We live in a fast paced world, ever changing, nothing is constant or sure-except for one thing-God. He is constant and never changing in His love, justice, forgiveness, mercy, righteousness. You know my friends, often I have found myself disappointed in people and I've let it get to me. Like for example, a person who said would love me forever-does not. A forever friend-is now yesterday's friend. Or a person of God that I have admired for their faith and seemingly blameless walk with Christ...I find is not so perfect, in fact they do appaling things. Now, please don't misunderstand, I'm not referring to ANYBODY in specific, I'm just talking about what I've seen in my twenty nine years of being on this earth. The fact is people dissapoint us, they always will. That is why we shouldn't look to people. Have you looked up to me? Don't. I will fall short. I will disappoint, either willinginly or unwillingly. I will make mistakes, and so will you. There is only one who hasn't. Jesus.
Why am I going on about this? Because though we don't need to look to people for our fulfillment, we do need to be examples... and really the excuse of 'nobody's perfect' shouldn' hold us back from trying to be great examples to the next generation and the current one. We are called to be the light of the world (if we are Christians), we are to be the salt of the earth (give a wonderful taste and flavor). But I ask you how can we be this if we have one foot on the devil's side and one on God's side?
I have seen way to many people compromise (myself included) and I say: ENOUGH! (It might not matter so much what I say, I'm not anybody famous, I'm not a preacher, I am nothing but a follower of Christ who has fallen many times. I am also an aspiring writer. I'm not published yet, so I cannot boast in that either, and even if I was published it would be only because God makes the way for that, and God has given me the creativity for that. These gifts are given and planted into me by my Savior. As an aspiring writer, I am also an avid reader. Like most of you, I have read both Christian and non-Christian books, though now I tend more towards the Christian, simply because I want my faith to be fed, I don't want my temptations to be fed. I have to say that recently I'ver read a few books that have come out, only because I saw they were fiction about angels, demons... the spiritual world... and I was greatly disappointed. Though these writers can certainly tell a riveting story, there is not a thing about God in there... just a little head's up: God made the angels. Not only this but these stories are full of lust, and hate and so-called love. But it is nothing but worship of angels, it is worship of the created instead of the
Creator. Yes, it's entertaining. But it births lust in our own heart, it births images in our minds that shouldn't ever be there. Like for example one recent book I read had very graphic make out scenes in it... people these are books teens are reading. I have decided one thing, I will not be wasting my money on supporting these types of authors no matter how good they are at writing ficiton. I'm tired of what the world throws at us, counterfeit love, which is really just lust.
I want those who are Christians to think about this: did Jesus die for us for nothing? Will we continually spit in His face? Instead of fleeing temptation like He advised us...will we run to it? Surround ourselves with it? Emerse ourselves in it? Why? For temporary pleasures? What is temporary pleasure compared to the true love He offers us?
In recent months, I have changed a lot, and tonight has been another night that is lifechanging for me (I will share more about why in a later blog and you'll see why it's life changing). When I came back to the States from Sweden I was a broken woman, I was a broken women for two years. After my divorce it was worse. Everywhere I looked I saw people in love and I longed for that kind of love too. I saw whole families and I longed for that too (so did my children). But God let us have a time of seclusion, like His fourty days in the desert perhaps... and in this time I started realizing that my worth is not defined by the love of a man, the love of a boyfriend, or husband or whatever. I have learned that His love completes me like nothing else. I-do-not-need-temporary-fixes. I learned I need permanent ones, the ones only God can offer. Am I completely healed? No. Healing is a process, it takes time...but rest assured Jesus is a wonderful healer.
So let me ask you this? Are you looking for temporary fixes? Are you looking and longing for someone to love you? Are you looking for someone to make you feel beautiful and worth something? Are you letting people define your beauty that God graced you with? Stop. Stop searching in all the wrong places. Stop looking for bozozs and, and wait for God to send you Boaz... he is out there. But if you go ahead of God you might have to walk the road I have walked. You might end up with a broken heart, a battered body, a shattered soul. Are you reading books like Twilight and thinking "Oh if I could meet someone like Edward Cullen."? Stop. That is fantasy. What God has for you is so much more exciting then Edward Cullen or Stephan Salvatore or Daman Salvatore (yes I have read these books too, and I longed for someone like that too...but these books left me hurting and lonely).
See often times we adress the outside issues, like how we dress, what we drive, what houses we live in, what boyfriend we have, etc...but our soul is dying.
Let me tell you that there is One who loves you with such passion that He knew, and knows you by name, He knew that if He wouldn't come to this earth to save you, you would die from the mistakes and sin you make, because God is not only love He is also justice, and justice cannot stand lawlessness...sin. There is a penalty for it, and the penalty is death. But the One, He came for you, He was your ransom, he took that punishment on Himself...all of it. All that you would have to do is let yourself be rescued. All you would have to do is believe in Him. That's it, and with that simple faith He gives you a gift, actually many gifts: 1.) Eternal life with Him 2.) Every mistake you have ever made is completely forgotten and forgiven in God's eyes (you will not pay for eternity for them) 3.) He makes you a brand new person, a brand new creation, a brand new you....the old is gone forever. These are just a few of the gifts he bestows on you. But remember what He said to the adulturous woman in the Bible? He didn't stone her, He forgave her, and he said one very crucial thing: Go and sin no more. So my friend the decision is yours.
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