Well, its a new year! And I guess I should be posting about resolutions, starting afresh, new hope, blah, blah, blah, but I think I'm a little late for it. So I'm going to write about what I want to write about. Which, to be honest, is what I always do anyway. :)
Don't you hate it when you offer someone something and they don't take it?
"Please take it."
"No, I couldn't."
"No really, I want you to have it."
"No, thanks anyway."
"Just TAKE IT!"
This is how my conversations generally go when I'm trying to give something to somebody and its simply a random gift. You give it to them, they hand it back. And so it continues until someone loses the battle. Its not that they don't want what I'm trying to give them - its just that for some reason, the unspoken rules of peopledom tell them not to take the offer.
Well, this can sometimes relate to us and God. When Jesus died on the cross for us, he bought as back at a price. So we are now his. Right. But he also gave us something - he gave us life. And for some reason, us christians have this mentality that we should give it back. I'm sure you've heard the speech,
"Give God your life. Lay it down at his feet. Put your life in his hands."
I used to have this little 'game' that god and I played where I'd say,
"Ok God, I'm giving you my life. Take control." And then a week later I'd find out that I was in control again and once again hand it over.
"Sorry about that God, I grabbed the wheel for a bit. But this time I mean it - take it, its yours." And I did mean it. But, so happens that I would once again find myself feeling in control and have to hand my life back over to God all over again. And again.
But heres the thing. God gave us life. And then we try to give it back. You see, God is part of your life. He's in your heart, and your in his. Its like when Jesus died on the cross he didn't just buy you back, but he grabbed you and smashed you into God so that you are now one. Do we really think that God doesn't have control over our lives? That he's not stearing this ship? He gave us life, and guess what? He came with it as a package deal. Its like getting a new car with a GPS already installed.
Don't try to give back what you've been given. Take it, love him for it, and live it. Thats why he gave you life in the first place.
You can't give God anything that he doesn't already have, because news flash - he has everything! You've been given your life, and God's not looking for it back. So hold on tight to it and watch as God takes you for a ride.
Love Gracie
Don't you hate it when you offer someone something and they don't take it?
"Please take it."
"No, I couldn't."
"No really, I want you to have it."
"No, thanks anyway."
"Just TAKE IT!"
This is how my conversations generally go when I'm trying to give something to somebody and its simply a random gift. You give it to them, they hand it back. And so it continues until someone loses the battle. Its not that they don't want what I'm trying to give them - its just that for some reason, the unspoken rules of peopledom tell them not to take the offer.
Well, this can sometimes relate to us and God. When Jesus died on the cross for us, he bought as back at a price. So we are now his. Right. But he also gave us something - he gave us life. And for some reason, us christians have this mentality that we should give it back. I'm sure you've heard the speech,
"Give God your life. Lay it down at his feet. Put your life in his hands."
I used to have this little 'game' that god and I played where I'd say,
"Ok God, I'm giving you my life. Take control." And then a week later I'd find out that I was in control again and once again hand it over.
"Sorry about that God, I grabbed the wheel for a bit. But this time I mean it - take it, its yours." And I did mean it. But, so happens that I would once again find myself feeling in control and have to hand my life back over to God all over again. And again.
But heres the thing. God gave us life. And then we try to give it back. You see, God is part of your life. He's in your heart, and your in his. Its like when Jesus died on the cross he didn't just buy you back, but he grabbed you and smashed you into God so that you are now one. Do we really think that God doesn't have control over our lives? That he's not stearing this ship? He gave us life, and guess what? He came with it as a package deal. Its like getting a new car with a GPS already installed.
Don't try to give back what you've been given. Take it, love him for it, and live it. Thats why he gave you life in the first place.
You can't give God anything that he doesn't already have, because news flash - he has everything! You've been given your life, and God's not looking for it back. So hold on tight to it and watch as God takes you for a ride.
Love Gracie
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