Hello world. It's me. Who am I? I am one, one person who has the ability to do great things. The only thing that can hold me back is myself. Possibly the only thing holding you back is yourself. Every one of us has incredible God-given potential. We each are able to change the world around us in some way or another. I know sometimes it feels impossible, especially when we have a hard enough time changing ourselves. This has been a real struggle for me. How am I supposed to help others when I can't even help myself? You feel alone, weak, hopeless, unable to make a difference, lost with no direction. This is because WE CAN'T DO THINGS ON OUR OWN! We have always needed someone or something else. If you want to go somewhere, you look for a map and a way to get there. If you're hungry, you look for food. If you want to feel loved, you look for someone to give you the love you long for. If you fall down, you look for a hand to help you back up. Face it folks, we are always looking. Why? Because we know we need help. We just don't always know where to look for it. Well I've found the best source for the help that I need. There is only One who will always listen to me and my problems and difficulties without me feeling judged. There is only One who truly understands what I'm going through and cares about every part of my life. There is only One who ever let His Son be brutally murdered because of the fact that I am a sinner and loves me too much to leave me in my sin. He is God. He is Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End. He is my source of strength when I feel like I can't carry on. He is who I look to for direction when I have no idea which way to turn. He is the One that I cry out to when I am feeling so alone and in need of love. He has promised to NEVER leave me. (Hebrews 13:5) When all else feels hopeless and you feel that you've fallen too far from grace, when you fall into a state of depression and discontentment with your life, when you begin to search for love in all the wrong places, when you try to fill your emptiness with material things that don't mean anything... God is there. He is simply waiting and crying out for you to return to Him. It hurts Him to see His children hurt. He loves us and wants what's best for us!!! We must sweep away the dark shadows that have crept in and seek out the light, before it is too late. We never know how long we have and we must make the most of our time that God has given us. Don't allow yourself to become numb to and distant from God's unending, unconditional love. He loves you no matter how many times you fall... we all fall, again and again. But it says in God's love letter to us, the Bible, "Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand." (Psalm 37:24) God will always help you back up, all you need to do is ask. Draw close to Him and He will draw close to you. Your walk with God is a relationship, and like any other, you have to work at it every single day. I encourage you to press into God, seek His face, and put Him first in everything you do. God Bless.
I've had this song on replay all day... I hope it touches your life as much as it is touching mine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQcW3UnYGO4
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