It's been over a year since I've posted a blog, partially due to internet restrictions at school, and also partially due to me just not doing it. But as this new year has begun and things have been happening, I've decided that it's time to make this a more consistent part of my life. It definitely helps, too, that my internet here at school doesn't block it as of right now. :)
This time last year, the Lord had been teaching me about being content, no matter what the circumstance was. I had gone through a pretty difficult breakup at the start of school, and second semester began with me finally starting to move on with my life. Death had again visited my world numerous times over the summer and fall, and so I had a lot of sorrow in my heart over loved ones I had said goodbye to, some of them for good. Money struggles, insecurities, and many other things were taking place in my life at this time as well, and although it was difficult I have seen God at work through it all. As of January 11, 2012 I am now engaged to the most amazing, beautiful, incredible, godly woman I have ever met, and I will marry her on July 21st of this year. Financially, although I am still scraping by, I will be able to pay off a credit card that has haunted me and will be able to start putting little portions away for savings to help with my married life. Death has still lingered in my world, and my heart still knows sorrow all too well, but the amazing thing about all of that is that God has stayed the same through it all. He has sustained me through every trial I've faced, every time I've fallen on my face, every heartbreak I've endured, and the most amazing thing of all is that He has remained faithful to me, even when I've been so unfaithful to Him. This year is very different from any year I've ever faced, but I'm so excited to see God at work again in my life, and the life of my wife-to-be. I'm so thankful for the love that He has shown to me, and the blessings He has given to me. I plan on writing on here once a week at the least, sometimes about passages that I find interesting or convicting, or even just about things going on in my life. So today, I'll start out with a passage I read in my Bible reading yesterday.
Psalm 33:6-7 (New Living Translation) "The LORD merely spoke, and the heavens were created. He breathed the word, and all the stars were born. He assigned the sea its boundaries and locked the oceans in vast reservoirs.
Reading these two verses, I can't help but get a sense of awe in considering how big God really is. I can't simply speak and create anything, much less create everything. My breath doesn't bring stars into existence, nor can I tell the sea where it can and cannot go. In relation to this God I read about I am nothing. I have no ability to measure up in any way to Him, nor will I ever have that ability no matter how hard I try. And yet, this same God has given me hope. Through the sacrifice of His Son, Jesus Christ, I have the hope of eternal life with Him, the all powerful Creator!! That's incredible!!! The question is, will I allow this truth to impact my life, and live my life according to the awesome truth that He loves me? Will you, reader, let this truth impact your life? Are we living lives that are glorifying to God? If not, we should be. Something I've been thinking about a lot.
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