What to write about? I don't know what to write about so I guess I'm going to ramble until something better comes to mind. I guess I'll lead in with a little disclaimer. I'm not a writer it's not what I do. My spelling sucks (praise God for spell check), my grammar is the worst, and I just can't seem to keep in the same tense. So if you want to continue you're in for quite the treat.
I guess I'm going to write some things that I believe, I'm not going to analyze scripture and try to be a theologian. I'm just going to write about something that resonates in my heart.
Jesus in us
Jesus and us, two completely separate entities, but called to be one. Well that's just nuts! How can two things become one you ask, Through death. I think that the only reason that we, as two separate entities, can become one is because of the simple idea/hard to practice act of death. Of course everyone that is reading this would be like "yeah Jesus came and died now we can be one entity" but what about you?
But what about you? Aren't we called to die? Yeah, we are.
You're not wrong in thinking that God came in the form of man and died for us. To open the door for us to live as one entity, but watching a door open doesn't help you tie yourself with Jesus. We need to die.
Die to yourself, die to your old sinful habits, die to the persona you've created to fit in. Be you but be you in Christ. Die to the you that you have created so that you can co-exist with the world. It starts with seeing the door that God has opened, but that is just the beginning. You need to walk through that door. Step into Jesus. Live against the world, live to seek and find the you that God has created you to be. Live LOUD, live in the passion and desires that God is placing in your heart. Because when we do we find that we are beginning to become one entity.
I am in love with an amazing woman, and I have been for quite sometime. As many of you who would be reading this know we have been on and off again over the past 6 years. So many times I've been asked the question why. I've learned that we never lived together, we lived separate lives that watched the other person live next to them. But over the last two years we have seen a huge change in our relationship, and now again I'm sure you want to ask why. We, praise the Lord, are living together. We have seen each other open the door, but we never stepped through it until recently, and when we stepped through it we learned to fight for/with each other. We have seen each others darkest corners and loved each other through it, and when we made the decision to live with one another we have seen God string us together one stitch at a time.
God has opened the door for you. He is longing for his bride, you, to step through that doorway. I can promise you that when/if you choose to step through that door God is going to take you and stitch by stitch and thread you to the image of Jesus. He will combine the dual entities and he will make you one with Jesus.
Well that's what I believe...
Peace and Faith
1 comment:
You started blogging again :).
So I read this and got to the part where it says we never lived together, and I thought to myself "duh". Then I realized your point was not literal... haha.
I love the way you describe relationship as "one stitch at a time". As humans, we get so impatient with ourselves but that makes it a much more beautiful picture.
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