Sometimes I wonder why I lose hope so easily. Is it because we live in a world of hopeless circumstances a world where there is so much pain and hurt. But wait, there is always still hope. Do I choose to see it? Because hope will always still be there and that hope is the Grace of Jesus Christ. When we fail, He doesn’t fail to pour out His grace on us. Do we extend that grace to others? How can we, if we don’t trust the work of salvation in our own lives? And so as I tap away on this here key board, I wonder to myself, what does it look like for us,to chose to except and trust, what He has done for us.
How had I come to believe, that the deep things of my heart and mind were not important? Who told me they didn’t care about the things I was feeling or thinking about? The truth of the matter was, that no one actually said I don’t care about what you think or feel, they just never bothered to ask. Never being asked is another way to let someone know that they are not valued. In response to some of the most important people in my life not bothering to pursue my young heart and mind, I believed I had nothing to offer or give that would be of any value to anyone else. I believed I was stupid. I heard it over and over in my heart and head with out a second of doubt of its truth. Not until my twenty sixth year did the truth that I believed about myself reveal it’s self as a lie. There were six of us who met each week, five younger women and our leader, a woman the five of us had approached to ask if she would be willing to let us learn from her and be mentored and guided ...
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