... its just too much pain... I can hardly even breathe.." But now that I UNDERSTAND that this is actually true, that I can NOT POSSIBLY do these things without God, I haven't gotten depressed and figured that I failed and that there is no hope. NO! by the grace of God, no. instead I've been asking for Him to come and give me strength, because I can not do it alone. IT IS POSSIBLE to do EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING with Him. That is a promise. doesn't matter how hard it is. it is still possible. I trust God in this. This is how He doesn't give us anything we can't handle.. its the fact that we need Him to handle it for us.. and when He is does (and OH HE WILL!!!) we see His love more and more! Then we love Him more and more! And then its going to get harder and more intense trials and we will know that all we have to do is ask.. and he will give us the strength and courage and peace to get through it. guys.... the more you surrender to Him.. the easier it gets.
"Hope does not disappoint, because the Love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the holy spirit that has been given to us." Romans 5:5
Hope. This is what I have. I trust in God. That He is good, and He is loving, and He knows what He is doing!
Thy will be done, Father... I know Your grace is sufficient for me.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Awesome thought.
"If my mind is the size of a soda can and God is the size of all the oceans, it would be stupid for me to say He is only the small amount of water I can scoop into my little can. God is so much bigger, so far beyond our time-encased, air/food/sleep-dependant lives." --Francis Chan. From the book "Crazy Love"
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Saturday, March 12, 2011
LOVE
I could go on about this forever, but right now, I am just so blown away by the love of God. He loves us so much guys. Do you understand this?? Are you comprehending it?? GOD LOVES YOU. You are His child. His love for you is infinite and unbreakable no matter HOW you fall! No matter how much we disobey and hurt Him His love for us is still the same because Jesus took our shame and our punishment. WHAT LOVE!!!! Oh my goodness I'm forever amazed! It is the love of God that changes us! It is because the Love of God that we are never the same! That we can love others and that we can love Him and that we can see blessings and that we can feel Him constantly with us! You want to feel the love of God?? You want to see how much He loves you. DIG INTO YOUR BIBLE. Read it. constantly seek to learn about God. He says "Beloved, let us love one another. for love is from Me and everyone who loves is born of Me and KNOWS Me" 1John 4:7-8 You want to know this amazing love?? Then just pick up your bible and learn about God. Get to know Him. because when you know Him you will love. and others will know you are HIS because of your love. I can't even get this thought out. haha I'm just so in love right now.. with my savior. I want you guys to know how special you are to Him. How much He loves you. please seek to know Him more! I'm praying that we will all seek to know Him more. and that we would see His beautiful Love.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
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