Tuesday, July 26, 2011

There are No Orphans of God!

Lately God has been doing a lot of work in my life and one thing that he has taught me is that there are No orphans in his kingdom! He loves everyone equally, and once we are saved there is nothing possible that can change that!

Avalon has a song Called"Orphans of God" that explains it better than I can.
I really encourage you to listen to the song yourself, but I have posted the lyrics below.

Who here among us has not been broken
Who here among us is without guilt or pain
So oft’ abandoned by our transgressions
If such a thing as grace exists
Then grace was made for lives like this

There are no strangers
There are no outcasts
There are no orphans of God
So many fallen, but hallelujah
There are no orphans of God

Come ye unwanted and find affection
Come all ye weary, come and lay down your head
Come ye unworthy, you are my brother
If such a thing as grace exists
Then grace was made for lives like this

O blessed Father, look down upon us
We are Your children, we need Your love
We run before Your throne of mercy
And seek Your face to rise above

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

God speaks to us through people of ALL ages

I have had other people poor into my life for Christ for a long time. However, I had not truly acknowledged that until recently. Over this past year, my walk with Christ grown tremendously. Not only because I have studied the word more than before, but also because of all the amazing people who have poured into my life. The church staff and other adults I know by giving me Godly words of wisdom. Collage-age friends by being there for me to talk to and get advice when I needed it most. my "youth" friends by simply just being there to share experiences with. Kids I go to church with all the way from 6th grade to not even in school by just being themselves and not even trying to witness to me. Normally, people do not think about the fact that God can use anybody to speak to you through.
I was a helper in bible buddies for k-3rd graders and we had this one little girl who I absolutely adored in there who was in kindergarten. God used her to speak to me multiple times. It threw me for a loop at first because I thought I was supposed to be pouring in to her life and guiding her towards Jesus when she ends up teaching ME. There were times that I would be struggling with something when I would see her and get a big hug from her, every thing seemed to be better. I can not even begin to describe how amazing it was, my life would not be the same without all the amazing people that have been there for me and pointed me in the right direction.