But God....

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When I was first saved, Gods Word was so new to me. I had never read it before. It came alive in my heart as I read the gospel of John. I was intrigued by Jesus and his response to people and their needs. I ate it up. I was a new creature according to his Word. I believed God and became like a child when it came to my faith.

    This is a miracle in itself. I was not always so trusting. But to be honest, I had come to the end of myself. I was a  very bitter young woman of whom life had thrown one too many curves.

  I was desperate, lonely, forsaken and very angry.

  God knew all this. He was always there, patiently  waiting for me to see my need for Him. Its sad that I had to come to that place to actually look up, and see  that I couldn't live this life on my own.

    I had made so many mistakes and bad decisions. I only had myself to blame.

 Even though I didn't know it, God had always had a plan for my life. His word tells us that.

  " For I know the plans I have for you " declares the Lord, " plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11

   I didn't know that God was a personal God. A loving God that could be bothered with my problems. But Gods Word told me different! God is personal. and omnipresent and omniscient and all powerful and he has all the answers.

  I was just one person, and even so, I was found by God, and loved so much that he saved me. We are all Gods creations, and each one  of us is very ,very much loved by Him. He sees us, and wants to show us his plans for us.

 The life I had when I was lost was not the end of the story. God wrote new chapters and has brought many many blessings to me.  All because of his goodness. He did not leave me to myself. and for that I am forever grateful.

    Since Adam and Eve sinned in the garden, mankind has made a mess of things.

But we can be thankful to  God, that he does not leave us to ourselves. He forgives us and shows us the " new and living way"   Hebrews 10:20    (Jesus).


 A whole new person can emerge from the rubble of life, because of GOD.

  Christmas is again such a wonderful remembrance of that LOVE of God, bringing the ANSWER

to our sin problem, to all our questions, to all our needs....

His  NAME IS

                      JESUS,

                            WONDERFUL COUNSELLOR,

                                                                 PRINCE OF PEACE

 



 

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