My hubby had the opportunity
to share with students
at our grad school
where we began our married life.
Me, freshly out of college,
just married,
and
him,
just finishing his masters degree
and in the midst of starting his Ph.d
while managing a restaurant.
As he was sharing his story
and how GOD moved us around the country,
he shared how relationships
where so powerful,
as the words of these "mentors"
stayed with him,
as he continued to work wherever GOD placed him
with
INTEGRITY
HUMILITY
and a passion
for
building
RELATIONSHIPS.
As I listened to his words,
I looked back over our life
and thought
how did we do it.
One minute we meet at college,
and the next moment
we are married,
going to grad school,
and becoming new parents
to our GOD given gift,
our first daughter.
So young
at 23 and 26 years old.
And GOD was there,
even though we didn't know HE was.
For GOD moved us around the country,
without our knowing it was GOD who was leading our lives.
HE weaved forever RELATIONSHIPS
into our lives.
Oh did we make mistakes.
Oh yes, because we are so human.
And we continue to make them.
BUT THANKS to GOD
for HE SHOWED
up in our lives
in such a big way,
so that we GAVE our LIVES to HIM.
Oh how I wish I answered HIS knock on my heart,
way back when,
through every CHRISTIAN person
HE had placed in our lives,
everywhere we moved,
yet we believed we were CHRISTIANS.
But we had religion without RELATIONSHIP.
Even though we are such RELATIONAL people,
we were missing the ONE RELATIONSHIP
who would take all our
MISTAKES
to the CROSS
and write
FORGIVEN FOREVER.
Wow.
What does FORGIVEN FOREVER mean?
Just what it says.
GOD does not HOLD AGAINST you
whatever you may HOLD AGAINST yourself,
and whatever anyone else may
HOLD AGAINST you,
the moment you
COME TO THE CROSS
and
BELIEVE that you NEED JESUS
and make HIM your SAVIOR.
Wow.
MISTAKES come
and MISTAKES go,
and that is why we all NEED JESUS.
Where do you need a FORGIVEN FOREVER
written on your HEART?
Is it to FORGIVE another's MISTAKES, FOREVER?
Is it to FORGIVE your MISTAKES, FOREVER?
For one day
we will all SHOW UP before GOD.
And when HE sees you coming,
with JESUS covering you,
HE will say
I DO NOT HOLD AGAINST YOU,
because didn't GOD say,
“Come now, let us settle the matter,” says the LORD.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow;
though they are red as crimson,
they shall be like wool"
(Isaiah 1:18).
On the SWEET SPOT of
being
FORGIVEN FOREVER~
"I am forgiven.
No longer lost.
Now I am living..."*
Because of
"THE POWER OF THE CROSS"
*(listen to the song below)
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