Hope when there is none...

See, this is what I love about being a Christian! I have hope in my Savior, even when there is none! I'm so prone to mistakes - I keep screwing up, but could i finally be getting the hang of this? I have PEACE in the midst of trouble, all because I know my Savior loves me and He will work everything out for my own good!

I can't explain it - everything is FAR from okay, but *I* am okay because God says He will care for me! Please don't get me wrong - I'm not trying to take His grace for granted - I realize what He had to do in order for me to be forgiven. But the fact is, I'm human and I'm going to keep screwing up. This is an uncomfortable time, but the Lord said He would never leave me nor forsake me!

Oh how awesome it is to have comfort in the times of trouble. To have peace in the midst of everything falling around me! I think I'm finally beginning to understand!

I praise the Lord with everything in me because He is worthy of everything I have and am. I lift up my voice as loud as I can so that everyone will know that my Savior is truly the Lord of all circumstances!!

My relationship with Jesus is not something that is to be acted on only on Sundays, it's a day to day, hour to hour, minute to minute relationship with Him - the one who not only created me, but everything around me that I see.

And that's what you can't tear away from me. You may say that the world was created by chance and evolution - you may say that God doesn't exist - but you will never be able to convince me of this! You will never be able to tear away this awesome love that my heavenly Father shows me day after day. Do you know how freeing it is to know that I don't have to be perfect, and that I don't have to try to be something I can never achieve on my own? Jesus said HE would produce all these things in me! Thank you God - thank you for promising that you would make us in the likeness of Jesus - I know I'll never be complete until I get to heaven, and even then I bet there's more to learn - but I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that you will do just as you have promised.

Everyone that knows me, they will sing praises with me when the changes continue to happen - because even they will see the differences.

And I will be the person God created me to be :). That's what I want out of life more than anything...to be beautiful and good. And that will only happen when God, who IS love, inhabits me and walks with me.

This walk through life is so difficult, but it's just so cool. I am in so many positions to see God's miracle working power. And I can't wait to see more...

Okay, I'll write more in a bit, but right now, I've got to finish cleaning out the refridgerator!!!