Lost in Translations....

It has been a while since I last posted....I just had some thoughts that I wanted to share....

I have been able to take bible study classes all this year and I must say, I have really enjoyed them and they have opened up my eyes and heart a LOT...Which obviously I know is the Holy Spirit, not the "studies", at work in my life. One thing has been nagging at me though, I realized, I had no idea what I really BELIEVED!! I mean don't get me wrong, I believed in Jesus Christ as my Savior, BUT I had a very BASIC UNDERSTANDING of the power I have LIVING IN ME. I knew and could see the work Christ has done and is doing in my life and felt certain ways about things but still again, VERY BASIC TRUTHS....

I was COMFORTABLE with those truths and quite content to stay there b/c less RESPONSIBILITY on my part :-) However, THANKFULLY I submitted to His will and dove in head first. Had I stayed where I was "comfortable" I would be missing out on all the NEW TRUTHS and NEW FREEDOMS I have found in Him. Being in bible study was VERY INTIMIDATING to me b/c I felt as if everyone else was a million steps ahead of me...Going back to PRIDE, I didn't want to APPEAR spiritually challenged, for lack of a better word!! The beauty and TRUTH, we ALL are spiritually challenged in some areas :-)....NONE of us have it all figured out, we are ALL works in progress!! His time is ALWAYS the perfect time and we can TRUST that what He wants us to KNOW and GRASP, a TRUTH, it will be layed out for us!!

I remember walking into the fall semester, CLASSIC CHRISTIANITY (or as I called it CASUAL Christianity), and looking around the room at the ladies who were in it and thinking, MAN THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG SEMEMSTER....The ladies who were in the class were ladies I felt were way more advanced than I, and how could I ever grasp anything they were studying LOL....Seriously, am I the only person who has ever felt that way?! Thankfully, it was the PERFECT group for me b/c God used each of them to help me to grasp the new truths. I took away not only a stronger relationship with my Father BUT ladies who I consider GREAT FRIENDS now. These are ladies I can go to when I have questions and we can share together without feeling intimidated. Again, I seen in my class that we ALL are learning NEW TRUTHS all the time and that is a WONDERFUL THING...To STOP learning and growing is the SCARY place, not the GROWING in Him!!

So, my point?! I encourage you to find a group of fellow believers to STUDY with....To go in with an OPEN HEART and do NOT let PRIDE stand in the way of GROWING IN HIM!! One TRUTH that I didn't even realize I struggled with is, I AM COMPLETLY FORGIVEN, I don't have to worry about God smacking me with His big wooden spoon!! There is NOTHING I can do or not do to make Him love me anymore or any less. Sin no longer has any power over my life, I get to CHOOSE how to live, by allowing the LIVING God to direct my paths!! Struggles = obedience and my High Priest, Jesus Christ, was NOT exempt from the struggles of this world BUT He OVERCAME and that my friend is where my HOPE rests!! Many, many more cleaning out of deceptions and being replaced with His word but I have bored you enough....Until next time........much LOVE!!!