I've been doing a lot of thinking lately on where to start to get to a true relationship, and I've decided to analyze a relationship first. When I look at all the couples around me, whether they've been dating 3 weeks or married 20 years there's one key quality that sticks out. That quality is trust!
Without trust there is no relationship. It's the most important building block, and with God it's no different. I'm to put everything into His hands!!! One verse in particular comes to mind when I think of this and its Proverbs 3:5. God wants us to trust him with our whole heart. That's what I would do with a boyfriend right? If I "love" him then I trust Him with everything I have. Why should Christ be different? He died for us! What more could someone do to show their love and devotion? The Bible says there is no greater love than to lay down one's life for another!! I mean that's Shakespeare worthy right there!!
What really got me today as I sat during my quiet time was that I have a hard time trusting Him for petty reasons like that I can't see him, but God sees me even when I wish He couldn't yet He trusts me to tell others about Him! He trusts a sinner, a really nasty filthy sinner, to help others make the most important decisions in their entire lives!! Who am I to even be given the chance to trust Him?
That's the crazy thing about Christ is He loves us so much He gave us options!! We can believe Him or reject Him, yet He will always be there waiting for us to come back. Always trusting and hoping we'll love Him as he loves us. Now I realize I don't know everything, but that seems like a pretty trustworthy guy. Any guy or girl who gets beaten up, mistreated, and misused but still comes back hoping you'll change your mind and love him or her as much as they love you....is worth keeping! Now I am NOT saying you should beat them up, mistreat them, and misuse them then if they comes back decide you'll keep 'em....that's stupid and ridiculous although for what its worth it would make a funny cartoon.
That's the kicker though....in our earthly relationships we don't want to hurt them or break their trust because we don't want to see them broken, but at least with me I'm not always that way with Christ. Instead of doing my best to please Him and love Him, I sometimes take advantage of the idea that He will always come back. How terrible is that? I can trust a guy on this earth that even with the greatest of intentions will at one time or another probably do something wrong, yet I can't put everything in the hands of an Almighty God who has told me that He will never leave nor forsake me? I don't know everything, but I know that that's messed up.
Now, I've realized that I'm a screw up, but that doesn't do much in the way of fixing it. This leads me to the next part.....how to fix it. I can honestly say I don't have this completely figured out because it doesn't make sense and I'm not sure it ever will, but God says if we go to Him tell Him we've messed up and then put our lives in His hands...He will not only forgive us but use us to do amazing things for Him!!! Now you do the math or the science or whatever kind of logic you would like and explain to me how that ever makes sense? My sin puts Him on that cross, my sin pushes Him away, and my sin keeps Him away, but if I confess my sin to Him, He gives my life a purpose....AMAZING.
I could keep going on this for days, but I think trust is an element we have to research and think on by ourselves. Finding that trust in Christ won't be a simple 3 step program for each of us. Sometimes there's a lot of work to get to a point where we can trust people because of the things we've been through. It won't be easy, but I promise it will be worth it. If we give Him our everything, then we are one step closer to an amazing relationship we never knew we could have.
Now put that in your mind and think on it!!
Until next time,
Lex
Monday, August 22, 2011
Sunday, June 26, 2011
The Checklist
Maybe I'm the only one, but in life I catch myself creating a checklist type faith. Instead of being relational with Christ I do the the devotions and prayers more out of ritual than desire to know more about my Lord and Savior. Sometimes I'll be so excited about getting up for worship or quiet time, but once I'm there I get caught up in making sure every detail is correct, and am relieved when I finish knowing I can go on with my day.
I wrote this paragraph probably about a month ago, and looking back this is still so true of me and my faith. Today when I reread it I tried to figure out what my problem was, and this is the resolution I came to. All of my life I've been very concerned with how Christ is the true and righteous judge, and how I have to have every single one of my ducks in a row. I've always focused on praying enough, making it to church every chance I get, being kind to others around me, and sinning as little as possible. When you stop and think you can't help but ask yourself, is this what God wants from me? To get all the small details perfect? To be on edge and worried every time I do something wrong? Of course not! But then you ask, well if that's not it...then what is it God? What is it that you want?!
