In the blink of an eye. . . that statement could end in many different ways. In the blink of an eye life is over. In the blink of an eye we grow up. In the blink of an eye life changes. In the blink of an eye . . . It amazes me how literally in the blink of an eye everything can change, things that once were are no longer, and things you never though would happen do. It is just one of the many signs that we live in a fallen world. Lately my life has been one of just that change. Changing jobs, classes, new responsibilities with being a president's Ambassador and teaching sunday school, and just changes. It is so true that there are seasons in life just like those that we expect and know the signs of and welcome each year with the changing of leaves, snow, rain, and sunshine. Each season brings a new challenge and change with an opportunity to learn and deepen your relationship with the One True Almighty God. Some seasons can feel surreal and as if you are in a movie. The unexpected or sometimes expected occurs just as Humpty Dumpty falls off the wall and you are left with the pieces to put back together. But what happens when all the kings horses and all the kings men can't put Humpty back together again? What if it hurts too much or is too hard? Thankfully we have one who can ALWAYS put it back together again... God. I honestly don't know where I would be without God and I am so thankful that He saved me at a young age. I don't know what i would have done through so many times in my life, in dealing with drama to my mom having thyroid cancer and so much more, if i didn't have God carrying me through. The summer before my senior year in High School i had the opportunity to go on a mission trip to Haiti where the poverty is extreme and the living conditions are terrible, yet the people of God sing for joy and have such a passion because they depend on God. They know God provides and he is all sufficient. I want that kind of a life that when people look at me they see God inside me and that He did it all, not me, but that He is the all powerful and sufficient one. I so thoroughly enjoy when God teaches me new things and the gift that I have a relationship with Him! In Him is my security, purpose, and identity. It makes me think of the verses:
And in Him you have been made complete!
- Colossians 2:10
I am my beloved's and his desire is for me!
- Song of Solomon 7:10
Let the beauty of the Lord my God be upon me!
- Psalm 90:17
I am God's and He loves me! He has made me complete and in Him i live and move and breathe. Praise the Lord for sending Jesus to die on the cross so that He could bring us to himself so we could have a relationship with Him. There is grace for everything you've done and there is nothing he can't handle. No hurt or sorrow is too deep for God to heal, no wrong is too bad, and nothing can ever make God love you less. God is not disappointed in me, He loves me and delights in me. And when you understand that, it changes everything! Nothing is common or ordinary about you, God created you for a purpose and made you uniquely different!! It changes the way we love people, act, think, feel, and react in circumstances. Often the world wants to diagnose people, slap a label on them, and try to fix them with medicine or counseling. But without God it won't ever work, the problem is people need God, his healing, and his love. Not some psychoanalysis and psychologist but... God. God changes everything. He heals wounds we would never thought possible because it hurts too much, he releases us from the chains of sin, he restores relationships, he cleanses us, uses us, molds us, teaches us, loves us, etc etc etc... It truly is amazing when the Peace of God, which truly does surpass all understanding, guards your hearts and minds . . . when you are going through tragedy and pain, yet in the midst of it, everything is still ok because God's peace is there. When the world is falling down around you and yet you're still standing. And it's all because of God. Although life may be a roller coaster at times and all the kings horses and all the kings men can't put Humpty back together again, I know the one who can and does everyday! I am so thankful for the one true God who is there and has a personal, intimate relationship with me. May God's peace, which surpasses all understanding, guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus today and forever . . .
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