What's our purpose?

Have you ever thought about your reason for being here, your purpose? I know I have. On November 22, 2007, something began shifting inside of me. I felt an awakening, an understanding of sorts. Suddenly it was as though knowledge and wisdom had come into me and filling me with illumination. The simple fact that by accepting God and His sacrifice, He accepted me into His Kingdom. It all made sense, it was all clear now. I could feel the overwhelming joy of knowing what it was liked to be loved full up and spilling over. I couldn’t think about anything except the awareness of a shift in and around me and that the future was going to be alright. I began to ask myself questions to ponder... What if you could give total acceptance of yourself as is? What if you actually stop judging yourself and feeling guilty? What if you could stop the words spoken over you that repeatedly play in your mind over and over like a taped message? What if you could do something that would make negative thoughts and feelings vanish, cares and worries lift like weights floating above your shoulders and neck. How different would my life be if I could walk in faith and confidence that God is completely 100%, truthfully, without a doubt who he says he is and can do what he says he can do and further more, will do what he has promised he will do? If I say I believe God and His Word (the Holy Bible), then I can trust him to finish what he started in me for he said he will NEVER leave me or forsake me. He said He will finish the good work he began in me. He said He has made a way for me. He said I am His child and He loves me. He said that none should perish but have everlasting life if only they believe in Him. Believing in something or someone, makes you a follower, a promoter of that belief. So if I believe then follow. No more fence straddling....just commit and go all the way with God. The results of this heart and mind change -- full comittment -- will astonish you how your life will change when you are fully committed. The secret here is to look at yourself and ask yourself "Am I FULLY committed?" If I was put to the test in some unusual, uncomfortable way, would I pass. Only you can answer that question. Its between you and God but know this, the Bible says that our hearts can deceive us. So we have to ask God and rely on Him to reveal our hearts desires for only God truly knows what is inside of us and He loves us anyway. As you pass through that valley of discomfort, trials and tests, pain and sorrow, whatever you are going through, remember that He already walked that road. Now thinking about these thoughts and just trusting God for my future (our times are in his hands), there seemed to be a clarity of direction, just barely visible, as though to say, don’t think too much about the future just yet. Instead breathe in this time you are connected to. Savor it. Its called peace and love because the Heavenly Father loves you. He reaches out to you with arms of total love and acceptance. Will you surrender? Let him love you? Let the Father embrace you as He wants to be your Daddy. The Daddy who is always on your side, who always loves and listens to you. Father God hears your heart breaking, he sees every tear.

Are you a believer?

Bible verses that are the standard definition of who is a Christian: For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 (NIV) For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Romans 3:23 (NIV) For the wages of sin is death. Romans 6:23 (NIV) For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God not by works, so that no one can boast. Ephesians 2:8-9 (NIV) To summarize, the only way to be saved and go to heaven is by the grace of Jesus and by faith in God. These are the basic verses that every Christian who has accepted Christ knows. Now for the verses that clearly state that only Christians who believe the above will go to Heaven: -John 3:3: no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again. -John 3:15: everyone who believes in him [Jesus] may have eternal life. -John 3:18: whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of Gods one and only Son. -John 14:6: Jesus answered: No one comes to the Father except through me -Acts 3:23: And it shall be, that every soul that shall not hearken to that prophet, shall be utterly destroyed from among the people. (ASV) -Acts 4:12: Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved -Romans 10:9: Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved -Hebrews 9:28: he [Christ] will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him -1 John 5:12: he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.

