Even when I am feeling down. Even when I am feeling far from Him. Even when I fail every trial and test that comes. Even when I am at my worst. Even when I am filled with guilty feelings or regret and memories of everything I did wrong. Even then... His love and faithfulness sustains me. Knowing that all of His promises are for me keeps me humble before Him. Or should I say humiliated? He has never failed me. He has saved me. He has provided for me. He has made me a new creation. He has filled me with complete awe and fear of His righteousness. Because how can someone like me even exist in His presence? He has taught me to never doubt Him... to never underestimate His power and His will. Do I understand Him? Not at all. Do I know that He understands me? Always. I have experienced His love in many ways... even though I never deserved any of it. And Never Will. Except for Jesus. Yes. ...
Regardless of the cost, He came for the joy! His gift of salvation is more lavishly extravagant and outrageously generous than anything we have to offer. Merry Christmas! “Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” Hebrews 12:2 NKJV. #outrageousbelief
"I am nothing but sharp edges and splinters.. shards of a splattered and shattered faith, using those shanks and points to keep His love at a distance so I don't have to face Him. Yet He allows Himself to be pierced and bloodied once again as He draws me close, holding me in His arms of love and grace and pulling those spears and swords into His own body and heart as He covers me. How can He stand it? How can He stand me?" I wrote these words one 2:00 a.m. morning several years ago. It was a time when my life was broken, and I felt that I had nothing left to give. Nothing but pain. Looking back, I see the hand of God in my life, shaping me and changing me into the person He created me to be. Growing me. Growing my faith. Growing my confidence and trust in Him. The following hymn (written by Elisha Hoffman) comes to my mind with new understanding of the lyrics. I laid my life in the hands of Jesus. He has not ...
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