Encouragement
It is crazy to think we could possibly go on through life alone, and that for a second we are...look a bit deeper and you will see that inevitably we are not as alone you feel. God has held my hand along a very hard and arduous journey. From the time I knew it my life was being molded and formed into something unique and special, and through many hardships I have only made it through with the hope that only he can give. I never gave in to desperation and loss, I never gave in to disappointment, heartache or pure physical and emotional upheavals; I have made it through it all. With a heart that yearns to love and to receive it I have never been left alone. People have been a cause and a result of what I have suffered, but it is always my choice to decide how I will endure; that is with hope for a brighter day.
I want more than anything to be so happy and free in my spirit and I seek Gods love and peace to take me to that place where inside I am doing cartwheels of pure joy. I remember when I was young, all of five years old dancing to my father playing his guitar and although he had hurt me, it was beautiful that at that moment I could dance like I was as light as a feather and tip toeing atop of milky white clouds in an ocean of blue. What I take from my childhood is my heart, and that how ever the depth you have been hurt you can forgive and love through anything. That is what makes us dance. The painful fact to life is we have to come to a place within all our turmoil and ourselves before we can see that God is holding out his hand for a dance partner, someone he can pick up and swing in his arms and hold you so closer than any physical arm can.
Although all people have sufferance its how we deal with it that makes all the difference; it’s a matter of knowing there is a greater purpose and who is in control. There is so much we just do not get and maybe we won’t here on here on this earth but all things however painful or sweet are for the benefit for ourselves and for others. The reason I say this is because I trust in my father in heaven, our Lord God with all of soul. I know he is there, I know he is here with me right now, and I know he is with you. He says ‘be still and know I am God’ the problem is we can all get so busy blaming him or someone else for everything rather than just being still. Be still and know he is God. Take a moment and think of nothing but him, let your breath be his and then you will know you are not and have never been alone, it’s just maybe you haven’t acknowledged his presence and his loving salvation in your life before now.
The simplest way for anyone to believe or to disprove of Gods being is to ask for him to come into your life and change your heart and mind. A prayer or quiet word in a room of solitude I guarantee you will know he is with you. In the bible the Lord God says that no one can enter into heaven except thorough the son Jesus Christ. If you believe or you don’t, please try this; ask God to forgive you of your sins and that you believe that Jesus died for you and is the son of God, ask him to enter your life and change you and to be filled with the Holy Spirit. Your life will be touched by the hand of God. Even people that have prayed that and said ‘I don’t know if you exist but if you do please come into my heart and my life’ he does show up to change your world and make it beautiful.
The people that don’t try it are afraid, afraid of change or maybe afraid to admit that they have never been in control but at the mercy of a beautiful God. Sure we have choices and free will, and we reap the harvest of what ever we choose in life, and yet there are unquestionable circumstances that have no bearing on personal choices; but it is all Gods plan to make it better.
No one person can be truly so peaceful and happy in their heart all the time and especially through major events without the peace and love that only comes from knowing God. It just is not possible to survive and be happy any other way.
If we all can control our lives why aren’t we? Why do we turn and run from our fears, when they will keep tracking you down until you are strong enough to face them? Christ himself is our strength in our weakness and with God we become over comers of the world. If we could control everything and fix everything in our own why are there multitudes of suicides, drug abusers, physical and emotional abuse, depression and divorce?
We are all lost until we decide to be found and we need to admit to ourselves we are losing precious gifts because we don’t know how to keep them, like our families and loved ones; everything is at risk. Why? Because when we live in a world of pain, hurt, failure, depression, anxiety, selfishness and un-forgiveness it is going to pull you apart and tear your world down; the chances of it falling apart is so very high. That’s why asking God to help is not such a bad idea when there is so much more at stake; your life and love and theirs. We can end the world of pain by facing it, the Lord can help fill the void that is lacking that causes you to make wrong choices through your empty and lost feelings. It is not drugs, it is not sex, it is not addictions and it is definitely not running away and sticking your head in the sand, which has never resolved or helped anything, but create another pit to fall into that is even harder to climb out of! I know I could not have made it this far without knowing it will be ok. I admit some days I have sunk into myself and gone ‘why, why me?’ and ‘I can’t handle this, I can’t go on’ and just wanted s much to end it all in anyway I could think of. I thought that way because I was thinking of myself and could not and did not want to see anything but myself as the victim of all these horrible things. It took moments of being still, to know God was there even if everything else had failed and disappeared. I had to be still to know he was God and realize that I could not take a life that was not mine to take, and that no matter how desperate we can get, if we reach out, God is waiting to meet us. Some of us know there is a God and we might recognize the fact, but there is a big difference to be made when you let and allow yourself to be like a child in the sense of being open to him without hiding scared with your head under a pillow. Truly get to know him, truly be still and know he loves you, he can help you and he is most definitely your God.
