Seek Him and you will find your peace...

I feel led to share again this morning. I’ve had so much on my mind and my heart is burdened. You will probably be seeing me share more and more in the near future. I have reached a point in my life where I can no longer sit back and watch people slander my God’s name or make lite of the importance of faith.

I’ve grown up in and out of church my entire life. I decided to accept Jesus Christ as my Savior at the age of 5. Did I fully understand the impact this would have on my life at that age? Absolutely not. Did I understand what it truly meant to ask Him into my heart? No doubt about it. Even at such a young age, I could feel a difference from that day forward. There was an instant innate ability to tell wrong from right and doing “wrong” always made me feel VERY uncomfortable. Was I a perfect child? In no way, shape, or form. Did I tend to steer clear of things that I KNEW were evil?? You betcha!

My relationship with God hasn’t been much of a real relationship. I always knew he was there and I talked to him as if he were with me all the time. There was still something missing. It wasn’t until I reached my lowest point(about 3 years ago) that I realized I had to be proactive about it and fully SEEK Him. It was then that I realized simply praying and praising His name was not what an actual relationship with Him was like.

I started attending church here and there which eventually led to going every Sunday morning. When I started out, I sat with family but then decided that I needed to sit away from family to make it more about the message and not the ability to feel comfortable.

I needed to feel uncomfortable.

I needed to shake things up. I needed to be there to focus on MY relationship with the Lord… not anyone else. Let’s fast forward to today. I still sit away from family. I sit and listen and take notes. After the message, I speak to others and catch up a bit but it’s not until then that I do so.

My journey with God has finally led me out of the darkness.

I have hope.

I have ZERO worries.

I have an inner peace that is completely unexplainable. Do I have a perfect life? Nope. But am I worried about the days ahead? Still a big NOPE. Why? I know that through seeking Him and staying on the right path, He will never fail me.

I WISH that I had the words to express how it felt because I want EVERYONE to know what it’s like. It took a long time to reach this point but I had to realize how important church attendance was FIRST.

I want to clarify a few things about church, though.

Did church save me? No. Does simply going to church make me a better person? No. Does walking through those doors wash away all my sins? Not even close.

So what DOES going to church do?

It challenges me. It makes me want to learn more. It pushes me to do better and strive to be better. It puts me in a place where like minded people are also striving to be better. It’s a positive environment. What could possibly be so bad about going to a place where people are simply striving to be a better version of themselves?? Being a Christian or going to church does not make me better than anyone. I am still a sinner. I simply make a daily effort to be better than I was yesterday and, through church, I know that I have a support system that I can run to if necessary.

Everyday I try to love like my God loves.- unconditional, unwavering love. This is my daily challenge.

Today I want to challenge you to look at why church is important and why the RIGHT church is important. Not all are the same and, yes, there are false prophets all around(Matthew  24:11). Seek Him and you will find your peace.

Todays references:

Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says

James 1:22

Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ.

Romans 10:17

And many false prophets will appear and deceive many people.

Matthew 24:11

I hope you all have a very blessed day.

Sending lots of love!