I remember reading a random quote that said something along the lines of “if you have enemies, good. That means you’ve stood for something before”.
And this has some truth to it. You can’t be passive and passionate, one will dim the other, but wonder… is anything worth standing for so much that you get enemies?!?
God alone! Why? Because He is the rock, and fabric from which we are woven. So who we believe Him to be will either become a safe foundation for us or crushing weight, a blessed design or our unraveling. We are made in His image, and the more we distort His identity, the more we hurt ours. So His true nature is central to stand for if we know Him, or discover if we don’t.
Jesus encourages us through Paul to live peaceably with all as much as possible (Romans12:17-18) and not to return evil for evil. Yet He Himself also says Matthew 10:34 “Don’t imagine that I came to bring peace to the earth! I came not to bring peace, but a sword.”
What does this mean? Is it a contradiction? No.
It is explained because there are surprisingly people who pursue pride, self-centernedness and godlessness wholeheartedly. If you are about humbling yourself, selflessness and the blood of Christ making a holy nation you will have enemies, while you’re pursuing peace! (And peace should be noted as not here on earth AT ALL yet, despite our personal lives, because those without justice/victims, the hungry, the physically sick or mentally ill and depressed have no peace) I am not looking for enemies but for real peace, and as someone who struggled with depression (due to existential questions and honestly the weight of my own wrongdoing/hypocrisy) it was not found until God showed me how we go against peace as we go against Him- the only one able to universally create it- in sin.
Sin leaves people hungry, doesn’t sincerely care about the sick and leaves people depressed by acting as or saying there’s no remedy… God’s the remedy! God will either bring revival through this revelation and their will be restoration and peace as we discover and depend His ways or he will expose corrupt hearts that reject Him as the solution and there won’t be peace until the new earth and heaven. But don’t we want His kingdom of peace to come now if possible!?
I do. I don’t follow God as means to gain worldly things.
I am not passionate about money, fame, power, ‘success’, ect., but passionate about God himself. Money cant keep my spirit from dying nor those other things, only God can. Love is the fulfillment and God is love (holy and perfect unfailing love).
Shirt: I’m not afraid of my truth anymore, and I won’t omit pieces of me to make you feel comfortable.
The day I wore this shirt I was not ready to sign up for that… for seeking this peace as Jesus did (willing to die for it, connecting people back to God through truth), nor really am I today. This will be a supernatural journey, where I’m sustained by God alone to not be careless or hopeless. I feel like wearing this shirt despite my readiness paved the way to rely outside of my own strength. Because as I wondered why I wore something that I couldn’t even boldly say, I realized I wanted to be able to say it boldly. I know where I want to be, and I’m not going to give up on being there because there is a woman who’s obidient to God, and because God is love, you can actually say obidient to true, pure, not self-seeking or temporal, love.
I think this quote is spicy. lol But I don’t mean it to be rude. I know that if my truth is God’s truth then it’s for the beniefit of you and me that I am candid and honest because only truth sets us free and liberates us from this world of lies that enslave our attention and devotion and soul. Really I tell this quote to myself! Like this is bigger than you girl, don’t you omit pieces. Be honest with yourself and with what God’s word says and proves.
Why God uses weak vessels to showcase His truth and reality I don’t know. Perhaps as we break that reveals His light within us if He’s truly with us.. All I know is that whoever desires God/ not solely believes (because scripture says even demons believe yet they are not for Him) I’m with you and God is for you!
Believe in His grace! Seek His redemption/salvation and you’ll find it in Christ. Jesus gives Himself to whoever needs Him. He said He came to heal the sick and save the lost. Like being lost He’s speaking spiritually, He means spiritually sick as well and those who’re still in love with sin. He knows our interest are not godly until He restores us to God. (He sees our heart and still loves us and desires us) So He did and does that by being God among us, showing us light and what true love really is! And we are naturally designed to be drawn to love, so merely knowing what true love is sets us free if we don’t doubt what’s true and instead believe.
Believe and trust in Jesus’s salvation. Know who Jesus really is. What sin really is. What love really is. Ponder these things and see Christ break chains and build bridges to new life, and walk with you there!
I’m praying for you! God is understanding and forgiving of those who confess their sins and believe/ putting off the old life of beliefs, stepping into the new.
My mission is to proclaim those things: the reality of Jesus and love over sin! To proclaim God’s glories so that we’ll become as God’s true people who Jesus said worships in Spirit AND truth. A unity that’s thankful and loving forever, at peace.
My missions is to speak gracious truth and not omit things though those who don’t want God would love me to let other people be blind and perish as they are. But God seeks His people, as He calls us to seek His Spirit and prepare our heart for when He comes so we’ll recognize Him and be open to welcome Him. A closed heart or mind will reject Him, but He does seek us and won’t loss any of His sheep awaiting a shepherd. He’s nudging people to return to His word and making warriors bold enough to be His light.
Kinda funny I’m a warrior, yet His dependent child?.. I feel solely like the later, but I’ll take it all! All the layers, all the pieces, nothing omitted.
Fellow faith family I want prayers too! Let’s grow together! If you want, comment your passions, your aims and/or your current position and we can encourage and pray for each other!