You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.
I am holding you by your right hand - I, the Lord your God - and I say to you, don’t be afraid; I am here to help you.
Yes, the Lord hears the good man when he calls to Him for help, and saves him out of all his troubles. The Lord is close to those whose heart is breaking; He rescues those who are humbly sorry for their sins. The good man does not escape all troubles - he has them, too. But the Lord helps him in each and every one.
Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant than pretend to be somebody and have no food.
At the age of 11, after the molestation officially stopped, I was terrified of men, boys, and had a somewhat disgust towards them. I had a boyfriend at the time, and he was the only guy I was comfortable with. But each time a male, who wasn’t my boyfriend, hugged me, I would become very scared and want to run away. Sometimes I would even almost start crying in the middle of a hug.
I remember being curious of what exactly my molester did to me and why he did it. So I would look stuff up online, and of coarse, sex was opened up to me on a totally new level. I would be grossed out with the male’s body parts, and would hate everything he did. But I didn’t mind the girls one bit. My fear of males continued, but my fascination of the female body grew. I found myself wanting to watch out for other girls around me because I believed that the boys were just out to get them and they were going to be hurt just like I was. I became highly attracted to females, and felt like I needed to watch after them, love them, and keep them safe, because I wish someone did the same for me.
“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” (NIV)
“Forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.”
Out of all my years of searching, being lost in life, only one person sent me in the right direction, which was church.
We need to start reaching out to those who are searching, and let them know they don’t need to search any longer. That love that they want, that peace, that hope, it’s all here, in the house of God waiting for them.
God has his hands reaching out to us, and He’s just waiting for his people to reach out and grab it. But there are so many people that are blinded by the sins of this world, and cannot see his hand. So we need to be the ones to tell them, and not sit around just watching them be in misery.
These are our brothers and sisters in Christ, and God wants his lost children back. Please don’t sit back and just watch people be lost. Ezekiel 2:7 says - “You must speak my words to them, whether they listen or fail to listen, for they are rebellious” Whether or not they listen is not you burden, but at least saying something to reach out to them is what we are supposed to do.
I see too many teenagers, adults, even children, hurting and dying inside, and too many Christians doing nothing about it.
It’s time to step up.
22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. 23 Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror 24and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. 25 But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.
Dear brothers, is your life full of difficulties and temptations? Then be happy, for when the way is rough, your patience has a chance to grow. So let it grow, and don’t try to squirm out of your problems. For when your patience is finally in full bloom, then you will be ready for anything; strong in character, full and complete.
(Source: rainingangels)
Your Beautiful.
Why can’t you look past your face
and into your soul?
Because it’s Beautiful.
And once you realize this
you’ll become whole.
See your not alone.
I’m here for you.
I’d give my life for you.
You’re not on your own
I’m answering prayers,
&now I’m just waiting for you
But you don’t believe me
You think my words are meaning-
less. You confess,
Saying “my life’s not worth it,
I’m nowhere near perfect.
So, I digress.”
Still working on it. We’ll see if it’s a keeper or not.
Christianity, Catholicism, Mormonism, Seventh Day Adventist, the list goes on.
I don’t understand why we are all separated, when the foundations of our beliefs are the same things. It’s like religions made their own clicks. We should be united but instead, because of our “different beliefs”, there are times that we turn against each other.
The only reason why there are different groups of religions is because people interpret the bible differently. And those who agree with certain interpretations go with that group, and those who believe in other ones, go with different groups.
The bible is a big mystery and no man can fully understand all of it, so I don’t understand why people preach it like they are 100% sure they know exactly what they’re talking about. With no open mind to anything, that maybe they possibly could be wrong, or that there can be several other ways to interpret what is said.
When it comes down to it, we all believe in God, we believe in miracles, going to heaven, outreach, and we should all believe in the Love of Christ, that needs to be displayed on a daily basis.
If your not showing Love, then your misrepresenting God.
(Source: rainingangels)
