Keep Striving
Today I decided I should start a blog. I am not a natural born writer, there will be grammatical errors, misspellings, you name it. That will just prove that I am human and make mistakes. This is more for me to journal and let things out. At times there may be laughter, tears, joy, sorrow, pain, loss, and just pure heart. I tell my friends and family that sometimes my heart has words that aren't in the English language which to me means they are words from my Heavenly Father and it's very hard to get out for others to hear.
I attempt to live my life by example as God calls me. I am a working piece of art or pottery under the potters Hand, or wood in the making on the lathe. I am not perfect nor do I claim to be. Ask my friends and family. I tell you the honest truth and I will not beat around the proverbial bush.
So tonight's topic?
Who am I accountable too?
I am a single early thirties, straight, God fearing, God loving young woman who doesn't lack for friends and has the best family in the world (I may or may not be biased lol).
I have friends who are guys and friends who are girls and as of this moment I am pretty sure they are all straight (not that it matters to me or to God. He loves all just the same and is interested in a personal relationship with each person on this earth. Another topic for another post).
I have friends that range from age 2 months (if you count my youngest niece) to 60 plus and I for one love the diversity in the age range. And the interesting part about that age range is I consider all of them brothers and sisters or aunts and uncles (depending on the age) because my heart is so In Love with God.
God has not seen fit to bring the right God hearted man into my life and at the current moment has called me to be single.
I have a calling to these friends and family that I have mentioned and it is to set an example that the world is wrong. Women do not have to have a boyfriend or a man to survive although it is so nice (as I have observed and been told) to have. And Men do not have to have a girlfriend or woman to survive. And waiting until marriage is right and more than ok. Striving to find yourself in this world is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
You and I are not defined by someone else's opinion of us. We are defined by God if we have chosen His perfect sacrifice of His Son's death on the cross as payment for our sin. But along with that we have to accept His grace.
Are you scratching your head...Grace? What's that? I know I have heard the Pastor talk about it....but what's Grace?
Do you truly understand Grace?
I am still learning it. Trust me it will take me ALL OF MY LIFE on this earth and I still will not fully understand the depth of God's abundant Grace.
Grace is God giving....GIVING me...SINFUL me.... a free gift....YES FREE TO ME GIFT....that I do not... I DO NOT....DESERVE
Ephesians 2:8-9 "For by GRACE you have BEEN SAVED through FAITH, NOT OF WORKS, lest anyone should boast."
I don't have GRACE down yet but I will tell you this....STUDY IT OUT FOR YOURSELF.
Jesus did not show anything but GRACE to all of us.
Don't assume.
You know what they say about assuming?
It makes you and I look like an ass (sorry not sorry about being blunt).
Don't assume that (as your reading this) because you've been a believer for 1, 2, 5, 10, 30, 60 plus years that you know all there is to know about Grace, because you don't and neither DO I.
Don't assume that because I hang out with my girlfriends that I am gay because I AM NOT.
Don't assume that because I hang out with my guy friends that I am leading them on in a romantic way, because I AM NOT.
Don't assume that because I work the afternoon shift at my job on Sunday, means that I am not a believer in the one true God, because I am a believer in the ONE TRUE GOD.
Don't assume that because I complain about my job that I am not grateful too have it , because I AM GRATEFUL TO HAVE IT.
Don't assume you know me at all when and if you don't take the time to truly listen to me and what I have to say.
Because we are sinful people by nature that means that we all fight battles and sometimes we fight the same battles day in and day out. We fight the same battles but at different seasons of our lives, but our first and foremost problem is that we ASSUME that we KNOW what is going on with every one else and that we know what is best for everyone else.
I struggle with this on a day to day, hour to hour, min to min, sec to sec, basis. I have decided to make a change in MY OWN LIFE.
The biggest change in my life? Several years ago I studied Grace for myself. From God's Inspired Word. Just My Savior and me.
Grace is why I am who I am. Grace is why I am who I am in Christ. Grace is what the world and my friends see when I smile at the complete stranger at work and actually find out days later that I brightened his day just with my smile. Grace shines through me because Grace is Christ my Savior.
God has called me to be an example. To live by example is the hardest thing to do. I'll tell you how it is. I'll tell you my brutal honest opinion when asked. I'll also tell you to go study God's Word for yourself. Please don't live by example from anything less than God's Inspired Holy Word.
Please don't force your God given convictions in your life on others expecting them to change because if it's right for you it's right for everyone.
Maybe that is true to a point but if it isn't God's PERFECT timing then it isn't going to work and will only drive a wedge.
Whatever you get from this blog and or this post I hope and pray you get this:
God loves me.
God is molding me to be the Woman of God He wants me to be.
I am only accountable for MY OWN actions on this earth and no one else's.
I am NOT accountable to you or anyone else, but will listen to what you have to say and then sit and pray about it. That doesn't mean I will change or conform to your ways or opinions. It just means I will ask God what I am to learn from what you have to say. (btw I still ask my parents questions like I am still living under their roof and I haven't lived there in three years).
I do NOT claim to be perfect.
Ladies and Gentlemen the world needs us as believers to STAND FIRM in our FAITH and In our Future. Not to be bickering and arguing over who's way/opinion is right or wrong.
I myself choose from that day several years ago until I die to Strive to be more like Christ. I choose to walk in Grace. I choose to attempt (even when it is hard) to show Grace each day, hour, sec. I choose to ask God to
"Teach us to count the days
Teach us to make the days count
Lead us in better ways
Somehow our souls forgot
Life means so much, life means so much, life means so much"
I attempt to live my life by example as God calls me. I am a working piece of art or pottery under the potters Hand, or wood in the making on the lathe. I am not perfect nor do I claim to be. Ask my friends and family. I tell you the honest truth and I will not beat around the proverbial bush.
