Giving us His love

 

      When did you reach the end of your rope? When did it seem like the storms in your life would never end? Where did the friends, that you knew for a life time, go? When there was nowhere else to turn, what did you do or think?

          That happened to me. And I am sure that for you, as it was for me, it was a scary time. A time when all there seemed to be was darkness and pain. I was there myself. I felt alone because I had let down those friends, along with my family. The walls that I had surrounded myself with seemed to be insurmountable. But in all the pain and heartache there was a voice. And I was amazed at just how loving and sweet it sounded. In that moment I knew just how much Jesus cared for me and most importantly just how much He loved me.

          He came to me in all my brokenness. He waded through all my sins to hold me and heal my wounds. It is not ironic that just His voice broke through the stone that encased my heart. Now that my heart was one of flesh and not stone the Holy Spirit was able to come in, changing me forever. Thus began a transformation in my life, one that was being led by Jesus Christ.

          When He came in the darkness that I had been struggling in was gone, replaced by His glorious light. Every sin was erased, completely forgotten. I started to feel a peace like never before. The yoke of the world I had been following was lifted from my shoulders and replaced by His yoke. I tell you it was so light, almost like it wasn’t there. Now there have been times when I did get heavy, but those were the times when my walk started to veer off from His path, making my walk more difficult, something that Jesus did not want from me. But it was never a hard pull or quick swat with a cord. It was a gentle reminder, a reminder of what he had done for me on the cross. It was the tear that fell from His eyes that I saw. Those are the things that brought me back time and time and time again.

          It was my surroundings, a place that I did not want to be in, but knew it was Christ who had planned all along to have me there. A place to learn and begin to reflect on who He is and what He did. A place to slow down and truly focus on Him and His ways for my life. To begin to fully understand just how much He loves not only me but the world. It was a place where my Savior could begin to change my head and heart, so as to live His way. To show me that through it all He never left me nor forsook me. For the first time I was able to live a life of peace and have the strength in order to follow Him through all my storms, knowing that the other side would be better than the side I left.

          So here I am today. I still struggle, and have times of sin. But I have the head and heart knowledge that Christ loves me no matter what. That His blood covers all sins, forever, separating them from me. That His love never fails.

          If your life seems out of control. If you live in constant darkness. If the storms of your life never seem to fade let alone go away, go to Him. He is not concerned with your past, just your heart. Christ is not a tyrant, ruling with an iron fist. He is a loving Father who wishes for you to accept Him as your Savior. See you are not a savior, you cannot save anyone, even yourselves. Good works will not do it. So trying to help others to make yourself look good to God is not the right plan. Humbling your heart, repenting, asking for forgiveness. Opening up yourself in order to let Him in is the way to go.