Do you want to be new?

February 11, 2018 carriedinthecross1 Comment

Let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. Put on your new nature, created to be like God-Truly righteous and holy. Ephesians 4: 23-24

We all ‘say’ we want to be more like Jesus. To be anointed with His kind of grace but do we really?

How many of us as humans would raise our hands and say, “Me Lord, make me more like you,” and actually mean it?

Not many. Because to be more like Christ we need to change from our old, sinful self into the new enlightened version that God has for us.

Sacrificing things to become closer to God is not an easy task and there are few who would take it up; but to put on the nature of Christ we need to follow his ways. Pray more, be kind to those who hate us, care for those in need, and throw a table or two once in awhile when none of the above are being effective.

But the greatest thing we can do to be more like Christ is love

Christianity · Devotional · dreams do come true · Jesus · Uncategorized

If only they’d look closer, they’d find out there’s so much more to me.

January 14, 2018 carriedinthecross1 Comment

Don’t you ever wish that people would look closer, that they wouldn’t judge simply from an off hand meeting? People don’t see the real you until they take the time to get to know the real you. Jesus looks closer right away, he never judges even after He sees the true man/woman behind the mask, He loves you no matter what you are like. If only people could be more like Jesus, often times you wont know what the person is like until they feel comfortable to bring down their barriers and stop hiding behind the front they put up. True, some will prefer the false you and like you less once they get to know you, but others will like you even better when they see the true, genuine article. Don’t be afraid to look closer at people before you decide if you like them or not, Jesus wasn’t, He has always seen us with all our flaws and loves us even more for them, because the flawless can’t be refined.

Christianity · Devotional · Jesus · Uncategorized

Not just a misfit

December 24, 2017 carriedinthecross1 Comment

Remember the island of misfit toys in Rudolf? The place to go when no one wants you because you don’t fit in. I realized recently how much I can relate to those toys. How often I feel like I just don’t belong and it made me wonder how many other people feel that way? I exspect many do. The world is made up of categories and either you fit in a category or you don’t really fit anywhere; but God didn’t create those categories people did. God didn’t make us to fit in a box and be stacked with all the other boxes labeled the same, He made us to stand out. God made us Rachel, Lauren, David, Ryan, Max. He didn’t make us athlete, equestrian, book worm, mathalete those are just parts of us, the whole is so much more than a category. Some of us don’t have a category to climb into and maybe that’s because God has made us too unique to be just one thing. God loves His misfit toys because they are the ones who will go on to shape the world the way God wants it. They will go on to be the next David Livingston, Martin Luther King, Peter, Mosses, Hur. Some people may only have a very small role to play in the big picture, but that role will be significant and amazing. God has made sure of that! Even if you never realize what you’ve done, we all will have done something amazing in God’s plan by time we are through here on earth.

So embrace being a misfit, it’s the misfits that change the world.