Rediscovering God
Lately my faith has really turned on its head, I've re found something I've been looking for, for at least 4 years now, and you know what? It's bigger, better and more beautiful than it ever was :) Life has been pretty darn difficult, but If it all lead me to this amazing point in my relationship with God, then im thankful, truly I am, I don't wish to experience it all again, but I can't regret when it produced something so wonderful, something so powerful, something so full of love, grace and mercy.
A few weeks ago i went to see LZ7(a really good christian band), and they were AMAZING, more so than I could ever have hoped!! During the evening my brain whirred like a flipping washing machine, one thing that really jumped out at me was the line:
'Its difficult to make yourself when everyone is trying to make you someone else'
This really hit home for me...as i think part of the reason why ive struggled at uni is because i tried to re invent myself to be someone that people would like, someone 'cool', whereas id have been much better of being myself from the start. So if you feel like your putting on a front, if your acting, if your being someone who isnt you, the real you, the you that God loves, then its simple...stop it, right now-God loves you, for you, as you, because you are YOU, so be yourself, and those that love you, for you will stick by you, and those that dont...well if they cant handle you as yourself, then they dont deserve you this way. Easier said than done, as are most things...but take a moment to think about :)
Something else that caused a stirring in my head lately is Gods ability to plonk something good into each and EVERY bad situation.
'In the middle of difficulty, lies opportunity'
Think of a time that was really rubbish, be it a bad day, an exam, a visit to hospital, and then think of the good in it, be that chocolate biscuits, an easy question, or the company of a friend, God can turn the unexpected and the stressful, painful, boring most horrendous os experiences into something good, something lovely, something worthwhile, something AMAZING!!!! This is the kind of trash that people jabber on about and it goes straight over the top of a lot of peoples head, they think their 'bad thing' is most definately too bad for anything good to come from it, they think its the kind of thing that happens 'to other people', and i know that feeling, i've been there, i've felt it...but recently, i've also been able to see things from the otherside, i can look back at 'bad things' and see the silver lining around my clouds, and im hoping other people will be able to see their own...if you just take a moment to look, and to believe :)
And another thing....
'We will rise, like fire from the ashes'
If you look at a heap of ashes, what do you think, how do you feel? It looks dull, boring, worthless, useless......but if you look at fire, its alive, it dances, it serves a purpose, it spreads, it grows, it changes....Now i know that ashes come after a fire....not before, but God is saying that this doesnt need to be the case, life isnt about dancing, growing and then becoming useless, its about growing from the useless, into something alive, something free, something that spreads, that grows, that changes, that has multiple purposes, that is worthy, that is good...God is saying that we as humans have sinned, we're pretty rubbish really, pretty useless at time, but it doesnt have to be this way any longer, ever again, we need to embrace the beauty of fire, approach life with caution-putting your fingers in the fire will get you burnt, but if you use it properly and treat it with respect, its beautiful, its intriguing, exciting and oh so wonderful...and i, you, we can be also...and we will be, if we take time to think and feel this, to believe it, if we have faith, it will happen, so stop sitting in the ashes, and rise up like fire, rise up to be a growing, changing, spreading purposeful flame of light...what are you waiting for?
Finally the other thing that really hit me was this....
'In forgetting the things God has given us, we forget parts of God himself'
This is so true, its something ive not really thought about, but it was said in the service on sunday, and it really stuck with me.....in forgetting what God teaches us, what God wants from us, why and how God loves us, we are forgetting a part of him, a piece of him, we are reducing him, shrinking him, making him smaller, until we look at our image of God, and he no longer appears this loving, giving, faithful God...this as dangerous territory, because its not true, false truth can push us away from all that is good, from all that is God. So pause for a moment, have a good look around, take in what you can see, hear, smell, taste and touch, take in every feeling, every emotion, every sensation, take in all that God has given you, and watch in amazement as he grows from this small 'thing' we reduce him to, to his real, truth self, to a God that is loving, giving, faithful and full of never ending unconditional love for us
Amen <3
Go in peace, for the Lord is with you, always and forever
A few weeks ago i went to see LZ7(a really good christian band), and they were AMAZING, more so than I could ever have hoped!! During the evening my brain whirred like a flipping washing machine, one thing that really jumped out at me was the line:
'Its difficult to make yourself when everyone is trying to make you someone else'
This really hit home for me...as i think part of the reason why ive struggled at uni is because i tried to re invent myself to be someone that people would like, someone 'cool', whereas id have been much better of being myself from the start. So if you feel like your putting on a front, if your acting, if your being someone who isnt you, the real you, the you that God loves, then its simple...stop it, right now-God loves you, for you, as you, because you are YOU, so be yourself, and those that love you, for you will stick by you, and those that dont...well if they cant handle you as yourself, then they dont deserve you this way. Easier said than done, as are most things...but take a moment to think about :)
Something else that caused a stirring in my head lately is Gods ability to plonk something good into each and EVERY bad situation.
'In the middle of difficulty, lies opportunity'
Think of a time that was really rubbish, be it a bad day, an exam, a visit to hospital, and then think of the good in it, be that chocolate biscuits, an easy question, or the company of a friend, God can turn the unexpected and the stressful, painful, boring most horrendous os experiences into something good, something lovely, something worthwhile, something AMAZING!!!! This is the kind of trash that people jabber on about and it goes straight over the top of a lot of peoples head, they think their 'bad thing' is most definately too bad for anything good to come from it, they think its the kind of thing that happens 'to other people', and i know that feeling, i've been there, i've felt it...but recently, i've also been able to see things from the otherside, i can look back at 'bad things' and see the silver lining around my clouds, and im hoping other people will be able to see their own...if you just take a moment to look, and to believe :)
And another thing....
'We will rise, like fire from the ashes'
If you look at a heap of ashes, what do you think, how do you feel? It looks dull, boring, worthless, useless......but if you look at fire, its alive, it dances, it serves a purpose, it spreads, it grows, it changes....Now i know that ashes come after a fire....not before, but God is saying that this doesnt need to be the case, life isnt about dancing, growing and then becoming useless, its about growing from the useless, into something alive, something free, something that spreads, that grows, that changes, that has multiple purposes, that is worthy, that is good...God is saying that we as humans have sinned, we're pretty rubbish really, pretty useless at time, but it doesnt have to be this way any longer, ever again, we need to embrace the beauty of fire, approach life with caution-putting your fingers in the fire will get you burnt, but if you use it properly and treat it with respect, its beautiful, its intriguing, exciting and oh so wonderful...and i, you, we can be also...and we will be, if we take time to think and feel this, to believe it, if we have faith, it will happen, so stop sitting in the ashes, and rise up like fire, rise up to be a growing, changing, spreading purposeful flame of light...what are you waiting for?
Finally the other thing that really hit me was this....
'In forgetting the things God has given us, we forget parts of God himself'
This is so true, its something ive not really thought about, but it was said in the service on sunday, and it really stuck with me.....in forgetting what God teaches us, what God wants from us, why and how God loves us, we are forgetting a part of him, a piece of him, we are reducing him, shrinking him, making him smaller, until we look at our image of God, and he no longer appears this loving, giving, faithful God...this as dangerous territory, because its not true, false truth can push us away from all that is good, from all that is God. So pause for a moment, have a good look around, take in what you can see, hear, smell, taste and touch, take in every feeling, every emotion, every sensation, take in all that God has given you, and watch in amazement as he grows from this small 'thing' we reduce him to, to his real, truth self, to a God that is loving, giving, faithful and full of never ending unconditional love for us
Amen <3
Go in peace, for the Lord is with you, always and forever
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