Love

I serve an awesome God. I serve the one and only TRUE God that there is. And I have dedicated my life to serve Him because of what His son did for me, by dying on the cross. And this is the absolute truth. And everything in me would proclaim it if it could.
With that in mind lets move on, be real. Get down and dirty. I'm also a sinner. Darn, now you know. I fail, time and time again. I love God, yet I fall short of His glory over and over. But, here's the awesome part, I am forgiven. I am washed clean of all this nastiness, of all this filth. Because of Jesus Christ dying on the cross, I am forgiven. I am given eternal life. Not just because of that, but because I have faith. I believe that God sent Jesus to die in my place. Because I am this awful human being who pursues worldly things. I chase lusts. I worship other idols. But He forgave me. And He loves me despite these failures.
I'm also very prideful, well I used to be. Now I have just a little pride. The point being, I would be the last to admit that I was wrong. "No, how could it be? Me? Wrong?" Well, the Lord is working in me and I know that I cannot carry that with me anymore, I need to be the first to admit I am wrong, and I am at a fault and I need to move on. I am doing that.
We all are like this. Maybe not all, but a lot. And we have this pride and we carry our burdens all alone yet we claim to believe that God exists and sent His son to die in our place. But when we cast our sin and our problems and issues on Him, and we truly believe in His saving grace, it is the most freeing and incredible feeling.
I said earlier that I am a sinner. Personally I would say that the road I was on was a terrible one. It was a dark future. I had addictions, I chased man made desires, I was living life for me. Not for He. And it wasn't good. His grace saved me. It came in and rescued me. Made a new path for me. And part of that is these simple blog entries on what God is doing in my life.
In 1st John 4:16-17 the scripture says "We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in His love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect."
For most of my life I lived a lie. I bottled everything inside of me. I locked up emotions. I claimed to be a believer yet had little faith. This faith is exploding because I finally put my trust in His love. His love is changing me. And love means nothing unless it is through Him. Absolutely nothing. It will fade. It cannot last without Him. Because like the verse says, "God is love." And this love will change your life like it has mine, if only you will accept what He has done for you.