So I had something totally different I was going to write about but then I just kept reading it and I realized I was writing because I am supposed to be and it wasn’t from the heart. Now as I reflect back on my week I see so many amazing things that I could write about: the first of those would be God’s love. It is always one of those things that seems so easy to talk about but when we actually get down to the nitty gritty we don’t believe it. We don’t believe that God loves us just because he wants to. We (I) feel that as much as I know God loves me, I don’t deserve His love unless I am obeying Him.
THAT IS NOT TRUE!!
God blesses me and loves me because He wants to.
I was having coffee with a girlfriend of mine and she released foundational truths about the Lord that I knew; yet was blinded to. I was recently struggling emotionally which in turn affect me spiritually and physically, and as I was discussing my feelings I said “I don’t understand why God is still blessing me when I don’t deserve it.” They were worse than cuss words once they passed my lips and I realized all of my emotional, spiritual and physical struggles were set upon the lies of good works. Not saying good works are bad; however, I was blinded by my struggles and unable to see that although I am undeserving, Christ’s sacrifice made me eligible, deserving, spotless and clean.
It’s not by my good works that He blesses, restores, redeems, creates, nor loves but solely because He is good, great, amazing, abounding in love, restoration and peace that He chooses to bless. I have to say when my friend gently opened my eyes to the lies I knew were false but believing-can I say transformation!! It was seriously like scales had been taken off my eyes, I saw through the devil’s lies, and ran to Christ in awe and amazement and truly felt a power greater than the present trials.
Christ knows my heart and knows I desperately want Him and so He showed me
Prov 8:17 I love all who love me. Those who search will surely find me.
God is building me up to be a better woman, to be more available for Him, to understand that when all else passes away His Word will remain forever; and today is part of forever.
Hebrews 12:11 All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.
