Do you believe you aren't just a bi-product of your parents or two people that had 'relations' once, but instead a hand made person, made by God with care and purpose, born the day you were and alive right now, in this day and age, for a reason?
If you've never given it much thought, I implore you to now. God loves us each exactly the way we are, today, talents and flaws, every quirk, the parts we love and those we hide. He is strategic. Not one of us is an accident. There's a saying that some have mistaken as scripture that goes, "God loves us just the way we are but too much to leave us the same." That is 'Christianese', or a 'churchy' saying, not to be found between the pages of Genesis to Revelation. It goes without saying that with the Lord in our lives, we will be radically changed...if we are not, then I would venture to guess we are simply believing in Him, not surrendering to Him...there is a difference.
I've been thinking a lot about who I am in Christ, why He made me the way He did, why I continue to make the same mistakes and why, in spite of me, He continues to love me and direct my steps. God isn't looking for a perfect vessel that has it 'altogether'. The Bible is FULL of real life examples in case you need to inspire yourself. He's simply looking for anyone willing and available. (Notice I didn't say, "able") If we wait until we are perfect to present ourselves to God for His purposes in our lives, we'll have to wait until Heaven. That wasn't His plan.
For each of us, this is going to look different. You know the way God has wired you. You know what things make you passionate and other things that do not necessarily move you, though they are good or important. We do not all share the same callings, we've each been given different gifts to encourage one another. What we do share, however, is the same purpose and that is to love others the way Christ loves us and gave His life for us. It's not always going to look perfect, we will make mistakes, but the more we get to know Him, He'll show us how to love and how to receive His love.
Just some random thoughts on my heart today...I pray your day is blessed...blessed with knowing how very much God loves you.
It's so kewl how the Creator of the universe and the One & True Everlasting God Loved us even inspite of our sin and sent Jesus to be the Lord and Savior of the world. Our believe and commitment to folow him gives us the right to be called a child of God!Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteGreat post! So true!
ReplyDeleteThis is completely off beat......but your post sparked the rememberance of it.
ReplyDeleteOnce there were two women who never knew each other,
One - you do not remember, the other you call mother.
Two different lives shaped to make yours,
One became your guiding star, the other became your sun.
The first gave you life, and the second taught you to live in it.
The first gave you a need for love and the second was there to give it.
One gave you a nationality; the other gave you a name.
One gave you the seed of talent; the other gave you an aim.
One gave you emotions; the other calmed your fears.
One saw your first sweet smile; the other dried your tears.
One gave you up - that's all she could do.
The other prayed for a child and God led her straight to you.
Now you ask through all your tears the age-old question through the years;
Heredity or environment - which are you a product of?
Neither, my darling - neither - just two different kinds of love.
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I love to believe I am a product of His love!