Imperfect And Wonderfully Made

I know it has been a minute since I wrote in my blog. Sometimes life just seems to take you in different directions and life’s priorities change. I have gotten to a point in my life where I feel like I seem to burden myself with activities that take me away from other priorities that I’ve been neglecting. When I do this I tend to put added pressure on myself to still try to squeeze everything in and I stop enjoying doing it. So, I took a break to reprioritize, so that I could have a clearer mind and not feel the pressures that I put upon myself. Today, as always on a Sunday, I was listening at church and had an Ah Hah moment while enjoying a wonderful message by Pastor Jonathan. I’ve always had his idea that freedom is found in being able to do what I want to do. If I don’t have rules, life is funner, right? Many times this false idea has consequences. A prime example is that at a certain point in my life, I had gotten tired of being on a diet and being told what I could eat and what I...

Isn’t life wonderful for the most part? Sure we have those days that are less than perfect and maybe some past memories that aren’t so pleasant, but for the most part, life is such a gift. Admittedly, there were days in my life where I thought how could I live through another day. But getting through those trials, I found that those down days would soon pass and that there were always better days ahead. Some may even question what is the purpose of life. I used to always question that as a very small child, until I grasped on to learning about the Bible and throughout my life studying and learning about what is my purpose. It’s wonderful that I’ve had some amazing mentors who have encouraged me and supported me through my life journey. Today, as I listened to Pastor Greg Laurie speak, for some reason I was very emotional to what he had to share about. The main topic was about Repentance in Luke 15. But he touched upon a couple points that are near and dear to my heart. I’ve spoken of t...