Friday, August 25, 2017

It's Been a While...

A lot of things have happened over the past six months. Really over the past year, but that's another story for another time.

I have some posts I am working on right now, each one separate but once read they all come together. The reason I don't post them as I finish them is because I want to make sure they are going to glorify God. That's always been the purpose of this blog. And to help others who may be going through things, to be reminded they aren't alone and who they are in Christ Jesus. Encouraging one another in this walk in this world until God takes us home.

God doesn't promise that things will be easy, He promises that he will be there with us and for us through the hard times, no matter what! You can count on that.

If you have any prayer requests, I'd love to hear them and add them to my prayer journal! If you don't want to say either there is a thing called "a silent" prayer request. God knows what you are praying for but I want to pray with you, even though I don't know the details of the request!

God bless you all!

Monday, February 20, 2017

Hope > Despair


Over the last few years I've lost something very precious.

Hope.

Hope is that small voice whispering in your ear, "yes, there is light at the end of this tunnel", even  when we can't see it. It pushes against the masses bellowing, "this will never end" or "you'll never make it."

I don't know when I began shutting out Hope's voice. Somewhere between faith and love perhaps? When I lost it I noticed my smiles never quite reached my eyes when I laughed. My prayers felt like hallow logs, only echoes of my wishes.

How can God answer my prayers when I feel like this? So...

Hopeless.

How could He? I've stopped expecting him to answer. I've shut and barred the doors to my heart. But God doesn't base his love on what barriers I have created. He stands ready to knock down those walls at any moment and pull me out where the light chases away all shadows!
He doesn't base his love on how much I love him but on how much Christ loves me. Which most of you already know, loved me, us all, so much he died to save me from this prison sentence. This despair.

This Hopelessness. 

Paul wrote in Ephesians how we were once living apart from Christ, but now thanks to Jesus we know of his promises and can now hold on to those promises too.




I will never completely lose my hope because I will never lose Jesus who is the sustainer of all our hope. I am regaining that hope in Him, one step at a time, one hour, one moment at a time. 
The past couple of weeks I have felt so much better than I have in a long time!

If you are struggling with a sense of hopelessness or depression then know I am saying a special prayer for you tonight. Let me tell you right now, in this very moment, you are not alone! 

I hope to touch more on this subject in the weeks to come. Until then, be blessed and may Jesus be your hope tonight.

Listen to this song by Danny Gokey.
A friend shared this with me 
after sharing my struggles and feelings
 It lifted me and my spirits after a week of listening 
and crying to this song!
I pray it lifts you up and fills you with hope!
In Jesus name I pray, AMEN.