As I began to seek out His answer, the obvious became clearer and clearer....He didn't intend the Christian life to be a checklist or a rule book....He wanted it to be a love story, and not just any love story but the greatest one ever written!
Now if you analyze a love story, which probably isn't something you do often but work with me here, you notice a few key things. Obviously there are two people who fall in love, but in most cases there are obstacles that stand in the way of that love. In my life...well all of our lives actually, that obstacle is sin. In a love story there is always some way to overcome that obstacle...in our case that's Christ giving his life on the cross....oh yea that's also the really sad part in the story when you think all hope is lost. Good news is just like in a love story it doesn't end there...I mean besides Shakespeare very few writer's make it big with tragedy, thankfully God is not Shakespeare. In our love story, Christ overcomes death which means we have the chance to be together! Problem is...He's gone away so that He can build the mansion He promises we will have once we accept his engagement, or when we accept Christ into our hearts.
Now here's the good and bad....the good is He's going to come back and take us to that mansion, bad is He's not back yet which leaves a hole in the story. What do we do while we wait? Well in the olden days (lol) when couples were apart from one another they wrote letters....luckily God is in the modern era and we don't have to do that. Instead we have our own direct (phone) line, a way to talk to God without waiting days for Him to get the message. Our direct line is how we keep love alive while He's gone. We send our prayers up, and he sends his answers done usually through the Bible...so I guess technically He's only half modern because He writes us, but we phone Him. Alright so now I know I'm in the writing letters and calling part of the loves story, but it's going to take a lot of work to keep this love alive right? Not really....communication is key...if we keep in touch most of the relationship we've found will stay in tact. At least for me though good enough isn't good enough. I've have the greatest of loves, and I'm not going to lose an ounce of what I've gained through Him if I can help it.
This brings me back to why I wrote that beginning paragraph....I need to use this time apart from one another to strengthen our relationship, and make His return that much sweeter. How am I going to do that? Well that's exactly what I'm going to search out over the next few weeks. I realize I won't find all of the answers in two or three weeks, but my goal is to lay the ground work for a strong and lasting relationship with Christ in my own life and maybe even in yours.
Until Next Time,
Lex
I wrote this paragraph probably about a month ago, and looking back this is still so true of me and my faith. Today when I reread it I tried to figure out what my problem was, and this is the resolution I came to. All of my life I've been very concerned with how Christ is the true and righteous judge, and how I have to have every single one of my ducks in a row. I've always focused on praying enough, making it to church every chance I get, being kind to others around me, and sinning as little as possible. When you stop and think you can't help but ask yourself, is this what God wants from me? To get all the small details perfect? To be on edge and worried every time I do something wrong? Of course not! But then you ask, well if that's not it...then what is it God? What is it that you want?!
As I began to seek out His answer, the obvious became clearer and clearer....He didn't intend the Christian life to be a checklist or a rule book....He wanted it to be a love story, and not just any love story but the greatest one ever written!
Now if you analyze a love story, which probably isn't something you do often but work with me here, you notice a few key things. Obviously there are two people who fall in love, but in most cases there are obstacles that stand in the way of that love. In my life...well all of our lives actually, that obstacle is sin. In a love story there is always some way to overcome that obstacle...in our case that's Christ giving his life on the cross....oh yea that's also the really sad part in the story when you think all hope is lost. Good news is just like in a love story it doesn't end there...I mean besides Shakespeare very few writer's make it big with tragedy, thankfully God is not Shakespeare. In our love story, Christ overcomes death which means we have the chance to be together! Problem is...He's gone away so that He can build the mansion He promises we will have once we accept his engagement, or when we accept Christ into our hearts.
Now here's the good and bad....the good is He's going to come back and take us to that mansion, bad is He's not back yet which leaves a hole in the story. What do we do while we wait? Well in the olden days (lol) when couples were apart from one another they wrote letters....luckily God is in the modern era and we don't have to do that. Instead we have our own direct (phone) line, a way to talk to God without waiting days for Him to get the message. Our direct line is how we keep love alive while He's gone. We send our prayers up, and he sends his answers done usually through the Bible...so I guess technically He's only half modern because He writes us, but we phone Him. Alright so now I know I'm in the writing letters and calling part of the loves story, but it's going to take a lot of work to keep this love alive right? Not really....communication is key...if we keep in touch most of the relationship we've found will stay in tact. At least for me though good enough isn't good enough. I've have the greatest of loves, and I'm not going to lose an ounce of what I've gained through Him if I can help it.
