Alive and Free

I love those words. Not just for what they mean but how they make me feel, and not just physically either, but spiritually too. I feel so alive. For one thing, the sun is back YAY(-:  and to top that off its Friday too! But also God. There's something about knowing he has complete control of anything and everything that makes me feel free. And knowing someone so powerful would want to be my best friend, its so refreshing. I've been feeling a little dry lately. But just reading his word and praying gives me so much hope and it makes me so happy. Cause even though this might be a flat valley i will make it to the mountain top so to speak and it'll all make sense, and even if it doesn't, just trusting God is such a reassuring thing. Like let go. Its so simple and its so hard. But i'll tell you, when you do there's so much more ahead. God has such a complex mind and its so much higher than anything we can think of. And often so much more enjoyable, if only we let him do his thing...


But anyway.
1 Peter 1:6-9
In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.



think about it, 1) rejoice in your suffering and 2) Have a genuine faith. It praises God, and on top of that, if you love and believe in him you will be filled with extreme Joy. Because you are receiving the result of your faith through all trials. Knowing that you will be saved and spend eternal life in bliss with god. 


Satisfying huh? Ya, i'd say so. So if I can encourage you with anything its this. Even though there are hard times, and though sometimes it can seem like God isn't even present anymore, know this: He will never give up on you, if only WE DON'T GIVE UP ON HIM. Because he has so SO much in store for us if we hang in there. He wants to help you through it. He literally says cast all your burdens onto me. So i challenge you to try it, you have everything to gain.

 And it's freeing.