Labels, Labels Everywhere!
Good Morning,
It’s a sweet treat day..have you thought about what “sweet treat” you will enjoy today? My kiddo’s gave our youngest their order this morning. Papa started a wonderful tradition that my guys look forward to every week! Sweetness is necessary in life….and it’s Friday, yahoo!
I’ve been thinking this week about how as women we come to decide that we believe and have enough faith to acknowledge that Jesus died for us, but then get stuck with the idea that the God who died for us wants to have a relationship with us. A few ideas have come to mind and I would love to know what you think.
The very essence to a relationship involves vulnerability, strengths and weaknesses are exposed? Human relationships can either be joy filled or means of destruction. Satan has had a hay day messing us up in this area, I realize this. However when you think that the God of the Universe knows the pasts of our lives, the reality of our present and the events of our futures, our strengths and weaknesses are not shocking Him. I’m speaking from the heart when I write this, dependence is a very hard thing for me. It has been a major hurdle I have had to learn to jump in my relationship with the Lord. He has proven himself faithful, loving and merciful but there are days when my fear of dependence rears its ugly head and I need to acknowledge (kicking and screaming some days, let me be very real about this) that really I have very little control over my circumstances, but I am loved by the One who does. My best interests are there somewhere in the messiness of life……my God allows life to happen and is there every step of the way. Now as an aside my reactions are my responsibility but the days where I blow it so sky high I am assured my God loves me, and I start again.
The other thought I had was we get stuck in our human, judgemental way of viewing our lives. Could it be that if we began to believe that the God who knows the stars by name, knows the choices we have made in the past and still loves us. The social stigma of divorce, bankruptcy, single parent, bad parent, overweight.the list can go on..I’m sure a negative label has come to your mind……..the failure that is associated with those stigmas are not how God describe his daughters. Why is is so hard for us to start believing and harnessing that faith we used initially to acknowledge His sacrifice for our life and use that to see how the labels of the world are not “who” we are. We can move forward in the power that all Gods girls have because they are known and loved by the Omnipotent God. Life altering transformation is God’s speciality,
Here are some words of truth……..
2 Corinthians 5:16,17
Because of this decision we don’t evaluate people by what they have or how they look. We looked at the Messiah that way once and got it all wrong, as you know. We certainly don’t look at him that way anymore. Now we look inside, and what we see is that anyone united with the Messiah gets a fresh start, is created new. The old life is gone; a new life burgeons! Look at it! All this comes from the God who settled the relationship between us and him, and then called us to settle our relationships with each other. God put the world square with himself through the Messiah, giving the world a fresh start by offering forgiveness of sins.
Just my thoughts…what are yours?
Journey On