This brings me back to why I wrote that beginning paragraph....I need to use this time apart from one another to strengthen our relationship, and make His return that much sweeter. How am I going to do that? Well that's exactly what I'm going to search out over the next few weeks. I realize I won't find all of the answers in two or three weeks, but my goal is to lay the ground work for a strong and lasting relationship with Christ in my own life and maybe even in yours.
Until Next Time,
Lex
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
If We Are The Body
Hello my friends! I realize I haven't posted in a while, but with everything that going on lately its hard to find time to breath let alone blog about it! Today after my quiet time I was listening to Casting Crowns and playing games on facebook (shh its my secret obsession), and the song If We Are The Body came on. As I started listening to the lyrics it really struck a chord that went along with what God showed me during my quiet time.
Here lately I've noticed that its very easy to get wrapped up in activites and in my own walk with Christ that I forget what I'm called to do. Yes I'm called to better know Christ in my own life and to follow him as closely as possible, but along with that I'm supposed to reach out and be a light for others around me. I can't even count how many times there's been new people at church or in class that I've noticed needed just someone to talk to, but decided I wasn't that person. I tell myself that that's someone else's job, but the fact is, if everyone thought that then that person would never meet anyone! We'd all be what on Mr./Ms. Someone Else to show up and do it for us.
In reality, that someone else is you and me. We need to be that light, that friend when they're struggling, the person who goes out of our way to help people not for the recognition, but because WE ARE THE BODY! If we're going to live for Christ it can't be done halfway. Christ says in his eyes it's better to be completly cold or hot than just mediocre. He wants us to be sold out for him, and yes there's great reward for those that are, but what if we did it just because Christ told us to? What if we had nothing to gain, but a friend? Shouldn't that be enough to make us reach out to other people? The sad thing is, for most of us, including myself 95% of the time, it isn't. For some reason in my mind its easier just not to bother with it. I convince myself I'm not the friend they need, that I don't have the answers, or that they have enough friends. Today God showed me today that I was right, but not quite how I thought.
No, I am not the friend they need, I don't have the answers, and yea maybe they do have enough friends. It doesn't matter thought, what they need is Christ, not me or anything I can say. They just need me to show them Christ, which I can do as long as I'm sold out for him.
I know that this blog was probably all over the place today, but I hope that at least one of you can get something out of it. I guess it all boils down to what the song says, Jesus paid much to high a price for us to pick and choose who should come, we are the body of Christ. That sums it all up right there. He died for us, the least we can do is tell others about it!
Here lately I've noticed that its very easy to get wrapped up in activites and in my own walk with Christ that I forget what I'm called to do. Yes I'm called to better know Christ in my own life and to follow him as closely as possible, but along with that I'm supposed to reach out and be a light for others around me. I can't even count how many times there's been new people at church or in class that I've noticed needed just someone to talk to, but decided I wasn't that person. I tell myself that that's someone else's job, but the fact is, if everyone thought that then that person would never meet anyone! We'd all be what on Mr./Ms. Someone Else to show up and do it for us.
In reality, that someone else is you and me. We need to be that light, that friend when they're struggling, the person who goes out of our way to help people not for the recognition, but because WE ARE THE BODY! If we're going to live for Christ it can't be done halfway. Christ says in his eyes it's better to be completly cold or hot than just mediocre. He wants us to be sold out for him, and yes there's great reward for those that are, but what if we did it just because Christ told us to? What if we had nothing to gain, but a friend? Shouldn't that be enough to make us reach out to other people? The sad thing is, for most of us, including myself 95% of the time, it isn't. For some reason in my mind its easier just not to bother with it. I convince myself I'm not the friend they need, that I don't have the answers, or that they have enough friends. Today God showed me today that I was right, but not quite how I thought.
No, I am not the friend they need, I don't have the answers, and yea maybe they do have enough friends. It doesn't matter thought, what they need is Christ, not me or anything I can say. They just need me to show them Christ, which I can do as long as I'm sold out for him.
