Wednesday, November 9, 2011

There will be Hard Days.

We deserve nothing.




I want you to think about that for a few minutes.


At first, I was like, What? How come? We all want to think we are deserving but why?

We were made for a purpose
We were born into sin
Deserving Hell, the worst place we could ever imagine
We deserve to be persecuted, made fun of
rejected . . .
We were placed in an evil world with an evil spirit.
We were saved by grace
Loved unconditionally
Residents of an eternal home
We had a Man, Savior, go through the worst punishment possible
to take away our faults and evil desires.
A Man who knew our evil desires,
Who knew that we could keep on sinning
But He wanted our soul, our eternity
So He temporarily gave up His place in Heaven
So we could have ours.

Today was a rough day for me because I found out some bad news. It effects if I am able to stay here or not and I am struggling deeply. It seems like God gives me gifts just to take them away and I don't want to face that fact. I take things very seriously and put myself down easily which is something i am trying to work on. I needed to dig into the Word for I was not doing good at all. This is what i found through Ps. 56, 57 when put in God's perspective to me:

Briana, when you are afraid, put your trust in Me.
In God, whose Word you praise,
in God, who you trust, Do not be afraid.
What can flesh do to you?
I keep count of your tossings,
 I catch your tears and put them in a bottle.
Are they not written in My book?
I HAVE delivered your SOUL from DEATH,
yes, your feet from falling so that
you may walk before Me in the 
LIGHT OF LIFE.
 Cry out to me, the God Most High
who fulfills his purpose for you.
I send My steadfast love and faithfulness.
Exalt me, above the heavens!
Let my glory be over all the earth.
Give thanks to me, among the people
Sing praises among the nations!
For, Briana, my steadfast love is great to the heavens
and my faithfulness to the clouds.
Do you trust me?

Whatever you may be going through I hope this could work for you too and hit you like it did me. I want you to go back over it using your name and thinking about the issues you are struggling with. According to eternity, this time is so small and what He has in store for us, is GREAT and His plan is the best for He knows best. Believe it! It's true. Will you take this challenge with me to give Christ your future, not just your now, your past, those less fortunate than you, your good times but instead your problems, your unknowns, your future?

HE WANTS YOU!


3 comments:

  1. ah roomie. so true.
    thank you for posting this and being an encouragement for me to love the Lord and trust His plan and His timing in all things, knowing that He loves me.

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  2. I love you Joelle! Thank you for comforting me and loving me and encouraging me!

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  3. I loved it Brianny! It is so true, but it is so easy to slip into our own thinking or our wondering about our future, isn't it. Trusting doesn't come easy for some reason. But I believe His promises our for us today, NOW!!!
    I believe you are getting some real practice in trusting. I believe since you are really trying in your studies, the Lord Jesus is going to bless you by being able to stay there if that is His will and your desire(which it seems to be) I Love you sweetie!

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