I am proud to say I have graduated from Applied Life (my 9 month internship)! I am home now, and feel like I have been given a fresh start! The Lord has done such an amazing work in me, and thanks to Applied Life I have the foundation I need to move forward! I am thankful and exited and healed and ready to work hard to get where I know God has for me to be! If you have been praying, thank you- I have felt every one of your prayers. If you encouraged me to start blogging again... thank you, I needed the push;) If you have faithfully stuck by my side in all of this...thank you, you have blessed my life more than I have the words to thank you. If you have been a part of my life in any way good or bad, thank you; God has used those moments to teach me invaluable lessons. I am thankful for it all.
2 Corinthians 5:17
" If anyone belongs to Christ he (or she) is a new creation . The old things have gone; everything is made new."
This scripture is my heart and soul right now:) It lets me taste just how deep and wide and vast and relentless my Saviors' love for me is. I am overwhelmed. It blows me away, has carried me when I could not move, chased me and pursued me, believed in me, felt my hurt, caught my tears, held me in lonely nights, rejoiced with me when the morning came, fought with me all this way, has gone before me to prepare the way but stays beside me at this very moment. My God holds my heart and the stars in the same hand. He is the maker of the heavens and earth but longs for our love. My God has made all things new. My past is gone, his grace and mercy have washed me, and here I am made right with him- a new creation.
The power of this and really any scripture is our faith to believe it. We cannot merely read the word, we must believe with every ounce of our being that what God is promising us is truly ours. Because it is. That's when he can begin to truly move, when he has a willing heart expecting him to speak. He is good. It's always like springtime with him:)
