Reminder

I must start out with this: God is amazing.

We all need to be reminded of how He loves us, how He forgives us, and how He will never leave us. Today was full of those reminders.

But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:22-23

It just dawned on my how we are forgiven. We are redeemed. God has given us eternal life through Jesus. Is that not amazing? The God that created the entire universe, who holds the whole world in His hands, wants to spend eternity with us.

God gave His ONLY SON to die for our sin. But not just "our" sin, but each and every single person's sin. He died for us individually. That just blows my mind. I hope it blows yours too.

As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us. Psalm 103:12

Thank You Jesus. :)

Distractions

My lesson today: There will be distractions no matter where I go.

The moment I say, "I will serve You. I will be faithful", is the exact moment Satan chooses to throw something at me to try get me to change my mind.

I have come to the point in my life where I finally believe that I CAN do ALL things through Christ who strengthens me. I can get through this. I can resist temptation. I can, I can, I can. Through CHRIST. I am going to fight, I am not giving in this time. I am not giving up. I am not leaving just because it gets "hard". I am here, and I am going to serve the Lord with everything in me. I am His, for eternity. :)

Yes, I am going to fail sometimes, I am a sinner. I am going to fall, and need help getting back up. But God is faithful, long suffering, kind, loving, caring, and forgiving. He never fails. He is my only hope. He is my everything.

"I surrender all,

I surrender all,

All to Thee,

My blessed Savior,

I surrender all."

Again

Once Again I am back to that place of repentance. I cannot count how many times I have been here, how many times I have fallen on my knees and cried out to God, begging Him for His forgiveness. And once again, He has forgiven me.

I ask myself every time I repent, "how many times am I going to have to do this?" How many times am I going to feel like a complete idiot going back to God and saying, "Sorry Lord, I screwed everything up again. Please forgive me." I do not have an answer. All I know, is that I cannot wait for the day where there will be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. (Revelation 21:4).

I just need to say that I cannot explain how thankful I am of God and His unfailing, eternal, and amazing love. His forgiveness that reaches as far as the east is from the west, it never ends.

"Indescribable, uncontainable,

You placed the stars in the sky

and You know them by name.

You are amazing God

All powerful, untameable,

Awestruck we fall to our knees

as we humbly proclaim

You are amazing God"

Thank You, Jesus.