The longer I went without God, the harder it was to run to Him. I felt guilt in my heart and felt undeserving to even have a relationship with Him. Then God reminded me of a story in the Bible “The Parable of the Lost Son.”

Who are you? Isn’t that just the weirdest question? Most of us would respond with our name and maybe a few fun facts. If I asked you if you know yourself, you’d probably say “yes” with no hesitation. What would you say if I asked you if you felt like your most authentic self in all that you do?

I hope you take a moment to let Jesus love the fear out of you. That you take a moment to think of whatever it is you feel disqualifies you from perfect love and surrender it to the full mercy of God. He really is a safe place. You don’t have to beg for what you already have. But, you can let what you already have inform the way you see God, yourself, and others. My friend, if you are in Christ, you have been totally forgiven already. The old is gone, the new has come. Don’t let mistakes of your past, present, or future displace the awareness of Jesus’ perfect sacrifice. He did not halfway purchase your freedom!

Even though we do not see God we still love him and believe in him. When you place your faith and trust in God the inexpressible joy becomes a result of your faith. Why? Because you see God in every point of your life. God wants to overwhelm you with his joy and love because his love for us is indescribable.

Yet faith, the bold types of faith that seeks to walk with Jesus as a reality and not just wear him as an accessory, learns how to live within the unresolved spaces. 

Would you pick up the Bible?

Would you pick up the only eternal thing we have or would you end up sitting there longing for the world to go back as it was, normal?

Have you ever felt like you had no purpose? No sense of direction in life? Feeling empty and stuck in one place? Living your same old routines? That’s exactly how I felt before Christ. My life is like the Bible itself! The Old Testament, life before Jesus and the New Testament, life with Jesus.

In our darkest hours and happiest times, we give it up to Him and He in turn showers back love and support to us. When we can no longer walk, He carries us. He quells our fears. He forgives, is so patient and so kind. His love never fails and it never will.

When we begin to put on this image of “religion” we begin to initially lose the true image of religion, and that is a true and intimate relationship with Jesus. We lose our relationship with Jesus to a superficial image we “think” we are living.

He showed me that in the midst of all of this, He’s always been there. Even if I can hide my sufferings from those around me, I can’t hide it from God. God knows! He knew I would distance myself when I fell into depression, but He also knew I would come back. He knew I needed Him and He was there in the midst of it all.

The Lord promises if we lay our yoke upon him that OUR burden will be light. SO, why aren’t we showing him the way to our clutter?

Finding and accepting God’s plan isn’t easy and His answers aren’t always what you want them to be.

Just because we are in this waiting season doesn’t mean God isn’t working because he is ALWAYS working in the waiting.

It is not the other person that needs to change first, we have to take the first step in changing our perspective and our hearts to see like Jesus.

God made you perfectly in His image and likeness. Though He made us perfect in His image, He doesn’t expect perfection from us.

When we say yes to the Lord, we aren’t saying yes to being comfortable, we are saying yes to the uncomfortable.

There is NOTHING that God hasn’t already gone through before you experience it in your own life.

What does it mean to boldly seek the Lord? What does it mean to boldly ask those God size prayers? Finally, what does it mean to boldly love God, others, and ourselves?