I know that this blog was probably all over the place today, but I hope that at least one of you can get something out of it. I guess it all boils down to what the song says, Jesus paid much to high a price for us to pick and choose who should come, we are the body of Christ. That sums it all up right there. He died for us, the least we can do is tell others about it!
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
My Purpose
Alright well since I am in between tests and am sick of studying I’ve decided to post my second blog EVER. Now for those of you who are getting worried thinking that following this blog if I’m posting every day, don’t worry it won’t last forever…just a week or two so please try and stick with me. For today’s blog I have decided to cover a very very personal topic, how I came to know Jesus Christ as my personal Lord and savior. Now before I start you must know a few things from my background…First I have grown up in church and have a strong Christian family that has always backed me 110%. Second, this story like most of my best stories involves basketball because it for 9-10 years of my life was all that I did or wanted to do.
Okay well now that you know these two key things about me I will take you back to where my story begins….cue mystical music and flash back scene ( oh my bad I forget this isn’t a movie). At the age of nine I remember sitting in what we called junior church sometime around Easter listening to our teacher talk about how Jesus died for our sins and things of that nature. After the lesson she asked us to bow our heads and if anyone didn’t know Jesus personally to raise our hands and someone would come get us and show us how we could know him. Well as I’m sure you’re thinking yes I raised my hand. Next thing I know I’m in a little room and the teachers saying things that I’m not sure I understand but I’m nodding anyway. After a while I said a prayer and then she was really happy for me and took me to tell my parents. Yup there’s my story……don’t worry this is just a joke, yes this did happen to me, but before you call and start to witness to me worried that I may not be as saved as I think please read on.
For the next few years I thought I had nailed it down. I was baptized continued going to church, I knew all the right answers during Sunday school and overall I was a good kid so I thought this salvation thing was pretty neat. Suddenly within two years everything changed. The summer of my sixth grade year I was rushed off to a church camp high in the mountains where all you do is freeze and talk to God because there’s really nothing else to do. The entire week at camp I hated it, I knew something was off, but I just figured God was calling me to a mission field and I blew it off. During this week I found out that my youth pastor and very close friend had cancer in his leg that was very far progressed. Needless to say I was devastated. For the first time that I can remember, someone I deeply cared about was hurting and faced with the idea of death at a very young age. Well as if this isn’t bad enough within the same summer, my mother was very sick and was even hospitalized at one point.
I felt like my life had ended. Everything around me was falling apart and I got angry. It got to the point that I knew I probably wasn’t saved, but I didn’t care anymore. God had hurt two important people in my life and it just seemed like there was no hope. Well the summer turned into fall and I did my normal routine of basketball and school, fall turned into spring and it was time to decide what my summer activities would consist of. As I’m sure you can guess church camp was not on my agenda. I went through the motions at church, but you could count me out for spending an entire week talking with someone I had pretty much rejected. Instead I decided to attend the Marsha Sharp basketball camp at Texas Tech because as a seventh grader I could give you every single stat the lady raiders had. Whether it was height, shooting percentages, hometowns, I knew it all….and some of them I still remember to this day! I was super excited to in my mind forget about church and everything else for the week and just play basketball.
Well my plan seemed to be working until the day before we had to pack up and go back home. Each day after lunch we had a “Let’s talk basketball” session where different coaches and players would pick a topic of their choice and talk about it to all of the campers. On this particular day, my favorite basketball player in like the entire world was speaking, Alesha Robertson. Now for any of you who don’t know who she is she was #55 for Texas Tech and was an awesome 3 point shooter. Her topic of choice was goals, seems harmless enough right? Well wrong, the goal that she had set for herself and decided to discuss with all of us was to be the best example for Christ she could be whether that was through playing basketball or whatever else she chose to do in life. This speech hit me like a ton of bricks. She used Colossians 3:23 as her verse and discussed how if we didn’t have a purpose in life such as Christ then we were living for nothing. Well haha yup fear and many other emotions set in. I knew from the time she finished her speech that I didn’t have a purpose. I had nothing that I was living for. In my mind I had said a prayer and I was done.
