Hello friends!
I hope that your summer is off to a great start! I wanted to share some stuff that's been on my mind the past week as I've been working through the transition from USC to home this summer. Enjoy--
I hope that your summer is off to a great start! I wanted to share some stuff that's been on my mind the past week as I've been working through the transition from USC to home this summer. Enjoy--
I was reading in the Bible (Numbers 11, Joel 3 and 1 Corinthians 15) this morning, thinking about how insanely powerful the Lord is...
How God provided bread from heaven (manna) for the Israelites as they lived in
the desert after they were freed from slavery in Egypt.
How Jesus rose from the dead and
defeated sin, once and for all people who trust in Him.
How Paul killed Christians for telling
others about this until God called him from a destructive life that
leads to death to a new life, redeemed and forgiven by the Lord.
How I, you, we
can and do experience this grace daily through Jesus Christ.
It hurts sometimes to think about it, and I don’t always fully
grasp it- this grace, this love, this eternal redemption.
Or that God is the same yesterday, today and forever. The
God that parted the Red Sea or created land is exactly the same God I get to
know today.
I think, did I make the right choice? Will God still provide
for me? Am I listening to lies? Is God truly making me new? What does it mean
that I don’t always comprehend?
It’s easy for me to turn off my emotions, to curl up inside
myself and recount my sins, my fears, my insecurities. Over and over and over
again.
I learned the hard way just how estranging that can be. So,
when I start to feel overwhelmed, I turn to the Bible and specifically look at
the promises God gives his children before, during and after Jesus returned to
heaven.
Fear
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God’s Promises
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Did I make the right choice?
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Will God provide for me?
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Am I listening to lies?
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Is God truly making me new?
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Grace, love and eternal redemption
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What I want to tell you is this-
Summer is challenging. I travel back home, surround myself
with family, friends, and no routine, and it’s easy for me to become complacent
in my faith. It’s easy to choose not to spend time learning about God or
reading His promises. I’ve been there and learned that the more
distance I put between myself and God’s truth, the more I stumble through the
exhausting emptiness of my fears.
I don't have the perfect answer on how to escape from past pains or present doldrums, but I do know this- it's when I return to God’s Word and just read it to learn what’s there, that I find assurance for that day.
I don't have the perfect answer on how to escape from past pains or present doldrums, but I do know this- it's when I return to God’s Word and just read it to learn what’s there, that I find assurance for that day.
If you aren’t like this, then please, praise God! You have been surely blessed!
But if you are, try it. You don’t have to be a theologian or
know all of the books of the Bible or do an in-depth study on every verse you
find. Just read God’s Word. Read it to know about Him.
Because, truly, who knows us better than the Lord?
Your sister in Christ,
-Karly
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