Love...Repair Me

THIS WAS SOMETHING I POSTED A WHILE AGO ON MY TUMBLR. ( THAT I NEVER USE).I KNOW I JUST RECENTLY POSTED A BLOG " LOVE ME..SIMPLY" IF YOU HAVE NOT READ IT.. PLEASE DO SO.. BUT SOMETHING IS TUGGING AT MY HEART STRINGS TO POST AND SHARE THIS WITH ALL OF YOU NOW.. SO HERE IT IS..  I WAS COMING OUT OF A CRAZY STATE WHERE I FELT SO ALONE AND SO LOST.. BUT GOD GOT ME THROUGH.. HERE IS MY STORY : 

LATELY GOD HAS BEEN PRUNING ME.. SHAPING ME AND MOLDING ME. IT HAS NOT BEEN AN EASY PROCESS.. AND I HAVE DISCOVERED A LOT ABOUT MYSELF AND THOSE WHO SURROUND ME. IT IS AN ON GOING JOURNEY THAT I AM NOT TAKING LIGHTLY. I AM ON A MISSION FOR HIS KINGDOM. THIS WEEK I HAVE BEEN SO SAD.. FELT LIKE I COULD NOT GET HAPPY.. AT ALL. EVERYTHING IN MY WORLD SEEMED SO OFF.. I WANTED TO JUST PUT MY COVERS OVER MY HEAD.. AND SHUT THE WORLD OUT. BUT I HAVE OVERCOME THAT AND I AM A BETTER ME.. FOR GOD’S GLORY! I WANT TO SHARE SOME OF THE AWESOME LESSONS I HAVE LEARNED IN THIS TIME WITH YOU ALL.. THEY ALL HAVE OUTCOMES.. GROWING UP.. AND JUST REALNESS THAT ONLY GOD CAN BRING. I WILL BE COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT AND I WILL NOT HOLD BACK. 

I HAVE LEARNED THAT SOMETIMES GOD HAS TO TEAR DOWN EVERYTHING IN YOUR LIFE IN ORDER FOR US TO GIVE EVERYTHING TO HIM. IT IS LIKE THIS: WE HAVE A HOUSE… IT IS DINGY.. ROACH AND RAT INFESTED, PAINT CHIPPING, INSIDE AND OUT IS JUST A HOT MESS. SO WHAT DO WE AUTOMATICALLY WANT TO DO?? WE WANT TO FIX IT UP. WE TRY TO PAINT THE HOUSE TO MAKE IT APPEAR PRETTY AGAIN. WE WANT TO CALL THE EXTERMINATOR OUT TO GET THE RATS AND ROACHES OUT OF THE HOME. WE TRY OUR BEST TO FIX EVERYTHING SO IT APPEARS TO LOOK OKAY. BUT THE REALITY IS THAT OUR HOUSE IS STILL DINGY, AND NASTY UNDERNEATH THE PAINT. AFTER THE EXTERMINATOR LEAVES, THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THOSE RATS AND ROACHES CAN COME BACK. WE SPEND SO MUCH TIME AND ENERGY .. TRYING OUR BEST TO “FIX” THE PROBLEM, WE FORGET THAT OUR FIXES ARE ONLY TEMPORARY… THE PROBLEMS WILL COME BACK AND YOU WILL BE IN THE SAME SITUATION ALL OVER AGAIN. 

BUT GOD! … GOD IS A GOD WHO WON’T JUST PAINT THE OUTSIDE AND MAKE IT LOOK PRETTY.. HE IS NOT CALLING AN EXTERMINATOR OUT TO YOUR HOUSE TO GET RID OF THE RATS AND ROACHES. GOD IS GOING TO BULL DOZE AND WRECK THAT HOUSE DOWN SO HE CAN BUILD IT BACK UP. GOD TEARS DOWN THE ENTIRE HOUSE, HE TAKES ALL OF YOUR PROBLEMS, FEELINGS, EMOTIONS, WORRIES, AND HE TEARS THEM DOWN. HE REMOVES THE LEFT OVER DEBRIS FROM YOUR LIFE, AND HE STARTS TO RE-BUILD YOUR HOUSE. HE LAYS THE NEW FOUNDATION, HE BEGINS TO BUILD THE NEW HOUSE, HE PUTS ON NEW PAINT, NEW FURNITURE, NEW EVERYTHING. HE TRULY FIXES THE PROBLEM SO THAT WE DON’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT OUR “PAINT PEALING ” AGAIN. HE THEN GIVES US THE TOOLS , SO THAT IF WE EVER HAVE THAT SAME EXACT PROBLEM WITH OUR HOUSE, WE KNOW WE CAN CALL ON HIM TO HELP US RE-BUILD OUR HOME. 2ND CORINTHIANS 5:17 SAYS ” IF ANY MAN BE IN CHRIST, HE IS A NEW CREATURE. OLD THINGS HAVE PAST AWAY, BEHOLD! ALL THINGS ARE BECOME NEW.” 

THIS APPLIES TO THE OLD BELIEVER AND THE NEW BELIEVER. AS CHRISTIANS, SOMETIMES WE “FORGET” WE ARE IN CHRIST. BECAUSE WE “FORGET” TO CALL ON HIS NAME IN EVERYTHING. GOD WILL MAKE US NEW. HE WASHES US CLEAN. HE HAS ALL OF THE ANSWERS TO EVERY PROBLEM. HE MADE US! HE KNOWS WHATS UP! SO WHYYYY ARE WE NOT GOING TO HIM SO HE CAN RE-BUILD OUR HOMES ??!?? GIVE IT TO GOD. LET HIM TAKE IT.. AND MAKE YOU NEW. KNOW THAT IN YOUR TIME OF SORROW, THAT GOD IS JUST WRECKING YOUR HOUSE TO RE-BUILD YOU BACK UP!!!!! KEEP PRAYING, KEEP SEEKING HIM FIRST! KEEP SPENDING TIME IN YOUR WORD AND WITH HIM. I KNOW ONCE HE GOES IN AND WRECKS YOUR “WORLD,” YOU FEEL AWFUL, YOU FEEL DEFEATED, BUT CHRIST OVERCAME DEFEAT, HE HAS VICTORY AND BECAUSE HE DOES, WE DO! ONCE GOD CLEARS ALL THE “DAMAGE” AND DEBRIS, A NEW CREATURE IS BORN, AND HE CAN BEGAN TO OPERATE IN YOUR NEW HOUSE, AND YOU WILL BEGIN TO SEE AN OUTPOUR OF NEW VISION, NEW BLESSINGS, AND NEW HOPE! IN YOUR TIME OF STRUGGLE ALWAYS REMEMBER GOD’S GRACE AND MERCY IS NEW EVERY DAY, AND THAT EVERY DAY HE CREATED AND YOU HAVE TO REJOICE IN IT! 

I PRAY THAT GOD RESTORES IN YOUR LIFE. IF YOU ARE GOING THROUGH ANYTHING AT ALL, KNOW HE IS ALWAYS THERE. HE WILL NOT LEAVE YOU OR FORSAKE YOU. YOU HAVE TO OPEN YOUR DOOR FIRST THOUGH, SO GOD CAN INSPECT YOUR HOUSE, SO HE CAN REALLY GRASP ALL OF THE ISSUES IN YOUR HOUSE. YES , HE IS AN ALL KNOWING GOD. HE CAN SEE WHAT IS WRONG AT ALL TIMES, BUT HE STILL NEEDS THE INVITATION INTO YOUR HOUSE, IN ORDER TO FIX IT. 

GOD IS CRAZY IN LOVE WITH YOU,

NICOLE L.

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