Pushing away the choking vines †

Are you having a bad day? Are you feeling pressured to be perfect..do everything right? Feelin' like ya just don't measure up to the expecttations of others? Think that other guys life is a breeze or that other girl has it all together..why don't they like me? Feling like life is unfair...thinkin' if there really was a God He would make life easier, especially for someone TRYING SO HARD TO PLEASE HIM. I'm sure theres a shoe in there that slightly fits..

I capitalized the "trying so hard to please Him" part because...I believe that's one of the biggest burdens in anyones life. It gets even worse for a Christian because we all of the sudden have this CrAzy idea that we can somehow measure up and make Jesus believe we're perfect. Yeah...right. Doesn't happen people. God made us IMperfect so we would need Him. He wants to be wanted. He wants to be sought after and desired as The King of the universe. If we were perfect, life was easy & we were good at everything..who would we think to ourselves.."I really need that guy in my life.." We wouldn't have anybody to rest in. We wouldn't have anyone to say to us "I love you no matter the grade on your math test, my child, now relax in my love." Shoot...I like having the peace of knowing that I know NOTHING. I am a little ant and God is a huge, gorgeous, black F-250 (what do you mean is that my dream car..? Course not..;]) towering over me. HE IS IN CONTROL. I AM NOT. I love it!!!! I don't HAVE to TRY and sustain my life alone and deal with it in spick and span form (I said try because...we could never accomplish it no matter what we tried.) I just want to leave you with this...stop trying to be practically perfect...you'll never get anywhere. God loves you no matter what. He'll be there at the end of the day, in the morning when you wake up, at lunch time while you're eating your P.B.J., when you get home from school and you're tempted by lust or negativity or whatever pushes your temptation buttons..He's THERE. Don't let it freak you out..or maybe it should..maybe it'll convict you! Who knows..either way, one of my insane all time favorite verses says this, "For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a bond-servant of Christ." (Galatians 1:10) Serve God with everything in your whole being! PRAISE HIS BEAUTIFUL NAME AT THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAINS!!! Sing His GlOrY WiTH YoUr EvErY bReAtH! HE IS THE MESSIAH! HE Is Yahweh, He is friend, He is lover, He is protector, He is Father...He is there. You're gonna spend eternity with Him in a perfect heaven...so what about English 101?


Jesus Christ gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.
Titus 2:14

A Cry for Freedom `/* ~/* *\'~

The flower is sleeping
With a tinged and sorrowful glow
She wishes for The Sun again

She wishes for The Sun
To shine on her face

She wishes for The Sun
That she may be filled with grace

She wishes for The Sun
So she will wilt no more

She wishes for The Sun
That it may open her petals
Now fallen and weak
From hurts and anguish
She could never extinguish

She feels a glimmer of hope
As The warm Sun begins to rise
But the clouds quickly cover
Her hope for a smile

This facade will continue
Until she realizes...

If only she would ask The Sun
It would shout away the clouds


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