Despite realizing it this early into the summer which was June, I put it off. For reasons I’m still not sure I can explain I did nothing. I guess to some extent I was embarrassed. By admitting I didn’t know Christ I had to in my mind look like a fake and a failure to all of my friends and family, and I had entirely too much pride and just couldn’t do it. It was a horrible feeling. It got to the point that I was lying awake at night certain God would come back and my entire family would be gone leaving me in the house alone. It was SO bad that I would get up every two hours go downstairs make sure each of my family members was safe and sound in their beds and then I would go back to sleep. Now before I go any further I want to say that if any of you out there are doing this STOP now!!! It’s not worth it!! No one’s going to think any less of you, and even if they do who cares! You can get your eternal life nailed down and stop playing dominos!!! You never know when you last breath will be taken so fix this now!!
Finally July 11 which was roughly a month later I decided to do something or at least try to do something about it. My dad was out of town so I knew that I could confront my mom alone. I tried all day, but never found the courage to say anything. That night I pretended to go to be, but then got back up around 11 and went to my mom’s room to casually watch TV. I sat there with her in silence until at least 1 a ‘clock in the morning unable to move or speak I was so nervous and scared. Finally she said she was going to bed and kind of expected me to leave or say something, but I couldn’t I just sat there dumbfounded shaking beyond belief. Finally, I broke down and just started to cry. I can only imagine what was running through my mom’s head as she sat there and tried to comfort me and understand what was wrong. Finally after months of struggling I managed to get out the words “I’m lost.” I had finally reached the first step, realization that I was a sinner on my way to hell. Next my mom told me that I knew what I needed to do, and she held my hand as I prayed. This is where the next few steps came in…I prayed and repented of my sin. I realized that on my own there was nothing that I or anyone else on earth could do to save me from hell; I had to ask Jesus to save me because He is the only way. This was the third step, after realizing and repenting, I received the Lord Jesus Christ into my heart where He still is to this very day!!! That’s the best part about salvation! Once Christ lives in you He never leaves no matter what you do!!
I guess all that’s left to do now is the follow up story. Six years later, I am still in church and do not regret my decision to trust in Jesus Christ one tiny little smidgen. It was and is and always will be the greatest most important decision in my entire life! Now don’t get me wrong, there are times when walking with the Lord isn’t easy and it’s at times a struggle, but I promise once you trust in Jesus you don’t ever want to go back!!!! Well 45 minutes later I guess I better get back to study for my history exam! I hope that you all have wonderful days, and if I don’t have some type of contact with you before I also wish you all a very merry Christmas!!!!!
I know my purpose what’s yours?
Lexie
Monday, December 13, 2010
Blog Numero Uno
Alright so I've been seeing quite a few people with these and I've decided to join the crowd and get one. I guess for my first blog I'm going to set the ground work for what my blog postings will most likely be about or at least the set up they'll follow. First off, I wish I was one of those people who was just oober insightful and could spill greatness onto this web page, but I'm not so if that's what you're hoping for in this blog sorry try again somewhere else. Second, I intend to use this blog to let friends and family kind of preview my life from day to day week to week, you get the point, so sometimes these blogs will discuss things I discover during my time with the Lord and other times they'll simply cover random events from my day. Third, I do alright in my English classes, but I've never been great with spelling or grammar so if either one of those are your pet peeves do not pass go do not collect $200 dollars, LEAVE NOW!! Just kidding, but seriously I'm not good with either one so sorry in advance.
Well now that that's over with I guess I'll post my first blog. These past few months of college have been exciting, but challenging for me. I've accomplished a lot passing all of my classes with at least a B so that's a woo hoo there! I've also seen the Lord at work a great deal in these past few months. I've struggled with a lot this semester with things like giving the Lord complete control, being impatient with God's plan, and just flat out following God's plan for my life.
