Striving To Be "Christ-Like"!

When Jesus isn't the center of your life... it's absolute chaos, it's great fear, it's a battle, and a fight that goes in circles. When Jesus is the center of your life... it may be all those things at times, but at least you have a rock to lean on, a firm foundation to stamd on, you have peace amidst the fear, you don't have to go it alone, you know the ONE who will fight for you, and best of all you know how it will end! ♡

I know that God is a God of hope. I know that God’s presence and peace is enough. I stand in tremendous witness knowing that no matter what hard times we endure, as we serve God and as we are faithful to Him, He sustains us. He gives us His protection. He gives us His word. He gives us what we need to live for and serve Him. For someone... these times may be extra difficult that you are going through, but God remains faithful to His promises! ♡ There is peace that comes from the pain and freedom that comes from the feud... I've personally experienced these "but God" moments!

Sometimes in life, you are going to have those angry moments, those discouraging moments, those disappointing moments, those moments of uncertainty, those heartbreaking moments, those frustrating moments... over the weekend, the Lord reminded me how important it is to pray "thy will be done"! In my moment of frustration, anger, discouragement, and disappointment all rolled into one this weekend... that night of feeling the weight of depression, the next day I begin to pray over and over "Lord even though I'm angry, thy will be done!" After a while, God's peace begin to wash over me, and He started showing me alternatives to get through the situation. God has your best interest at heart, and if He stops or delays something, He has a reason for it. Trust Him and trust the process. By the next day, He divinely had a friend text me another way the situation could work itself out! Suddenly, the alternatives don't look or feel so bad! Sometimes challenges can ...