I mentioned in my first blog that I grew up in church and with a knowledge of God, but that I’ve always yearned for a relationship with Him. And within the last year, I’ve realized that I haven’t found that deep relationship with the Lord, the kind that changes your life, because all I have is a head knowledge of Him, not a heart knowledge.
I realized I was missing out.
Don’t get me wrong. I know all the verses, my Bible is well loved – full of highlights and annotations- and I believe in God with my whole heart. I know that He is almighty and that nothing is impossible for him, that He loves His children, that He not only forgives sins but completely removes the wages of sin from us, that His grace is freely given and is sufficient for us.
And I know these things in my head but I don’t believe them in my heart… at least not about myself. I can speak God’s truth over people but have yet to truly believe it about myself. I extend grace to others but can’t give it to myself. I see others as truly forgiven and redeemed but I believe that I’ve messed up too bad to be forgiven and redeemed.
But I’m ready to change that.
There is 18 inches between your brain and your heart. A foot in a half is all that stands between knowledge and belief. But as my mentor said to me, that 18 inch journey is the hardest one you can make. And only God can actually make it happen.
So this is me starting my 18 inch journey, committing to my 18 inch journey of making my knowledge of God as a loving Father a true belief.
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Love y’all,
Mads
