Truly Loved + Wholly Surrendered

If Christ gave His all  for you, why can't we give all back to Him? Think about it, Jesus gave all of His love, all of His grace, all of His mercy, all of His forgiveness. He continually blesses us and reminds us of His greatness. I think it's human nature to want to hold back, but once we realize that He already knows and He still accepts you, it makes it easier to let go of everything. Give Him all of your thoughts, your relationships, your doubts, your concerns, your love, your praise, everything that makes you, you. He wants it all. He wants YOU. I think we sometimes get caught up in how we're feeling or what the circumstances look like. Jesus still loves you, but He also still wants all of us and that will never, ever change. He loves you too much to leave you the way you are, but He loves more than enough to accept you the way you are. He won't force you to change, but He does want to help you change to further His kingdom while we're living here on earth. Can...

I've had this topic on my heart lately, and I think it's so important to follow Christ in service. Over the past few months, I've had the attitude of "ugh, again?" "do really have to help? again?" "this is not fun" etc. However, being a servant for those around us and for those we love actually brings joy because we are showing that we love them enough to help them. Serving others is really simple, it's not something that we should dread doing. Jesus is the best example of them all, and since we're following Him, we should be doing the same, right? Serving others can be as simple as helping your mom (or dad) out for dinner by setting the table, doing the dishes, etc. It can be doing something that someone else is very capable of doing themselves, but doing it for them instead. I feel like people nowadays focus a lot on themselves and what they want and how they feel. Serving others isn't based on your feelings. If you serve someone,...