There was once a time in my life where I recognized God's grace more than ever. As I see all these people around me. Some are great, some are hurting. How can God love all these people. It's so crazy to think about how God loves the hurting and how it's for free. He gives us this amazing grace that is free. No cost. Come on you give up your life to help another human being and living for His call. I'm telling you all once I gave my whole life to God, my life got immensely better, not to mention I had some rough spots. Walking with God is not easy, you feel an impulse and hurt when something wrong is happening. You have a duty to help God's name be known. You are given this purpose that is a burden. But God is always by your side to help you carry on and gives you the dreams, strength and people to do what He's put in your heart. When I think of grace I think of giving a homeless man a meal when he has nothing to eat not looking at what he's done or not done. Grace is like that all forgiving grace and not putting conditions on things it's helping that family member or friend even though they have hurt you. Imagine God's place, He is rejected how many times a day. His name is used in vain how many times a day. But He is so big He can handle it. I think of my level of grace with people and it's not much at all but with God I am able to forgive people like my father, mother, and family members because He gives me the strength to do so. Everyone in this earth is going to fail you. You fail people daily. But something great is God knows this. He knows what you are about to do, lie, skip, smoke, drink, have sex outside of marriage, what ever your "dirty little secret" God knows. Scary realization isn't it. God still gives His grace to even the least of these. He wants the least of these to be leaders to help bring people to Him. We are human, we make mistakes but unless we have that relationship with God you can't fill that void of guilt, memories, and whatever it is because you know who you are and when you make a choice and it haunts you time after time, you want to get rid of it, so you do things to get rid of it, but it doesn't work. It keeps coming back. Well I'm telling you the truth is you will always makes mistakes, you will slip, you will fall, but with God you can keep moving, getting up, letting go, but without Him you are just building up a pile of FILTH. Of ugly, painful, lustful, disturbing, events in your life that you hate and you will always remember. God's grace is the one true grace that covers that. So I'm talking to myself as well as you people. The ones who know God but aren't in a daily relationship with Him. We aren't talking about religion. We are talking about prayer, worshiping daily through actions as well as praising His name, His word, and walking in His spirit. You don't just go to church you feel God, God is real. He loves us, and He is waiting next to you. He wants to take that fainthearted pain you hold inside because you don't know what else to do with it. The struggles you have are not going to disappear but you will learn and God will show you a healthy way to deal with it and sometimes He may fully release you from that stronghold. We all are sinners, I am a sinner, I'm not perfect. I sin, I have bad thoughts, I was filthy, fainthearted, and faithless but because of my RELATIONSHIP with God. My life is changed. It's a daily new thing, growing more and more everyday. Like any relationship in life it takes work, intention, and love. What's funny is we cannot have faith unless we see it. Now we question everything too even tv, news reports because we all know people lie so how can we trust them. How can we trust the church, they are made up of liars, sinners. God when in a relationship with Him will help you discern things such as choices you are making in life to who is healthy to be in a relationship with. The truth is I fail. I fail in relationships, I've made countless mistakes with my sisters, my parents, my friends, everybody. I cannot bear that and if I was to hold onto that I couldn't be who I am now. God's grace covers all and I walk in that daily surrender. God's strength is what helps me overcome these things I have done. If I tried I'm telling you now I'd probably be going crazy somewhere or in some psychiatric ward. There is much shame in my past. If I didn't have God that would be my life's shackles. Grace is free and knocking on your door. You need it, you can never live to the fullest without it. I want to let you know I am all about having a relationship with God and that's what my life is based on. Knowing Him and being in His word. His grace has taken my shame away and made me into a new creation. In Christ we are made new, we are different, separate from the things of this world. So I'm just challenging you to see how much grace is, it is free. It is for all, we are all sinners. Grace is something to be grateful for. I am not a great, beautiful, confident woman because of my own means. It is all by God's relationship making me into a new person. Accept God's grace, become a beautiful new creation. It is a journey, a daily surrender where you accept grace as you are human and bound to make mistakes. I want to challenge you to love others and show God you display His grace to others. Whether it is taking a homeless person for lunch, paying for someone's toll, talking to a person who looks like they are hurting, to smile as you walk through a crowded city, forgive someone who hurt you along time ago, whatever it may be. Just do it and see what God can show you through that.
My challenge to myself this week is to be nice to people and spend time with the people I love even though I have 6 exams and am very busy with packing, cleaning, and preoccupied with summer thoughts. My plan is to invest in the now, live day to day and love the people surrounding me. I pray ya'll have a good week and keep it up, God rewards those who follow His path :)
- Heather Cheryl Craig
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| God's grace is free and because I have this relationship with Him I have no voids and a friendship and love that will never fail me, I love God and live every part of my life to His word and His Spirit, it resonates in my soul :) |
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