"To the one with the wounded heart, the years fighting have left you scarred, wait the light will come. To the one with the distant eyes, all this crying has left you dry, wait the light will come..."
It is so easy. So easy to believe that you are never going to reach that place, a place of happiness that you feel everyone else has reached. Sometimes you begin to wonder if you have been overlooked time and time again, people just passing you by day in and day out, never stopping to see.
Life can beat you down, take away your dreams, steal your hope in the present and in the future. Why is it so easy to feel this way? To begin to believe the false shadows that stretch across our eyes and darken our hearts...
Yesterday, I felt a bit like this and I came across a verse. God spoke to me reminding me of something I chose to ignore.
Despite every horrible disappoint, heartbreak, loss,
God's kingdom remains { unchanged }. His love remains.
"Therefore let us be grateful for recieving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire." -Hebrews 12:28
Life could come crashing down all around you, yet Heaven stands. God never will let go of you. He will never stop pursuing you, stop believing in you, stop loving you. You are His and you belong in His kingdom.
I have a tendency to fall into a very negative way of thinking and get so wrapped in what I lack that I forget about the abundant blessings and beauty Jesus has put in my path the last 18 years. Beautiful friends, passionate leaders, a family with unconditional love, a relationship with Christ I sometimes feel I don't deserve, the opportunity to attend a college where many people value a relationship with God. What more could I possibly ask for?
God has begun a process inside of me, changing the way I see this world.
We have such enormous potential to change this world, little by little, in our relationships, in serving others, in loving this world. You can't let your narrow view of yourself and this life stop you from becoming who God desires you to be. Persevering through the trials towards His light is the only way to discover the life Jesus has in store for us.
His kingdom is unshaken by the small pebbles this life throws at the walls of our hearts. God is protection from the darkness that threatens to consume us and snatch the light God plants inside of us to flourish.
God, I pray you would remind every one of us that Your kingdom is unshaken by the storms of our lives. I am the one who stands in the way of my own destiny by the constraints I place on my capacity to love and live out my faith. Disappointments may come and pull us down, but You lift my eyes up to Heaven, to see the beauty that awaits the heart that perseveres for You. Let every relationship and encounter I have speak of love and the joy You grant anyone who chooses a life lived with You. In Jesus' name, amen.
"Here is laughter beyond the tears, here is courage to face your fears. Look the light has come..." -Phil Wickham
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