My vow to all-
Most of you know that I have vowed to live a life for Christ, but some may not know what I vow to you as my friends, family, supporters and even those I don’t know. I know I’m not obligated to do this, but it has been on my heart for some time now. I’ll try to keep it short, but if length takes the lead, please bear with me, as this blog is truly important to share with you all.
Some of you may not agree with what I am doing, some simply may not understand it, some may not want to understand it, some think they have lost me, and some are right alongside cheering me on! That being said, God created no two people alike and I firmly believe that God allows each and every one of us to be exactly where we are for a reason. I don’t expect you to understand everything I am going to go through. God is and will take me through an intense season for the next 11-months, a season where I will fall, rise and stand still at times. My views on certain things will change and form, I will say things that don’t always come out how I intend, God will speak through me in ways that maybe only one person will see fruit from, and I will change as a person! I am not going to come back in November 2009 the same person I am in December 2008, God is going to ROCK my world and I expect God to ROCK YOUR world through me.
Set apart from all that, I still have a vow to you! First and foremost, I vow to you that Jesus will always be #1 in my life. I vow to you that I will ALWAYS love and respect you. I vow that I will NEVER judge you. I vow that at times I will share my own beliefs that don’t match yours, but in no way, shape or form does that mean I’m judging you. I vow that I will not become a slave to religion, only to God. I vow that I am not and will not be brainwashed or ignorant. I vow that I have truly been saved by the grace of God alone and it’s nothing I did or could ever muster up the strength to do. I vow that the passion and fire you see in me will simply be out of a love for my Father in heaven. I vow to live a honest and fruitful life. I vow that when I fall, I will get up and face the fact and move forward. I vow that when you speak anything to me, whether it be truth or concern, I will do my best to receive it in humility and take it to God in prayer. I vow to you that although change is inevitable, you have not lost me and I will always be the same old Taryn, just filled with the Spirit of GOD.
With all that in mind, I share this with you. I take what I just said VERY seriously…Just as I take my vow to God seriously and one day my vow to my husband. When I am emotionally, spiritually and mentally drained and one of my vows seems to be slipping, I expect you to tell me. I am human and I will fall, there will be days where the enemy seems to be getting the best of me, and those are the times I would pray for you to be bold and let me know that I have failed.
If you truly know how serious my vow to you is, you will understand what a BOLD vow this is. I say bold, not in a way that is boasting, but in a way that holds me accountable to a lot, a way that can and will only produce goodness if I seek the Lord in it ALL. I am setting a high standard for myself because I believe you deserve the best from me. I accept that without a shadow of a doubt I am going to mess up, but know that I vow to always speak TRUTH and LOVE above all else. In John8:32 Jesus says, “…and you will know the truth and the truth will set you free.” I believe in faith that God will reveal truth in abundance over the next year to you and I. I pray that our relationship only blossoms more and that God would lay His hand of protection, love and grace over us all. I pray that we would all be set free and shine as we were created to! I love you and can’t wait share this time with you. Now pop the bottle and cheers to a year full of Gods will being done!!!!!!! 🙂