We can make better judgments and choices with God in our lives which in turn create a better heart, and with that renewed spirit we hurt less and hurt less people, and we try that bit more without as much strain, and we learn not to run, and we learn to face fears and responsibilities. We have a gift at our hearts door, waiting to be invited in; wouldn’t you like to feel whole and happy where you are now? You can if you rend your heart; put it on a plate, that like a little child offering it to their daddy; give it to him to change and make it better as he is the father of all that will never turn away from you when you make mistakes, he loves you unconditionally! Even in a very obscure and painful world there is a light and yes even when we believe in our father we can struggle, but our struggles are in no way as difficult to handle when we have a wonderful father picking us up so we can get up and dance freely.
If life was to be only death and destruction, why then did God send his only son, Jesus. And in so gave up his life blamelessly so we could have salvation and be co-heirs with Christ as God intended? Life is life, death is death. We have the choice by free will. God gave us that choice and salvation through Jesus’ crucifixion. It was the ultimate gift from God to us his children. Jesus took up our sin, our infirmities and from one infinite life came all life through him. We, because of Gods ultimate sacrifice have been given the chance to live and to live it to the fullness God intended. We have been given the key to the gate of life that once was under the law of sin and death.
Life in itself is no doubt a journey, and in it we suffer. We have pain and anguish, we have loss and suffering. People seem to forget all the good there is in this beautiful world, seeing only darkness and for some that’s all they know. But what is life without all this?
Do you really think life could be your ideal perfect? No, it can’t, we as people vary, opinions, views, personalities. Ok, so stop all the pain in the world you may say, why not, if God is all power and loving? To be honest with yourself as you read through this, please have a open heart and realize God is the all power, was, is and always will be, but more than anything he is your father, my father. As any parent knows we can only let things go so far with our kids, and we would only let them touch the stove or fall down if we knew that they wouldn’t listen or understand until they did it their way. Our heavenly father is a loving and compassionate God. Even though as with many children we may disagree with discipline etc of sorts, or argue that they think they are right and we the parents are wrong, but they and we only do this because we don’t have the perspective of our parents. A parent has done it, seen it, felt it all before the child. Parents can see the outcome of choices; overall parenting is for the love of the life they had the honor to bring. Admittedly, all parents don’t fit into this perfect circle as I have learnt through it all, but you know when you drop all the junk of self pity and anger we gain a new perspective.
It took a lot for me to realize that what we experience is so insignificant and meaningless.
I forgave my father of an abusive and unemotionally attached relationship and in so God opened a door that was jammed tight for maybe my fathers’ whole life. By opening my eyes I could see past myself, I could see into his heart, his abuse, and the broken life held captive inside that had turned into emotional bondage and anger. I could see that, it was amazingly sad, yet, beautiful. By letting God enter my life completely I was freed from the anguish of my hurts, enabled to see into and begin working in the hearts of my family. Breaking down walls isn’t so hard when you are prepared to put in the effort. Hey, it doesn’t mean there aren’t hard tough patches before you hit a break through but eventually through time, understanding and prayer, hearts and minds will be renewed, and family bonds repaired. God uses us too you see, by my life giving relationship and openness to God, I was used by him to bring restoration back into my family, which is ultimately his. So, can you see that every event although it may be a bad one, ultimately has a divine plan of good. I have had so much go on that it would make a lot of heads spin and yet there are so many with other issues that differ from mine. That is why it is best not to judge anyone else’s choices and what God is doing in their situation, you can’t expect a true evaluation if you’re missing half of the information can you? And in that, God knows and can foresee what is best for us as individuals. The long term outcome if we choose right, and start seeing a little further from what the world is and has become in front of us, is a life of love and freedom in Christ.
I know that not all may agree with what I have come to know as life, but I assure you when you seek answers, when you want to find the purpose of your life and you are just sick of living in a life that you just wished would end you will find what I have come to know. What I have come to know is a truth, the way of life and that we as people are loved, and we have a God that forgives, who heals the broken hearted and strengthens the weak. Quite simply life is consequence of actions, and actions aren’t without choices, so what does that mean? We have to think before we act, we need to seek God in things that we have no control over. That’s where life will take a dramatic change.
