Encounter
Encounters with God change us from the inside out, wouldn’t you agree?
Pain is not a lonely place. Nobody should ever have to feel that! You deserve so much more, and that’s what Jesus gives us through his life, sacrificial death and resurrection. Here’s a deep dive into His last words – “It is finished”.
It can become a necessity – a matter of life and death – to leave old things behind. Things that you hoped and prayed for, things that kept you in your comfort zone. Things that bogged you down and kept you from reaching the heights planned for you. I thought that I was holding on to “hope” for a long time, not wanting to give up on relationships, praying for the Lord to change things, to transform the old to new. He did not. The Bible says that you cannot put new wine in an old wine skin. So, I choose to let go of the pain and old things from winters past. Close the door to wishful thinking and living in yesteryear. The old is behind me. A new season lies ahead.
Pain is the loneliest place to live in–if you don’t have the Holy Spirit by your side. He brings incomparable comfort in times of pain.
A bittersweet celebration of the independence that was fought for and won 77 years ago and a mourning for the independence that has been lost 77 years later.
We all experience pain and suffering in our bodies, but it’s up to us to choose to get through it or drown in it.
I believe our life is much like a door that we can either open or close to a million different things: ideas, beliefs, truths, relationships… the list is endless.
Our decision to open or close our door is always a choice. Choices, big or small, shape our today, our tomorrow and our eternity.
With my eyes on eternity, the most important decision I could ever make is to open my door and invite Jesus in.