I remember when I first accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior. I was so overwhelmed with joy of my new life in Christ. But I would often think about how I wished it would of happened sooner. I grew up going to church like most of us but honestly, all I can remember of that church is how boring and tiring it was. I don't remember ever learning anything. We were told to sit, stand and kneel. To say this prayer. To confess our sins to the priest and so on. My dad would tell me to say my prayers before bed which I did but never understood why. And when I turned 19, I moved away and never thought about God again.
2021 has been a challenging year. But it made me realize that a lot of people are blaming God for this and wondering why He is letting things happen. I have it strong in my heart that people have a huge misunderstanding of God and who He is and I get it because for most of my life, I blamed God for a lot of things. Wondering if God was so great why would children suffer ect. It only started making sense once I choose to live my life for Jesus and opened the bible. What most people don't understand is that God gave us free will. Its either you follow him or you don't. He will not force you to love Him and follow His ways. That is not who He is. But He will never stop chasing after you. Regardless of how you feel about Him. God loves you more than you will ever know. But anyway, because we have free will, we are left making our own decisions. Based on our own desires and motives. Which are often based by our own selfishness. We think of ourselves first not caring on how our actions may affect someone else. But when you have Jesus and you have your new life in Him, all of this messy world makes sense. When you read the bible you get to know more about God and who He truly is. I could spend my whole day telling you who He is but that's now why I am here. I am here to tell you that He is good and that He is with us! That He has a purpose for your life. That He cares about us so deeply. That for who ever loves Him and follows Him, He promises to make good out of everything! Covid isn't any different. All God wishes is for us to love Him back. To have a relationship with Him. Talk to Him. Read His word and get to know Him! Don't let a misunderstanding ruin what you can have with Christ. With everything that is going on right now, I have a peace that surpasses all understanding. I can't explain it, only that I have so much joy and hope for what my Heavenly Father has planned for me. That this virus, these lock downs and mandates no longer bother me. I have no fear! Only joy. Praise God!!!
God bless, Nancy xo
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