Truly Loved + Wholly Surrendered

Lately, I've been noticing that I have a hard time opening up to people, and honestly, I don't truly know why. But, I would like to change that and make myself more relate-able to y'all. I think it's important to get to know others and where they come from and their stories, but it needs to be two-sided; I am realizing that it's not healthy for myself to just listen without allowing others into my life and letting them get to know who I truly am. Now, that I want to change that, I am going to begin with sharing my story and how I came to know Christ. I feel that my story is very simple: I was blessed to grow up in a Christian home and to loving parents who love the Lord. I've gone to church my entire life and had the knowledge of who God is and how we came to be from a very young age. I participated in a lot of church events and was active in reading and memorizing the Bible. But, I started to notice that some of my friends were different (most likely after th...

I hear (and use) this phrase quite often: “All for His glory,” and I started thinking on what that means, so I began looking in the Word to see what the Bible says about it. This post will be the result of what I’ve found and how I’ve come to understand it better. Feel free to share your thoughts and/or leave a comment on my thoughts about this. To start off, the ‘glory’ of God has several different meanings to it, such as His presence or, as I’ve found, the essence of who He is as God. When we ‘glorify God,’ we are declaring who God is. This is seen in Romans 4:20, where Abraham held on to the promise that God made him and, by faith, believed in Him and His promise. Abraham believed that the promise would come through and glorified God in the midst of a situation that seemed impossible (his wife’s old and age and barrenness).  We glorify God when we believe God in the midst of all the chaos and hold on to His Word despite what our circumstances look like. God is also glorified ...

I was thinking about how important it is to feed your soul and keep seeking His face. I feel that a lot of times people talk about reading the Word as a means of feeding yourself, but what about worship? God created us to be in awe of all His creation and all of who He is as God to us. I believe worship can feed the soul just as much as reading His Word, as both are incredibly important. Worship can be seen in different ways and/or styles, but it's still worship. You're still focusing on how God has brought you this far, or on His goodness, or in surrender to Him. It's all about Him when you worship, just like it's all about learning more about Him when you read His Word. I wanted to give you some verses regarding worship and how that can help your soul to stay connected to your Creator. First, I would like to also mention that worship is something that has existed since creation was created. Psalm 66:4 says, "All the earth shall worship You And sing praises to Y...