by Danae
Hey Guys!!!! So guess what?!?! This is my offical, very first blog…it’s sad I know…but honestly I had absolutly no idea what to say until now. I was a little nervous about posting some thing on here, considering how Awe-Inspiring everybody else’s post have been so far, but here goes.
So I have had to go through alot of growing up lately and I never realized how much maturing can actually be very painful. I’ve had to face alot of the sins in my life that I have been ignoring for a very long time, and thats never a pretty thing. Honestly I would have been perfectly fine if I never had to confront a single issue in my life, that just the way I am. So you can imagine how hard the whole thing was for me.
I knew I had to sit down and talk to God, so i figured there was no sense in putting it off any longer. I just sat on my bed and told God to go for it, to confront me of anything and everything in my life that was not pleasing Him and…. WOW!!!! I didn’t have the slightest idea what I was asking, I wasn’t prepared for the things He had to tell me, or i guess i should say the things He had to show me. I never realized how easy it was to get caught up in my own life and not even stop to care about whats going on with every one else. I guess what I’m about to say kinda ties in with what I had wrote on my note card the night we all prayed for each other at digging deeper, I wrote that I needed to stop being so selfish. Well God showed me that I was still being selifish and greedy with my time. Sure I proclaimed my love for Him, but was it really evident in my life.
It always hurts when you realize that you’ve wasted so many times and so many chances that God has given you. Nobody likes knowing that they’ve failed or they’ve messed up, but its a fact of life, we all mess up. But if you do what I did and run from that, never wanting to face or confront the truth than you are wasting the gifts that God has given you….. And thats so much worse. I am writing you all of this to say, don’t be afraid of being confronted, and even more importantly don’t be afraid to change.
#1 by Justin on October 19, 2009 - 11:13 am
Did you get your college app. done? Was that a part of what made you reflect and do some amazing pondering about God? I enjoy it when I get to just chat with God and then listen to His guidance. When I did not know God very well I thought it was always sad or difficult. It is very reassuring and encouraging to listen and follow. Not a bad post for a . . .
#2 by Sierra on October 19, 2009 - 10:08 pm
So what sparked the change? Did something particular happen, or were you just like…God, I’m gonna quit being stubborn?
#3 by Danae on October 20, 2009 - 8:09 am
Actually it was some thing I did. It was a sin that i thought i had conquered a long time ago. When it slipped up again i was “out of practice” in fighting it. It upset me really bad that i could fall right back into it so easily, but then i realized that i thought that I had conquered it and not God. He was just showing me how weak i was when i wasn’t under His grace. So thats what inspired me to just sit and listen….and also what inspired this random blog…hope ya’ll liked it!!!!
~ Danae
#4 by Becky on October 20, 2009 - 2:00 pm
Thanks for the honesty. It is very encouraging to hear about others going through and facing change. It’s ALWAYS hard, but SO worth it if it means growing closer to the Lord!! One of my favorite verses is Proverbs 4:18 “The path of the righteous person is like the first gleam of dawn, which grows ever brighter til the full light of day”. Every sunrise is absolutely beautiful, but it doesn’t just automatically get to the point of beautiful. It takes time. Sometimes it’s “painful”, but in the end it’s breathtaking!!! Good luck with the changes. Know that you’re not alone and that we’ve all been through it at some point in our lives. Don’t be afraid to ask for help/prayer! Love you!!
#5 by Danae on October 22, 2009 - 11:06 pm
Thanks Becky!!!! And that was an awesome little story you shared about te sunrise…and i love that scripture!!!! I’m gonna remember that…:D