#made new

[woodsandhearth]

[wiirocku]

2 Corinthians 5:17 (JUB) - Therefore if anyone is in Christ, they are a new creation: old things are passed away; behold, all things are made new.

[quotesfromscripture]

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!

2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV (2011)

[aheartstillbeating]

How awesome is God? I'm glad you asked.

Recently I was in a situation at work that was less than desirable. I was being accused of wrongdoing and my position with the company, and my character, were being attacked.

Yesterday, I was let go from the company due to this situation. Even the HR team declared I was wrongfully blamed. It hurt. I'd put everything I had into being the best employee I could for the company and had even taken on a leadership role. I enjoyed almost every part of the job and made some really great friends there. I was very upset, almost to the point of just sitting down.

Instead, I prayed. I thanked God for the new door He was opening. Today, I put in an application to a place I thought was near where I worked. Turns out, it was right behind it. The call came in roughly 20 seconds after I submitted the app. They asked me in for an interview, and other than a drug screening tomorrow (which I know I'll pass as I've studied for it 😉), I got the job. The pay is decent, the hours are what I want and the benefits are really good. It's not as much stress and I can start Wednesday.

God is so good. God is good. He is good God Almighty. I will praise His name. I won't give up. My dad asked what I was going to do, I replied, "God doesn't close one door without opening another." And He came through. God always always always comes through!

Whatever you are going through, GOD IS ABLE. I promise you, He is for you. He will open doors, He will provide. Amen!

[j-unipe-r]

i killed a plant once because i gave

it too much water. lord, i worry

that love is violence.

[leccae]

“Drink from it,

all of you.

Drink from it,

be made new.

Drink from it,

alter the past.

Drink from it,

to make it last.

Drink from it,

hide your shame.

Drink from it,

change your name.

Drink from it,

I told you so.

Drink from it,

or they’ll all know.

Drink from it,

you want to live.

Drink from it,

it’s all you can give.”

I don’t want,

your poisoned cup.

I have no past,

to dig up.

I lived a life,

full of sin,

that’s no longer,

what I’m in.

When Jesus died,

On the cross,

He took those things,

with His life lost.

He felt every ache,

I’ll ever know,

all to give me,

the chance to grow.

It’s a gift,

we’re all given,

though all are unworthy,

to be forgiven.

This God of love,

is what I believe in,

He’s here for you,

No matter where you’ve been.

[holyloved]

I’ve been doing some thinking. I’ve heavily lost track of who I was. I delved into my own fleshly desires and treated not only myself but others horribly because of it. I lost all sense of morality, loyalty and care. It started to become “normal”. I started to feel numb. As long as I got what I wanted, what did it matter? I became so self-absorbed I’d do anything to please me, no matter the casualties. I told myself it wasn’t just me I wanted to please but others as well. That by doing these things they would be pleased. Be what others want me to be and then, maybe, just maybe, they won’t leave me like how the others did. I told myself I wasn’t hurting anyone and ignored the truth of the matter. I was hurting myself and I was hurting others.

I put expectations of what I believed others wanted from me on myself and beat myself up every time I failed them. I’ve beaten myself up countless times, cried myself to sleep and endured panic attacks all because I never felt good enough. I always felt like there was something wrong with me. I’d ask Jesus for forgiveness and yet go right back out and do it again. I never understood why, but I see now it’s cause I wanted to feel loved, appreciated and cared for. I accepted my sin and the sin of others in hopes that they’d accept me and fill the void and pain I was feeling.

No more. I’m tired of hurting myself and others. I’m tired of not seeing myself the way Jesus does. I failed to recognize that my Spirit is who I really am. This sinful nature has no control on me and yet I’ve let it have free reign. It’s left me broken, lost, empty and depressed. I no longer want to delve into these fleshly desires and live the life Jesus set me free from. I want to step out of these ways and into the new creation God has called me to be. I want to love myself and others passionately and encourage them to grow in God. I’ve lived this “double life” far too long and I’m stepping out new, whole, complete, loved, cared for, wanted and appreciated, righteous, holy and forgiven.. in Jesus’ name.

And the beauty of it all is? I’m coming out of this fire with no hint I was ever in it. (Daniel 3:26-27)