How does this change in our lives take place? Well, once we realize we aren’t it (the answer) we seek. The Lord says that we must seek first the kingdom of God and all things will be given unto thee. The kingdom of God is not heaven, heaven is our eternal home. The kingdom of heaven is the gift of God, the Holy Spirit he gives us. How do we get this Holy Spirit and what is it? The Holy Spirit is the councilor to our spirits; it is of the trinity of our heavenly father. Father God sent his son, which is in him and of him. Jesus the physical man, God relates himself to his children and suffers and feels our pains, he associates himself with his children. Jesus the Christ gives up his life for the ultimate plan of salvation for us. After this is a time of transfiguration Jesus’ spirit was to be instilled in those whom believe. By submitting to God the creator and opening our hearts we make the choice to let God in to reconstruct our brokenness. When in the bible Jesus says I am the gate no one can go to the father except through me, he is saying exactly what he means. Accepting Jesus is the key to the gate. It’s like having a room key or security key it will get you now where unless it has a code or a password attached. We can’t get to Heaven through good deeds, we can only get there through Jesus, and he is our password. We accept him; we have then the promise of forgiveness, eternal life and all Gods promises that are endless through out his word. We become co- heirs with Christ, which is and always has been Gods plan for us.
The kingdom of God is Jesus’ spirit, the Holy Spirit, in which then he never leave us nor forsakes us becomes our new life in the spirit, as thus said in the bible, the new has come and the old has past away. We become new creations, the kingdom of God reigning inside us day and night through the good and the bad. We no longer have the baggage of yesterday; we don’t have to worry about what they say, we know that God has us taken care of. God says how much more to him are we than sparrows yet he covers them and feeds them. All in all the kingdom of God is the gift of salvation, freedom in Christ where love has broken down barriers and set captives free, and then when we have done all we can here, Heaven is waiting to welcome us home.
It is- knowing we are not here to please ourselves, but to give. And in all we do it is measured back to us, pressed down and overflowing from our big daddy that is constantly waiting for us to listen to his voice. Begin a personal relationship.
God is about love and relationship. You would do well and seek him fervently.
He is not religion, man made religion. What a sad choice to take the truth, twist it and cause death, destruction and violence. Religion separates; God just wants his family back, but isn’t it great to know that although we use God as an excuse, he will again for his good and ours, use us. Praise him for he is ‘good!
Understanding is great knowledge, but to use it unwisely can be a dreadful mistake,
It is more a matter of greater knowledge and understanding it. We can be given so much information, and in so, it can help you make choices, also encouraging a change in your perception, or to even re-direct your life. Many things can occur to bring you to a point of wanting to understand, to be wise in your daily choices, and dealing with everyday situations. When this awakening takes place, a light at the end of the tunnel begins to form from out of the shadows, and a relief dwells inside, this is the just the beginning.
It is not a way to end unless you strive to become one within yourself, knowing what is good and what is just, being honest and truthful to yourself and the world about you.
Love above all is the root to solving and dealing with every problem you will endure over your life’s course. I believe that God is the soul being of love, created only by him. I know and trust in his word, the promises, and the gift of life after death, for he gave his son to teach us, testimonies of overwhelming great's and most of all love. The Lord Jesus Christ gave his life for us so that God may forgive us our sins and deliver us from the evil one, to remain righteous and good so that we may enter the kingdom of God when our journey here is over.
I also believe and know that to enter the kingdom of heaven is through the son, thus where our yearning for understanding and love has been seeded. It is a want or a need to find you, to be that better person, to be able to help and receive that of what is entitled to us. Also to be able to have the inner strength to over come pain and torment that has cursed us through out our lives.
From when I was as young as I could remember I knew there was a God, knew of Jesus Christ, especially because of the holidays that we celebrate twice yearly. Christmas- his birth, and Easter- good Friday- his death by crucifixion, as well as Easter Sunday- the day he rose from death (the day we celebrate new life thus, by the sharing of Easter eggs.mm) Jesus then walked the earth and preached the word. Teaching his disciples over forty days, so they would be able to carry on and show people the way of new life.
At the end of these forty days, he rose to his father in heaven to watch over us all.
