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Writer's pictureJoni

Day 23: Be Unfamiliar


I am in a place that is not my home,

but in a place that feels like home

because GOD is here

and HE is my FAMILIAR~

for GOD never CHANGES.

For wherever you go

GOD IS GOD.

GOD is the PEACE in the midst of ANXIETY.

GOD is the LOVE in the midst of REJECTION.

GOD is the HOPE in the midst of HOPELESSNESS.

GOD is the JOY in the midst of DESPAIR.

GOD IS ALWAYS GOD

because

GOD only knows how to be

HIMSELF

and that my friend is

THE TRUTH that keeps your feet firmly

planted in the same place,

even if you are in a different place.

For GOD never CHANGES

even if things in your LIFE are CHANGING.

Because~

"GOD is FAITHFUL

[HE is reliable, trustworthy and ever true to HIS promise—HE can be depended on]"*

For when GOD makes a PROMISE HE never breaks HIS PROMISE

and all HE asks is to

BELIEVE HIM

and

LIVE the LIFE you were called to LIVE~

"...and through HIM you were called into fellowship with HIS SON, JESUS CHRIST our LORD"*

(I Corinthian 1:9)

It isn't rocket science,

for GOD doesn't have to prove HIMSELF

before you BELIEVE HIM,

as I know this first hand.

I wanted GOD TO PROVE

that HE LOVED ME

and that HE would never leave me,

even though HE KNOWS me so well.

Oh how GOD PROVED me wrong.

No matter what I said to HIM

HE never pushed me away,

when instead HE came closer to me,

as HE is so TRUE to HIS WORD~

"Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your GOD; I will strengthen you,

I will help you, I will uphold you with MY righteous right hand"

(Isaiah 41:10).

And oh when GOD gets you

in the place of GRACE

there is no leaving it,

as HE leads you to HIS SON

who grabs you with an EVERLASTING LOVE

that is so overwhelming

that you just have to fall on your knees

and look up

to

HIM

and say

"WHY ME".

And there HE IS

answering you in HIS soft whisper,

"WHY NOT YOU".

Oh to remember

the SECOND

when

GOD becomes your GOD

and JESUS becomes your SAVIOR,

there is no turning back.

The tears are coming as I still feel my holding back

on RECEIVING HIM fully

in this very SECOND,

as I sit in the unfamiliar

that is becoming

so FAMILIAR,

because it is

GOD & I

just doing what we do best~

just hanging out and talking

as HE draws me closer & closer

into HIMSELF

reminding me that

HE IS ALWAYS GOD .

MY GOD & YOUR GOD

&

EVERYONE'S GOD

who breathes

LIFE into every SECOND

that almost makes you lose your BREATH,

no matter where you are

&

no matter what you are feeling.

Are you living in

THE UNFAMILIAR,

because something has changed in your life~

whether your health

whether your finances

whether your relationships

whether your feelings

whether your ___________?

Do you crave the FAMILIAR

when the UNFAMILIAR

becomes your REALITY,

even though you know LIFE is ever CHANGING?

But what if the UNFAMILIAR

becomes the best space & place

to LIVE IN

because it is where you

meet

GOD face to face ,

and that my friend makes

your every CHANGING SECONDS

the best SECONDS

because

GOD IS ALWAYS GOD

NEVER CHANGING

who

meets you right where you are

no matter what your UNFAMILIAR is

because

HE IS ALWAYS

"THE SAME GOD"

(listen to the song below)





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