I guess I'll address the control issue first. For those of you who do not already know, I am a control freak. I like to have everything planned out just so and if anything messes up I lose it! I don't know how many of y'all are this way, but its absolutely horrible so if you aren't do not start now. This semester has especially tried my control issue. I want so badly to be in control of my own life. I want to be able to wake up tomorrow choose my husband, salary, house, children, car, and sooo much more, but as God has shown me over the semester I cannot do it! He shown me that for things to work out perfectly I have got to let go and let God. He knows whats best for me and if I just give it over to him it works out. For example, the past few months I've really been struggling with wanting to be out on my own. I kept trying to make it happen, I'd fight with my parents, try and look for houses, and many other things just trying to be independent. I realized only after being grounded, that this wasn't the way I needed to do it. During the week I was grounded I began to pray and ask God what I needed to do whether it be stay at home or move out or just whatever. I saw no immediate results, but two weeks later my soon to be roomie got a call about a two bedroom townhouse for rent which fell perfectly into my price range. Two days later what do you know I've found the place I want to live!
Only problem was I hadn't confronted my parents yet. I was scared to death. I wasn't sure how they'd react. I knew that they loved me and that I loved them, but I didn't want to make them mad or upset and I was just certain one or the other was going to occur. Finally after trying to choke down dinner with my dad I broke the news and he was actually very receptive! He took it well and even went to look at the house with me giving his seal of approval. Okay so one parent down one to go. I knew my mom would be a greater challenge though for many reasons, the main one being my mom is my best friend and I knew to her she would probably feel rejected when I broke the news of my move out. After finally coming out with it I realized that yes she was upset, but at the same time she encouraged me! She told me she knew I was ready for this! WOO HOO! Talk about pumping you up! There is nothing like knowing both of your parents are supporting you! Through all of this God showed me that if I just give it over to Him, He'll work it all out.
Well now that I've shown you how I've been tackling that monster I'll move on to how I'm impatient with God's plan and how it is at times way hard to follow. Alright so I'm sure I'm not the first person to have this problem so if you read this and you've been there please comment or something and let me know that I'm not the only person in the world who has zero patience!?! Well don't get me wrong my friends I love you all, but it seems as if the love bug has bitten over half of you, but somehow despite my large exterior surface I have not been bitten. Don't get me wrong single life has its perks, but its not that fun when you have all these friends with date night and you're sitting at home watching netflix. Yes you guessed it, my problem with God's plan is the fact that so far He finds it fit for me to fly the coop solo. There were points this semester where I was just down right depressed because I was single and everyone else wasn't!!! Now I know you are all hoping that I'm going to tell you some type of fairy tail ending where all the sudden out of nowhere in walked my prince charming, but well no that hasn't happened yet. I know that someday that guy is going to sweep me off of my feet, but until that time God gave me a verse that every time I get depressed He slaps upside my head. It just so happens to be the title of my blog, James 1:4 "But Let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing". Now trust me at first this is not what I wanted to read and if I could there were times when I would have sharpied this verse right out of my bible because I just kept wanting to believe that it didn't fit. Its not that it is necessarily any easier to live by now, but I guess you could say that I've come to terms with the idea. God's put the desire to be wanted and to have a husband in my heart, so I know He's not going to disappoint. That perfect guy is out there somewhere, and in another blog I'll give you my requirements and if you meet them I will tell you where to apply, I just have to wait and build my relationship with Christ until he gets here. Besides I view my future love kind of like a fruit, I do not want him until he's ready because there is nothing worse that unripened fruit, aka immature boys!! LOL I read a quote the other day from my friend Sarah so I hope she doesn't mind if I borrow it, but it goes something like this, "A girl should be so lost in Christ that a man has to seek Him out in order to find her." This is my inspiration! Until Prince Charming comes along I will be seeking out Christ so any men who want me find him first! haha
Alright so you've seen my struggles and joys for the semester. I hope this blog finds you all well and in the true spirit of Christmas, which I found out Sunday is worship!! Please comment or email letting me know whatcha think about this whole blogging journey I've set out on. Also, if you have any issues or questions you'd like me to adress in my next blog feel free to ask! I'm excited about starting this and I aim to please so please provide me some feed back!!!
Remember patience!!
Lexie
Well now that that's over with I guess I'll post my first blog. These past few months of college have been exciting, but challenging for me. I've accomplished a lot passing all of my classes with at least a B so that's a woo hoo there! I've also seen the Lord at work a great deal in these past few months. I've struggled with a lot this semester with things like giving the Lord complete control, being impatient with God's plan, and just flat out following God's plan for my life.