Time To Update Your Priorities

The clock is ticking! Everybody has a time limit on this earth because we live inside mortal bodies although our spirits are immortal. While we are on this earth we are given a number of seconds, minutes, hours, days, years. We don't know how long we have but we are allotted a certain amount. What we do in that time is each person's own responsibility. Freedom and rights were purchased with blood and lives were sacrificed for us. If we do not use that time wisely we will be held accountable to the one who gave it to us, our Creator. Everyone is given a purpose no matter how small or insignificant we may feel. Our value and worth is not for others to judge, not even for us to judge, for the One who made us like unto His image is the only one who has the right to judge us. He is the One who formed us in our mother's wombs and then breathed life into us. He is the only One who has the right and the insight as to what our purpose was established to be. Some people go all their lives never realizing their purpose. They see themselves as insignificant on this earth. That is sad and something I hope to change in my lifetime for myself and my family's lives. How do I expect to make a change like that? Through prayer and by leaving a legacy for my children and others with my choices and talents. God has called me to use my time wisely and as I said in another posting, I feel I have not reached my full potential. In fact, I was close to giving up because I lost sight of the goal. I have another chance before me as hope has been reignited in my heart. This is the year, 2009, that I hope to set my feet on the pathway to reach my goals. This is the time, don't give up, reach for the stars. If you quiet yourself and turn to God, listen and seek Him while He may be found, He will show you your value and your purpose, everyone has one. Its hidden from us till we turn to God for insight. Without purpose and direction, people perish. We all have to have something to live for. Just like the movie, "Its a Wonderful Life", we sometimes are oblivious to the importance of our part we play in God's plan. It is my prayer that we all would discover our purpose, our part to play, accept it and get about doing it because time is running out. There will come an end to things as we know it. Whether it is our own untimely death, simply meaning time ran out before we achieved our purpose, or Jesus returned too quickly and we were not ready. Be ready friend, don't wait until it is too late to make the right choice. Make a decision in your heart to trust God, your Creator, the Almighty Living God and accept the sacrifice that He made in giving His only Son as an eternal sacrifice for you to have right standing with God and to know Him personally yourself. Yes, you can intimately know the God of this universe. He had a plan because He knew that mankind would fall so He sacrificed the One born for a purpose, to die for us all in our place because somebody had pay for sin. John 3:16 makes it very plain. I am committing this year to re-establish my priorities to fulfill my destiny and stop wasting time. In order to do this and still have a "normal" life, it requires a plan and a commitment. I have hope in that God awakened me this year and gave me direction. You'll have to seek Him for your own direction because only He knows what it is and what you'll have to sacrifice to get there but it is possible to get there. This is our time, let's not waste it.

Revival of a Spirit

I use to love to read everything spiritual, listen to tapes, read books and Bibles, go to church every time the doors were open. I raised my kids this way and though I didn’t have much I was happier in my spirit being about God’s work than I am now. Right now I feel very shallow and almost empty. I feel like my life is full of empty and meaningless things. I’m busy playing or living my cozy little life here on this earth. I have forgotten my home planet so to speak. I have forgotten my first love. I have forgotten my calling and purpose on this earth, which is so very temporal. I have forgotten my destiny and my direction. I feel like I’m drugged up all the time or intoxicated by the pleasures and cares of this world – this life currently on earth. I don’t really feel alive anymore. I feel like I’m missing something. I have everything I ever wanted but I miss church activities. I miss the good old days of church but what I really miss is church involvement and personal growth. Evangelism and reaching the lost, praying for people, encouraging them in the Lord…..this was living but now I’m just caught up in a bubble of getting everything I want and all these “things” simply distract me from my real reason for living. Finally, I have the thrill of seeing my children walking with God, especially my daughter who is surpassing me and I’m so happy for her. Finally all those years of prayer and now I am getting to see it fulfilled. She is alive in Christ and excited to be learning and growing. I on the other hand feel dried up and as though I’m dying. The only thing I want that I really cannot seem to have is my husband saved, spirit filled and hungrily walking after Christ Jesus. I’ve lost hope of my dream for a Christian husband. That is the only thing I have yet to receive. Now more than ever I am concerned because our finances are under attack, my health is under attack and my life seems meaningless – of no value or worth. Please God, please help me. Please ignite the ember inside me. Wake me from this numbing dazed mental state and renew a right spirit within me. Revive me O God, Speak to me and help me to put into action that which you are showing me.

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Why I write down my thoughts

i like to write down my thoughts sharing them with those who come into my life. i want to leave something behind, something that was worth being here. i hope people are encouraged and enlightened by the words i write. You and i might be old friends just talking. Occasionally i may tell a story, share a poem or just give you my thoughts whether you want them or not. Some people, but very few, have listened and heard the real me. They read the words from my heart poured out into words and formatted to fit together in one place, which is my heart’s cry to understand people and help them understand one another. i believe God gave me the ability to understand people through a gift. i have a gift of seeing their pain like black, empty holes needing to be filled -- needing filled up with love. Pot-shots: Some people have lots of small “pot-shots” holes, scattered throughout their soul. Pot-shots are words that come out of the blue, you rarely see them coming at first. You never know when one is going to hit a nerve and what would occur when that happens. The damages inflicted are at random over a course of several years until a pattern of self-loathing has been formed deep within the belief system. Behavior patterns known as habits begin to develop. Emotions that are suppressed become addictions. We reach for anything to comfort us to dull, numb or gain reprieve from the emotional or physical pain….drugs, alcohol, food, gambling, sex, shopping – anything addictive is an excess amount of time given to it until IT begins to control YOU. Belief systems that can also affect our choices can also grow beyond our control such as perfectionism, procrastination and popularity. Craters: Some people have extreme crater-like holes leaving gaping voids of emptiness. The initial tragic impact feels unbearable. Over time while the sands of time blow through your soul, the holes are reshape, formatted to fit your world, conforming to its from of living but your holes never go away. The wounds are too deep but not too deep for God. -o-