Anyway, by the time, I was thirteen, my family unit had been broken, and I had suffered some very tough times. It was one day when my Father came to my Mother after many months, actually I think it was my birthday. The first day that I had heard my Father tell me he loved me, the first time I received a gift from him, and it was the very first time I saw love in his eyes. I learnt that he had come to God, and accepted the Lord as his savior, wow! My sister also had taken the steps to greater insight and knowledge through Christ. To see the changes that had taken place was no more than of a miracle, and I learnt how to be apart of what I had always missed. I found that piece of my soul that I thought was never to be found and received the answer to my yearning.
The funny thing is that we may believe there is a “God,” and think we are generally good people, but when does that truly make a difference? It is, a seed that we have to encourage to grow, a process we do not always want to see, yet totally necessary to find the greater divine within yourself, your life and the after. I had learnt to accept Jesus Christ as my savior too, I cried with all my heart “forgive me Lord, fill me with your Holy Spirit, and let my life be yours!” His spirit over took me, an experience that no man can produce it was his sign that he not only heard me, but also had entered my heart, because I was open to him and that I knew he was the missing piece of my soul. This was my choice to decide what I wanted out of my life and the answer to every question I would have to ever ask, above all, it was love and knowing I would always have a place in Gods heart and he in mine.
It is a choice that we are given and so many tend to over look what lies within, especially the ones whom believe this world of ours is “Normal”, what a joke, who can it truly be?
Crazy thing is that multitudes lay blame, and the funniest part I have to say is that they lay it all on a “God” that they don’t even believe in. Seriously, if you did not believe in even the slightest way, why do people call out to him in times of need, times of distress and yes to lay blame? As much as we believe or do not believe he is there that he has placed a seed in your heart. If it was not there then why would you even yearn for love, or call his name? The fact of the matter is also what so many over look, the other guy, the Devil, ok you may think I am nuts but if God is good, who or what is the bad? Do not be blinded, it is his greatest feats to make you all not believe in him and to continue in your ways. He will cause you pain, he causes mistrust, and deceit he brings death. Alright, now you may say then why does God let this and that happen- he does not. Think about it, ok, I grant you this he does test us he tests our strengths and the Devil uses these times to his will to pull you back down. It is not that God creates these things to happen in our lives but ourselves, our choices. Granted, as I know terrible things can happen to us, illnesses, loss of loved ones and instances that cause you to feel weak. These too are tests, to learn from what you have been taught through Gods word to overcome pain that these situations can bring, accepting there is a greater cause or reason and standing strong. This is where our knowledge comes in; Identifying what the problem or feeling is, then releasing it. Knowing, that it will be eased through God, giving him your worries and pain, finding the source of what makes you want to fall you will be able to cope with it.
Sometimes we forget that he is there, or maybe not so much forget but that we succumb to the world, I know of this and I wished that I never had. My life turned on me, because I turned on it and God, I fell. Went through torturous experiences through out my life, although I still believed I lost my will and It wasn’t until I reopened my eyes I saw, where in so many places I made the wrong choices. Choices can cost you your life, and the lives of others, choices and free will are given to us and we can make some pretty, big mistakes. It is using your wisdom to realize where we fallen down before, to grow from the experiences and to never let go of the hope that faith in God gives you.
We are lucky enough that our God is a gracious God and that although we may turn the wrong corner or look away he never will turn away from us.
Since I let the Lord rekindle my spirit, I have so much to thank him for. I have gained love in many ways, gained knowledge, and understanding through his word, and have enormous amounts of strength and compassion to deal with life. Not only that but I have also been able to overcome some of the most horrid pain that was pent up inside my heart, he has taken it from me and given me new breath. This pain and anger is not of his, and was to destroy whatever good I held in my heart. I could feel the rage of a darker me trying to seduce what ever I had left so that I would never turn back. I am so glad that I was given the knowledge and understanding to see my downfalls, my weaknesses and to be able to see again. He forgave my sins and healed me so that I could forgive all that had oppressed me, that now I can let go and walk the right path, which I once swayed from.
I tell of this entirely not to preach, or to tell you what to do, your choices are just that, but all I ask is that you see who you are, assess the feelings you have for yourself and that of the world, tell me is it really so normal? Look a little deeper into yourself to find what you believe or what you know and take the steps to enhance your life and find the answers. Do not be afraid to grasp God when it is a world that is dying around us we should be afraid and not to be apart of. We create a better world through wise choices and most of all through love and understanding. I know where I belong, good luck on finding your way home!
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