You tell me to live.

You have my heart completely.

“If you know anything about fairy tales, then you know that a hero doesn’t appear until the world really needs one.” Daniel survives in the lion’s den. David beats Golliath. The Red Sea parts for Israel.  The three boys in the furnace, not dead! Jesus took three days to conquer death, goes to Hell to win me back. A love story only God could write. Why does God write such amazing stories? Because he loves to come through……and He has, does, and always will.

“I will sing of your mercy that leads me through valleys of sorrow to rivers of joy.” I have been in the valley of despair and indecision. I have seen the bottom above me, and my tears beside me. I have doubted my true Love; doubted that His voice was the one leading my heart.  Ive been in reckless love, unguarding my heart and tossing it like a bouquet, trapping myself into a world of lies. I kept on falling, letting the world bring me down. He was calling and I was running….away.

Hero.

My Hero found me when I couldn’t even find myself. You have my heart, You always have.  

Hope.

“The story said she was a prisoner but that wasn’t totally true because she had hope and whenever you have hope, you’re never really anybody’s prisoner.”  I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. ALL things. God never says anything that isn’t true, nor does He make promises He cannot keep. So when He says He will work all things for my good , and that I can do anything those are His words. Why was that not enough for my trembling heart? Why did I still chose my own road?

Beautiful.

Ive been completely terrified of two things: I would never be good enough and I would never have what it takes. insignificant. I wanted just to be beautiful, to be lovely and appealing. Ive chased love like a wild goose chase. Ending up losing everything I had to begin with. And most of it wasn’t even taken , but I gave it away. Precious treasure completely destroyed. But You make beautiful things. You make beautiful things. And Ive been fearfully and wonderfully MADE by You, made in the very image of God. So now I find this life in You where not only am I beautiful, but I am captivating; made in an image of a beautiful God. Made new. 

Faithful.

Always faithful, always good. God is. He just is. All the time. Ive found a love, a strength that makes the immovable mountain movable. God brought me, carried me, lifted me out of the valley. And I can say I am thankful for that valley, and can say without a doubt He is always faithful.  He is calling and I am running as fast as I can to Him. I will not stop, and nothing will ever get in my way that I cannot move through or around.

Complete.

“So go ahead swing your sword, but it will never reach my heart, it will only leave scars and make me want my Savior more” I can say for the first time I am complete. Made whole through Him. Everything behind me is not who I am, it’s who I was. But it’s not just something shoved under a rug, never to be spoken of. No, the enemy would like that too much. Instead it is now a testimony.  I only hope and pray it can be used as a light, a beacon of hope to others lost in a storm. 

You have my heart completely, and I have always been a part of Your heart. Did you know there is a place in Gods heart that no one else can fill, but you? No one else will ever serve as your replacement in Gods heart!

Heres my truth: Hold out. Hope always. You will move through this, Jesus will carry you through it. Be weak, He will always be strong.  Rise up and shine. Lets drive out the darkness together.

And so they lived happily ever after. For ever and ever. Amen.