HAPPY NEW YEAR 2019!!
This last year was fun to say the least.
It was also difficult, arguably the most difficult one I've had in a while.
This last year brought me lots of hardships, heartbreaks, anxiety, loneliness, pain, struggles, defeat, sadness, stress like never before, worry and the list goes on and on...
But it also brought tons of new opportunities, change, i learned so much, I've seen so much, had adventures and explored myself more than anything. I left my comfort zone so much that i hate being in it. I made tons of new friends and left a few down the road. I cried more tears this year than any other but i felt more joy and peace than before. My relationship with God was a bit rocky to be honest but i know it will never be perfect so i'm going to keep growing still.
I changed myself more than anything and my love for others and for my friends and family and church has grow as well. There's just too much that happened and if i write it all here, you guys would stop reading for sure because the list would be so long.
But despite everything that happened, i know i still have too much to learn and i have to step out of my comfort zone even more so. I know i don't exactly write here very often because i only want to make a blog post when i feel that God is calling me to write and i like to write when i'm at peace.
There's so much i want from this year as well, but i know it will bring even more pain and hardships in order for me to gain more peace and much much more of God. Nothing that is worth it comes easily. In order to change yourself, you have to be broken first.
God does so much in each and everyone of us, but before he can fix or help anyone, he has to first take out the impurities and to make room for the pure.
My Older sister once told me "God cleans us out like Iron. When cleaning Iron, you cook it and all the impurities float to the top and when they get to the top, you scoop it out and you repeat the process until the Iron becomes so clear that you see your reflection. God wants to see his reflection in us so he cleans us."
She didn't say it completely in those words of course but that was what she said still. I always thought that when i'm having problems from the past or things are happening in my life that i thought i got rid of and so forth that i was relapsing into what i was before God saved me, but in reality, God was and is cleaning me.
He puts me into situations that bring up all those impurities to the surface and then he cleans it out little by little. He does this because he wants to see his reflection in me in the end process.
As followers of Christ, we must keep trying to be more like Christ. We must keep improving and learning and people need to see less of us and more of Christ in us. That's really what the end goal is in our lives and that's what makes our lives worth living. Nothing else matters.
So i hope this new year you truly do become a "New You" by becoming more Christ-like. Your adventures this year will be different from your last and your pain will be different too.
Now this is a weird thing to say but i hope you go through so much pain and struggles and difficult situations this next year so that in the end you can experience so much more joy and peace and fullness like never before. I hope you grow more and gain more knowledge and more wisdom and love and care for others and you put yourself down like a servant to raise God more in your life because it will be all worth it in the end. If you want it to be worth it in the end, then i promise it's not going to be an easy journey to get there.
God bless you all and thanks for reading and a Happy New Year! :D
It was also difficult, arguably the most difficult one I've had in a while.
This last year brought me lots of hardships, heartbreaks, anxiety, loneliness, pain, struggles, defeat, sadness, stress like never before, worry and the list goes on and on...
But it also brought tons of new opportunities, change, i learned so much, I've seen so much, had adventures and explored myself more than anything. I left my comfort zone so much that i hate being in it. I made tons of new friends and left a few down the road. I cried more tears this year than any other but i felt more joy and peace than before. My relationship with God was a bit rocky to be honest but i know it will never be perfect so i'm going to keep growing still.
I changed myself more than anything and my love for others and for my friends and family and church has grow as well. There's just too much that happened and if i write it all here, you guys would stop reading for sure because the list would be so long.
But despite everything that happened, i know i still have too much to learn and i have to step out of my comfort zone even more so. I know i don't exactly write here very often because i only want to make a blog post when i feel that God is calling me to write and i like to write when i'm at peace.
There's so much i want from this year as well, but i know it will bring even more pain and hardships in order for me to gain more peace and much much more of God. Nothing that is worth it comes easily. In order to change yourself, you have to be broken first.
God does so much in each and everyone of us, but before he can fix or help anyone, he has to first take out the impurities and to make room for the pure.
My Older sister once told me "God cleans us out like Iron. When cleaning Iron, you cook it and all the impurities float to the top and when they get to the top, you scoop it out and you repeat the process until the Iron becomes so clear that you see your reflection. God wants to see his reflection in us so he cleans us."
She didn't say it completely in those words of course but that was what she said still. I always thought that when i'm having problems from the past or things are happening in my life that i thought i got rid of and so forth that i was relapsing into what i was before God saved me, but in reality, God was and is cleaning me.
He puts me into situations that bring up all those impurities to the surface and then he cleans it out little by little. He does this because he wants to see his reflection in me in the end process.
As followers of Christ, we must keep trying to be more like Christ. We must keep improving and learning and people need to see less of us and more of Christ in us. That's really what the end goal is in our lives and that's what makes our lives worth living. Nothing else matters.
So i hope this new year you truly do become a "New You" by becoming more Christ-like. Your adventures this year will be different from your last and your pain will be different too.
Now this is a weird thing to say but i hope you go through so much pain and struggles and difficult situations this next year so that in the end you can experience so much more joy and peace and fullness like never before. I hope you grow more and gain more knowledge and more wisdom and love and care for others and you put yourself down like a servant to raise God more in your life because it will be all worth it in the end. If you want it to be worth it in the end, then i promise it's not going to be an easy journey to get there.
God bless you all and thanks for reading and a Happy New Year! :D
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