Can you imagine what the church would look like if we all put our differences aside and were transparent with one another? I think the result would be a beautiful mess, a collision of grace and unconditional love. Recently God has been teaching me so much about being loved in my brokenness and also loving other people in theirs. I realized I have been allowing myself to believe the lie that in order to come to the Lord I must clean up my mess first. I chose to believe that I need to get my life right before I can approach the Lord. I think, in the same way the church often gives the persona to non-believers that they too must “fix their lives” before they can come to church. However when you look at scripture, Jesus teaches the exact opposite. He sits among tax collectors, prostitutes, and social outcasts. Jesus does not require them to “get it together” he meets them exactly where they are, without judgment or condemnation. I do not think this principle is practiced enough within the body of Christ, and I know there have been many times that I have cast judgment instead of choosing to meet someone in their struggle. Jesus has recently been showing me how He wants to meet me in my struggles and hardships. I have been learning that I can talk to Him about EVERYTHING that I’m going through because He wants to hear about even the hard things. Not only does He want to hear about them, He wants to help me through my struggles, and He wants to show me how much He loves me.
This past week I have seen what a beautiful mess being a Christian is, and it has been eye opening and humbling. I have never allowed myself to experience the love of Christ fully because I always thought that I needed to fix things first. In reality, there is nothing that I can fix, Jesus is the only one who can heal the broken parts of me, and He has been. I believe He has because I finally allowed Him to meet me where I am at instead of trying to fix my broken pieces on my own.
With training camp less than one month away, I am so glad that He is preparing my heart in this way. I hope someone reading this can experience all that I have in these last few months by just allowing Jesus to meet you exactly where you are in whatever you are experiencing. I just wanted to share what the Lord has recently been teaching me.
Please continue to pray for my squad and I as we prepare for training camp August 10th-20th. In addition, I would like to ask for your help! I need to raise $5,0000 by training camp, right now I have $2,300 raised (huge praise!!). Please consider joining me in a monthly gift or one time donation!! No donation is too small!! Thank you so much for your support and prayers!!
