people and string. god and rope.

People. This concerns ourself, and any person we have a relationship with. Maybe a boyfriend/girlfriend, maybe a work colleague, maybe a family member, maybe a best friend, maybe someone you're interested in developing a relationship with.

People can let us down sometimes. Or we let them, let us - down. It can really hurt. It's pretty easy to get attached to other people, it's like we develop little strings the more time you spend with someone..... and then sometimes for whatever reason those strings just get ripped right out of our hearts... right where you were connected with the person... maybe someone said something true - or false that caused you to doubt that person. Maybe you found out the truth about someone and whatever happened caused you to pull away and again the string gets ripped out of your heart, maybe your own insecurities are causing the hurt, and stopping a friendship develop, maybe you're afraid of getting close to someone because you have been hurt by someone else, so as soon as you start getting close YOU pull away.. causing the string to be ripped out of the other person...and you cause them great amounts of hurt. Maybe a loved one died.. and they took the string with them.. leaving you with a hurting wound. There are so many reasons. But man, how much does it hurt? The string got ripped out of your heart, right where they connected with you, taking a little part of you with them. Whatever the reason may be - maybe you're in the wrong, maybe they are. But what i do know, is it can be a time of great hurt!

One of the hardest things to do is put god before and above these people... I'm still learning to do it.. i still really really struggle with it infact. But God and you are connected by big fat ropes.. that never ever get cut/broken. That rope connects into our heart and soul.. and wraps itself securely around us. We can happily attach ourselves to god, knowing we need not worry about being hurt by him. That rope won't get ripped out... however the people 'strings' will often be ripped out for whatever reason. We cannot help that. Don't let the fact that people are going to hurt you, make you pull away from potential friendships, remember that it may be hurting them - the fact that you are pulling away, you could be ripping out the string from their heart! I know i've done this before to others! We're probably all guilty of it.

my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge,
my shield and the strength of my salvation.
He is my stronghold, my refuge and my savior—
from violent men you save me. 2 Samuel 22:3 *note 'from violent men you save me' god saves us from the pain caused by other people. He is our ROCK.

Attach yourself to god! Then you have a rock. a foundation, something that will never be taken away from you, so that when the 'people strings' get torn from out of us, which is inevitable, you still are being held tight in the arms of the loving daddy - jesus. Your life is safe in his hands. You are secure. loved. safe.

Failing

So what do you feel when you mess up? When you know you've dissapointed god? Do you beat yourself up? Do you switch yourself off or unplug yourself from christ because you don't feel you're worthy of him? How do you react?

So it's really been a big thing in my life, falling, in the same thing, time and time and time and time and time (get my gist?) again. But what i have learnt , and truly understood is God's grace. He sure didn't die for 'good' people. He sure didn't die for those 'worthy' of him. No way! He died for sinners. He died for those failures, for the one's who keep messing up, he knew there was no hope for us without him. So what did he do? Gave his life for us!! That's a pretty darn strong love he has for us eh... so he died for our rubbish... Jesus is pretty much our 'advocate' He presents us to God as holy and righteous!

We need to keep going when we fail, we need to say 'sorry god, i've messed up, please forgive me, and help me not to do this again' and so long as you're trying not to fall again, it doesn't matter what is going to happen in the future, what mistakes you're going to make, god is going to forgive them! Just really encourage you to keep going! God will give you strength. He gave his life for you, so wouldn't he want to help you live a life holy and pleasing to him? He knows you're going to make mistakes. But he STILL loves you.

Jeremiah 8:4-5 - "The LORD said: People of Jerusalem, when you stumble and fall, you get back up, and if you take a wrong road, you turn around and go back.

After i realised this, i started falling less and less.... i've realised i'm nothing, and he is everything, i have just put my absolute trust in him to fight my battles for me... and you know what? He has fought it flippin amazingly. He fought a battle there is no way on earth i could fight and conquer on my own. Because i had kept trying to fight it on my own over and over, but i kept falling down! Now i'm not falling.... and god is fighting hard out against my struggles for me!

Grace, it's a powerful thing... if we keep plugged in to the power source, he will forgive us! :) Embrace it, don't hate it. Accept you're not ever gonna be 'good' enough.. or 'worthy' of christ. That's why god sent jesus for you. We've just got to do our absolute best following him, staying connected and being plugged in.

Psalm 40:2-3 - "and pulled me from a lonely pit full of mud and mire. You let me stand on a rock with my feet firm, and you gave me a new song, a song of praise to you. Many will see this, and they will honor and trust you, the LORD God."

No ideas.

So, i'm sitting here thinking about the description i gave for the blog. And it's cool. But now i haven't a clue what to write about. Where to start? I've been praying, and i haven't really got a clear cut answer from god. So i'll just talk about something that has really been on my heart lately.

I think something every follower of christ should have is passion. Passion and hunger to follow his ways and a faith that he is going to do great things through you - by great i mean things great in gods eyes, which may not necessarily be 'great' in the worlds eyes.. It may be winning a race at the olympics, or it may be simply at work, being a light to your team. In the book 'god is closer than you think' they talked about a point mother teresa made how we should not ask to do great things for god, but we should ask to do small things with great love. We need to be excited about living for christ, because, with his power inside of us, absolutely anything is possible eh! No limits. Which is what this blog is all about. What things is god going to do through me? Exciting stuff. Basically i'm saying, here i am god, take me, and use me however you want to use me, i'm all yours!!

hmm... yeah so that's my thought for the day.. until next time.. tata! :)