So tonight's topic?
Who am I accountable too?
I am a single early thirties, straight, God fearing, God loving young woman who doesn't lack for friends and has the best family in the world (I may or may not be biased lol).
I have friends who are guys and friends who are girls and as of this moment I am pretty sure they are all straight (not that it matters to me or to God. He loves all just the same and is interested in a personal relationship with each person on this earth. Another topic for another post).
I have friends that range from age 2 months (if you count my youngest niece) to 60 plus and I for one love the diversity in the age range. And the interesting part about that age range is I consider all of them brothers and sisters or aunts and uncles (depending on the age) because my heart is so In Love with God.
God has not seen fit to bring the right God hearted man into my life and at the current moment has called me to be single.
I have a calling to these friends and family that I have mentioned and it is to set an example that the world is wrong. Women do not have to have a boyfriend or a man to survive although it is so nice (as I have observed and been told) to have. And Men do not have to have a girlfriend or woman to survive. And waiting until marriage is right and more than ok. Striving to find yourself in this world is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
You and I are not defined by someone else's opinion of us. We are defined by God if we have chosen His perfect sacrifice of His Son's death on the cross as payment for our sin. But along with that we have to accept His grace.
Are you scratching your head...Grace? What's that? I know I have heard the Pastor talk about it....but what's Grace?
Do you truly understand Grace?
I am still learning it. Trust me it will take me ALL OF MY LIFE on this earth and I still will not fully understand the depth of God's abundant Grace.
Grace is God giving....GIVING me...SINFUL me.... a free gift....YES FREE TO ME GIFT....that I do not... I DO NOT....DESERVE
Ephesians 2:8-9 "For by GRACE you have BEEN SAVED through FAITH, NOT OF WORKS, lest anyone should boast."
I don't have GRACE down yet but I will tell you this....STUDY IT OUT FOR YOURSELF.
Jesus did not show anything but GRACE to all of us.
Don't assume.
You know what they say about assuming?
It makes you and I look like an ass (sorry not sorry about being blunt).
Don't assume that (as your reading this) because you've been a believer for 1, 2, 5, 10, 30, 60 plus years that you know all there is to know about Grace, because you don't and neither DO I.
Don't assume that because I hang out with my girlfriends that I am gay because I AM NOT.
Don't assume that because I hang out with my guy friends that I am leading them on in a romantic way, because I AM NOT.
Don't assume that because I work the afternoon shift at my job on Sunday, means that I am not a believer in the one true God, because I am a believer in the ONE TRUE GOD.
Don't assume that because I complain about my job that I am not grateful too have it , because I AM GRATEFUL TO HAVE IT.
Don't assume you know me at all when and if you don't take the time to truly listen to me and what I have to say.
Because we are sinful people by nature that means that we all fight battles and sometimes we fight the same battles day in and day out. We fight the same battles but at different seasons of our lives, but our first and foremost problem is that we ASSUME that we KNOW what is going on with every one else and that we know what is best for everyone else.
I struggle with this on a day to day, hour to hour, min to min, sec to sec, basis. I have decided to make a change in MY OWN LIFE.
The biggest change in my life? Several years ago I studied Grace for myself. From God's Inspired Word. Just My Savior and me.
Grace is why I am who I am. Grace is why I am who I am in Christ. Grace is what the world and my friends see when I smile at the complete stranger at work and actually find out days later that I brightened his day just with my smile. Grace shines through me because Grace is Christ my Savior.
God has called me to be an example. To live by example is the hardest thing to do. I'll tell you how it is. I'll tell you my brutal honest opinion when asked. I'll also tell you to go study God's Word for yourself. Please don't live by example from anything less than God's Inspired Holy Word.
Please don't force your God given convictions in your life on others expecting them to change because if it's right for you it's right for everyone.
Maybe that is true to a point but if it isn't God's PERFECT timing then it isn't going to work and will only drive a wedge.
Whatever you get from this blog and or this post I hope and pray you get this:
God loves me.
God is molding me to be the Woman of God He wants me to be.
I am only accountable for MY OWN actions on this earth and no one else's.
I am NOT accountable to you or anyone else, but will listen to what you have to say and then sit and pray about it. That doesn't mean I will change or conform to your ways or opinions. It just means I will ask God what I am to learn from what you have to say. (btw I still ask my parents questions like I am still living under their roof and I haven't lived there in three years).
I do NOT claim to be perfect.
Ladies and Gentlemen the world needs us as believers to STAND FIRM in our FAITH and In our Future. Not to be bickering and arguing over who's way/opinion is right or wrong.
I myself choose from that day several years ago until I die to Strive to be more like Christ. I choose to walk in Grace. I choose to attempt (even when it is hard) to show Grace each day, hour, sec. I choose to ask God to
"Teach us to count the days
Teach us to make the days count
Lead us in better ways
Somehow our souls forgot
Life means so much, life means so much, life means so much"
Chris Rice
Life Means So Much
You who read this are now my witnesses and I pray will walk beside me, striving in these same goals.
"So that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ; and though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and though you do not see Him now, but believe in Him, you greatly rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, obtaining as the outcome of your faith the salvation of your souls." 1 Peter 1:7-9 NASB
Until the next post KEEP STRIVING and don't assume,
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