April172012
today, i choose to believe and live in the promise that i am more. i am more than the choices that i have made. i am more than my past. i am more than my insecurities. i am more than my doubt. i am more than my fears. i am more than i am. and i have been remade. i have been remade in christ; in the one who loved me enough to die for me to save me from myself. the one who so lavishly shows grace and mercy and forgiveness to me, someone who doesn’t deserve any of it.
“‘cause this is not about what you’ve done, but what’s been done for you. this is not about where you’ve been, but where your brokenness brings you to. this is not about what you feel, but what He felt to forgive you. and what He felt to make you loved.”
lord, i pray that i see myself through your eyes today.
March62012
i have to believe there is more to the story than there has been thus far. and that is why i haven’t given up. i can’t look at us and not have hope that things will work out in the end. and maybe i am ignorant and naive to do so, but i don’t think i am. there are some things in life that happen and that we can’t erase or go back and fix, but those are the things that make life so worth the while and so beautiful. you get to learn from your mistakes and do something different next time. i don’t think there’s such a thing as too many chances. i mean, i look at how much i have messed up and done wrong, and every single time, no matter what or how bad, God forgives me and gives me another chance. if that’s not love, i don’t know what is.
February272012
“holy father, today i come to you with the broken pieces in my life that i have been hesitant to deal with. take my hand and lead as i walk past my fears and doubts to the refuge of your forgiving arms. please take what’s broken and transform it into beautiful. please free me from the lies that have me shackled in silence and that keep me from believing that your forgiveness can be mine. help me to trust that you can redeem and restore every area of my life.”