I guess I'll address the control issue first. For those of you who do not already know, I am a control freak. I like to have everything planned out just so and if anything messes up I lose it! I don't know how many of y'all are this way, but its absolutely horrible so if you aren't do not start now. This semester has especially tried my control issue. I want so badly to be in control of my own life. I want to be able to wake up tomorrow choose my husband, salary, house, children, car, and sooo much more, but as God has shown me over the semester I cannot do it! He shown me that for things to work out perfectly I have got to let go and let God. He knows whats best for me and if I just give it over to him it works out. For example, the past few months I've really been struggling with wanting to be out on my own. I kept trying to make it happen, I'd fight with my parents, try and look for houses, and many other things just trying to be independent. I realized only after being grounded, that this wasn't the way I needed to do it. During the week I was grounded I began to pray and ask God what I needed to do whether it be stay at home or move out or just whatever. I saw no immediate results, but two weeks later my soon to be roomie got a call about a two bedroom townhouse for rent which fell perfectly into my price range. Two days later what do you know I've found the place I want to live!
Only problem was I hadn't confronted my parents yet. I was scared to death. I wasn't sure how they'd react. I knew that they loved me and that I loved them, but I didn't want to make them mad or upset and I was just certain one or the other was going to occur. Finally after trying to choke down dinner with my dad I broke the news and he was actually very receptive! He took it well and even went to look at the house with me giving his seal of approval. Okay so one parent down one to go. I knew my mom would be a greater challenge though for many reasons, the main one being my mom is my best friend and I knew to her she would probably feel rejected when I broke the news of my move out. After finally coming out with it I realized that yes she was upset, but at the same time she encouraged me! She told me she knew I was ready for this! WOO HOO! Talk about pumping you up! There is nothing like knowing both of your parents are supporting you! Through all of this God showed me that if I just give it over to Him, He'll work it all out.
Well now that I've shown you how I've been tackling that monster I'll move on to how I'm impatient with God's plan and how it is at times way hard to follow. Alright so I'm sure I'm not the first person to have this problem so if you read this and you've been there please comment or something and let me know that I'm not the only person in the world who has zero patience!?! Well don't get me wrong my friends I love you all, but it seems as if the love bug has bitten over half of you, but somehow despite my large exterior surface I have not been bitten. Don't get me wrong single life has its perks, but its not that fun when you have all these friends with date night and you're sitting at home watching netflix. Yes you guessed it, my problem with God's plan is the fact that so far He finds it fit for me to fly the coop solo. There were points this semester where I was just down right depressed because I was single and everyone else wasn't!!! Now I know you are all hoping that I'm going to tell you some type of fairy tail ending where all the sudden out of nowhere in walked my prince charming, but well no that hasn't happened yet. I know that someday that guy is going to sweep me off of my feet, but until that time God gave me a verse that every time I get depressed He slaps upside my head. It just so happens to be the title of my blog, James 1:4 "But Let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing". Now trust me at first this is not what I wanted to read and if I could there were times when I would have sharpied this verse right out of my bible because I just kept wanting to believe that it didn't fit. Its not that it is necessarily any easier to live by now, but I guess you could say that I've come to terms with the idea. God's put the desire to be wanted and to have a husband in my heart, so I know He's not going to disappoint. That perfect guy is out there somewhere, and in another blog I'll give you my requirements and if you meet them I will tell you where to apply, I just have to wait and build my relationship with Christ until he gets here. Besides I view my future love kind of like a fruit, I do not want him until he's ready because there is nothing worse that unripened fruit, aka immature boys!! LOL I read a quote the other day from my friend Sarah so I hope she doesn't mind if I borrow it, but it goes something like this, "A girl should be so lost in Christ that a man has to seek Him out in order to find her." This is my inspiration! Until Prince Charming comes along I will be seeking out Christ so any men who want me find him first! haha
Alright so you've seen my struggles and joys for the semester. I hope this blog finds you all well and in the true spirit of Christmas, which I found out Sunday is worship!! Please comment or email letting me know whatcha think about this whole blogging journey I've set out on. Also, if you have any issues or questions you'd like me to adress in my next blog feel free to ask! I'm excited about starting this and I aim to please so please provide me some feed back!!!
Remember patience!!
Lexie
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