Saturday, August 1, 2015

You are Bad


You are an evil, immoral person.
You sin; you think, say, do awful things.
You make mistakes. Sometimes you intentionally do wrong, just because you want to and it feels good. Not everyone sees your faults. But you know. Your guilt and shame are without question. 

If you do not know Christ, I am describing you. Apart from Christ, I am describing me.
 This is where I was. We've all been there. Some of us still are. We all, at some point in our lives, were miserable, broken, sinful people. 

My heart is especially burdened and hurting for many of you today. If you don't know the joy, the peace, the freedom and, most importantly, the unfailing love of Jesus Christ, I ache for you. 

I don't want to be obnoxious. I don't want to be all up in your face and annoying. I hope you realize that and instead can hear the heart behind my words.
Today it's just especially hard to think about you, and the pain and suffering in your life. 
You see, I have pain. I suffer too.
Like you, often in ways most are unaware. But I have Jesus. I have hope. I have the love that never goes away. And that is how I go on despite life's curveballs. I don't know how I could function without the assurance of God's presence in my life.

I want you to know what I know. To feel His love, grace, comfort, and presence in your pain. I want you to know His forgiveness and freedom. What you try so hard to hide can be forgiven, and God CAN redeem that situation. He won't leave you broken and chained. It isn't His way. He wants to see you thriving and living a life of purity.

::sigh:: I can't even express the love that God has put in my heart. For the abortionist, the homosexual, the adulterer, the thief, the liar, the idolator... everyone. I don't care how bad you think you are--or how bad you truly are--I love you. And that love is from God. He loves you even more than I do. 

There is hope. There is peace. There is joy. There is love. Find it in God. 

~Victoria Christine