thoughts, honest struggles and joys from a 20- something in Manchester

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

new year

Here are my scribblings:

Repeated experiences can catch your attention - 3 times the car has been vandalised in the last few weeks...What is going on?  Got me thinking...which got me thinking...and perhaps I went off on a tangent but there you go

Where do I belong?....  Actually its a better question to say to whom do I belong and the answer to that is I belong to the Lord.  I guess it made me think about whether I trust that relationship....I need more revelation....I want to know the love that the bible speaks of and live in the confidence of His redeeming grace on my life in everything I do.

Stop running....  Allow yourself to know and be known when things are bad.  Take the risk of rejection.  True love is when you love someone inspite of their failings.  This is how God loves us - in full knowledge of our mistakes.

As Michael Ramsden put it:

God loves you because he knows who you are. He is not deluded.
So…
I don’t have to pretend to be what I’m not, with God. He already knows! It’s not helpful for God for me to be transparent with him. It’s good for me.
It also gives me transparency with others. I know I have been forgiven –because he forgave me.

So, today I belong and will share myself honestly with others....never much liked running anyway