My Letter to God Part 2

Heavenly Father, give me the ability to change the world. Help me to love all of your creation, even when I feel abandoned by them. Show me Your love and help me to understand that You love all people.

Open my eyes to worship You, and by doing so, find the good in everyone, even when I don’t want to. Help me to live as your disciple forever and cry out Your name to the nations. Help me to be humble, just as Christ was when he was here.

Help me to be open and honest with others and be a good listener so that I can see the faith of others.  Work through me so that I can live a Christ-like life by helping others in need. Remind me that You never leave me in want, and that I can come to You with anything.

I thank You for the power of prayer and that I can have conversation with you any time. I praise You that you would wait for me until I understand just how far I’ve fallen and run back to You. Help me to understand that my problems are so small compared to the needs of most, and help me to pray for them.

I worship You for giving me purpose during my time here. Help me not to squander the gifts You’ve given me, but use them to show the world how wonderful you are. Help us to love one another and to understand that our differences are what make us unique rather than enemies.

We praise You, Father, for Your gift of Jesus. We praise You that You love us so much that You would give us a way to be with You. Help me to be an intercessor for the world and come to You at all times rather than just when I need You to pick me up. Your love is what I need Savior, and I praise You for calling me your child and giving me peace and the chance to be with You.

My Letter to God Part 1

Heavenly Father, why is the world so broken? Why is there so much hate and violence? Why do You allow it?

Why do we choose not to love others when we know it’s Your will? Why do we praise You on Sunday and then go back to our sinful ways the rest of the week? Why do we see our faith as something that makes us better than others?

Why do we give up so easily instead of taking the time to work things out? Why do we only think of ourselves when others need us? Why do we complain about such trivial things?

Why do You allow us to talk to You in prayer? Why do you listen to our needs even when we ignore You? Why do we see our problems as more important than anyone else’s?

Why do You give us hope? Why do You give us spiritual gifts so some can use them for the wrong reasons? Why do Christians fight between each other?

What have we done to deserve Jesus? Why do we reject You unless we need You? Why do You choose to love us still?

Grace

I’ve been talking a lot about meeting God and striving to be with Him at all times, but none of it would be possible without grace. As a sinner, I don’t deserve anything from God and yet, He provides. As a human, I fall from God. Because of this fact, I am more than unworthy to be in God’s presence.

God’s love is something we can’t comprehend, and yet, it’s something we attempt to obtain every single day. There would be no reason to try to be a good person if God didn’t extend His grace to us. Without it, we’d all be spending eternity away from Him.

So why does God wait for us? Why does He want to be with us after all we’ve done against Him? It’s because He loves us. It’s that simple. He loves His creation, and will give us as many second chances as it takes for us to come around and take shelter in His loving arms. This is why we need a relationship with Him, He will never abandon us in times of need and He will show us the path to righteousness when we feel like we can’t do anything correctly.

Grace is what drives me to be a better Christ follower. Grace is what defines me because without it, I have nowhere to turn. We need to praise the Father for his unimaginable love and His willingness to give us Jesus who gave us reason to live.

He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me.

 2 Corinthians 12:9

Confusion

I’m at one of those points in my life where I’m just confused. I think that everyone has one of those days where we wake up and just know that the day is going to take a lot more work to be successful than others. I’ve been so overwhelmed with homework and studying lately that I don’t even have time to stop and evaluate things, and as an engineer in training, I need to be able to analyze my day to really feel good about it.

There are days when I feel great because I finally feel like I have everything under control, and then the next day comes when everything comes crashing down. It seems like it all happens at once, all the stress that I thought I had under control just comes right back. I thought my new trust in God would protect me from all of this.

How many wake up calls do I really need? As many as it takes to get me to WAKE UP. It’s so easy to love God one day, and then fall into the same routine as before. I still trust God and pray all the time, but when everything is going perfectly, it’s too easy. God wants us to work at our faith because it’s continually changing.

When we have days where it seems like nothing is going right, we just need to keep reminding ourselves that God is in control, and He will never give us more than we can handle. I can’t stress this fact enough. God wants to be in a relationship with us so much that He will literally give us reasons to come to Him when it seems like we’re too far away to turn around. God’s love is beyond all that we will ever comprehend during our time here.

I pray that when you’re confused about the future and why everything seems to come apart at once that you can turn your eyes to Jesus and realize that you will come out victorious from this battle. Faith and grace make that more than possible.

"Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.” Isaiah 43:1b-2

Miracles

When I read the Bible and see all the things that Jesus did, I tend to wonder why such amazing things don’t happen today. Jesus healed lepers, cured the blind, and raised people from the dead. If God really wanted us to believe, wouldn’t it be easy for Him to perform a few miracles and make everyone believe at once?

The fact is, there are miracles happening all around us. What defines a miracle? I personally consider anything that God gives me as a miracle. Whether it be something physical, like food or helping me get through an exam, or more importantly a spiritual miracle like God extending His grace to me.

God sent us to this earth to be miracles too. It’s our job to help others and help cultivate their faith. So with God doing so much in our own lives, why are we searching for more? Do we need Jesus to come give sight to a blind man or feed thousands with a little fish and bread? I hope your answer to this question is the same as mine, a huge no. Faith is seeing what God has done in our lives and trusting that He will never turn His back on us. The fact that He never will is the greatest miracle in history.

I pray that God makes each and every one of you into a living miracle that lives and breathes the love of the Savior. Look around you today and see all that God has done and realize that the greatest miracles are sometimes the ones that we take for granted.

I [Jesus]tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it. John 14:12-14