I just want you to take a moment
to think about your life and what you have; first of all you have the gift of
life. Waking up this morning, being able to get up and go about your daily life
wasn't something that you did, it was by God’s grace and love. Remember that.
It’s so easy to forget the
basics, learning how to walk, talk, communicate and even breathe; it all comes
so naturally to us that we forget that it is by God’s grace that we are able to
do these things. Genesis 2:7 says The
Lord God formed the man from the soil of the ground and breathed into his
nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. I may be
stating the obvious here but for me this is the foundation of my Christian walk
every single day the gift of life and grace. Imagine giving someone the gift of
life and the person not even acknowledging you in any way, not giving thanks
and just claiming their life as their own, I myself would be sooooo hurt and
angry. This is why God’s love is just indescribable to me because every day and
I know I am guilty of it, I just throw it back in his face and sometimes I
don’t even realise I'm doing it.
Anyway there’s so much I have to
say but for the introductory post but I’m going to keep it brief :D, firstly I
would like to introduce myself, i’m 22 going on 23 (praise God and *gulps*) and I'm merely human just like you. Yes, obviously I’m human but what I’m trying to say is that I’m not here to be some sort of teacher, I’m just here to
share my daily journey, what I’m learning, my interests and anything else along
the way with you guys and hopefully keep you guys interested with some thought
provoking posts and inspiration.
So what is my journey? Well my Christian walk began in April 2013- relatively new I would say but, when
I actually think about where God has brought me from, I just have to
continuously give thanks. Yes I was brought up in a Christian family and
I did sort of attend church every Sunday but while my body was there my heart
was sooo not. My heart was in other things that a typical teenager would be
interested in, nothing really stood out for me in church. I would leave feeling
the same way I came in and so would my heart. I can’t really speak for anyone
else but for me looking back my path was continuously leading me to Jesus but
to be honest I felt like I didn’t know how to know him. I didn’t know the
basics I didn’t know the unchanging word of Christianity. So I challenge you
now, if you don’t know the unchanging word of Christianity then google it,
you’re sitting behind a computer screen now, go ahead. Now if this had been me
reading this at the beginning of the 2013 or a year ago I probably wouldn’t
have done it, why? Because of fear. Fear is a feeling which can turn into a mind-set,
a distinct way of thinking or even a decapitated way of thinking, it can
distort your reality, stop you from thinking logically. The amount of times
I’ve done stupid things because of this so called fear is actually I joke; I
would just think back afterwards and be like what was I actually thinking. If I
had actually stopped to think long and hard things would have been okay! Anyway
yes fear is crippling and that for me was what was keeping me from my full
Christian walk. So yes, I had all these misconceptions going on in my head
meanwhile trying to make up all this excuses for the misconceptions, the thing
about fear is sometimes you don’t even know it’s there, here you are trying to think
about something in a straightforward manner but you are unable to because
something is there stopping you but you don’t realise it’s there. ..so
annoying. I really hope I haven’t lost you guys, I’m such a deep thinker lol
it’s the psychologist in me *sigh.* The point I was trying to get at is that I
was so scared of this Christian walk and probably even the Bible that I never
once properly gave it a chance and moreover I was scared of the change or
wasn’t ready to give up what my heart was actually into.
Because of this when I was
‘ready’ I was literally crying out God’s name to just fill my empty heart. Now this
doesn’t have to be you, everybody’s journey is different. All am saying is that
for me I kept resisting and resisting and like most things the more you resist
the stronger it comes back at you, until one day you are just tired. And that’s
when I started to realise, I didn’t have to change one thing about myself, the
more I delved into the word and prayer things started changing within me and I
didn’t even need to lift a finger. Now I am not saying that it’s going to be
that easy, but what I mean is you will find something within you that is
strengthened and can help you to say no to things that you couldn't say no to
before.
Everyone is different and
everyone’s time will come, but even if you are not ‘ready’ like I thought I wasn't, if something is pressing on your heart, seek it, learn more and then
make your mind up but I urge you to give it a chance. If you are scared of
having to give things up then 1. It’s obviously not doing you any good and you
may think you have control over it but actually is it controlling you? also 2.
It won’t be hard with God on your side.
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest- Matthew 21:28
This was just supposed to be an
intro but it’s gone on a bit longer so I will stop here.
I hope you enjoy my daily posts!
Lots of Love...
xoxo
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