Welcome - I have had many blogs, it's something about putting how I'm feeling into words on a piece of paper. I blog, I journal I do it all - it's a sort of release that seriously makes me feel better and it's a whole lot cheaper than therapy just sayin :)
I'm a lover of Jesus, if you didnt know this blog will be a whole lot of things, from my quiet time to my weight loss journey random huh?
I had dinner with a dear friend of mine and I seriously had a breakthrough it was great and it really showed me how much Jesus loves me, as if I already didn't know. I've been going through lots of hurdles throughout the last couple of years. Any where from body image problems to boy problems and they all have been difficult for me. Sometimes it was hard to love myself knowing that I was so upset all the time. I am slowly coming out of that, it's been hard but it's taken good friends who love me and know my heart, and my Bible to get me through this. This all started when I just randomly opened my bible and the topic was battle :) go figure I am definitely in a battle right now, and how God will get you through it.
Then I closed my bible and opened it again and it was Samuel Ch 4- The death of Eli, which is all about battles and death of course. God is teaching me that the key is to be in the word, to be so strong in Him that when battles do come up, which they will I can lean on HIM and not on my own understandings which NEVER work anyways.
Then I closed my bible again, and it brought me to James ( which also seems fitting, but we'll get on the topic of a certain James way later)
I wanna share a few verses, such as verse 2 ( this is not word for word) ... when troubles come your way consider it an opportunity for great joy.
I dont know about you, but when troubles come my way I cry, I complain... woe is me. I feel like the earth beneath me is giving out. " Why am I always having troubles, why does EVERYTHING always happen to me?" thats the short version :)
But the next verse goes on about, when your faith is tested you have a chance to grow... and a light bulb goes off in my head. I KNOW He's trying to grow me, I know the reason things are being put in my way are to stretch me.
Verse 5-8 say (again not word for word) If you need wisdom ask him!! he will not rebuke you for asking. when you ask him make sure your faith is in HIM alone.
Right then and there I KNEW He was speaking directly to me, I have been asking the Lord for wisdom but not FULLY trusting him. I have not been laying my burdens at his feet.
Verse 12 goes on to say God blesses those who patiently endure testing and temptation.
I know He's growing me in that area, I know He wants me to be patient to wait on his time not my own.
I just wanna leave you with these song lyrics, because as I was leaving dinner, I turned on my pandora and this is what came on. I was literally singing at the top of my lungs :)
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