Learning for a Lifetime

I was raised in the Seventh-day Church. And yet it has still taken me many years to learn some of the important things to learn like love, grace and mercy. I truly believe that our walk with the Lord will last our whole lives with many, many things that we need to learn. Maybe I am hard headed or it's just hard for me to get certain concepts, but I have found that I have learned things over the last 10 years that I should have learned long ago.

Today I want to share a bit of my testimony with you. About 10-11 years ago - I started going to some 12 step type meetings being held at my church. We had a couple in our church who had been addicted to drugs and drinking and they had come through the 12 steps and found freedom from addiction. And then they found the Adventist church. They began a ministry at our church by doing these meetings. I will always be so grateful to them for this ministry. These meetings is how I finally learned the importance of turning my life and my will over to God. Surrendering your life to Him is vitally important. As long as we hold on tight to our lives and the way we want to do things- He doesn't have the opportunity to work the changes in our characters. And trust me our characters need major renovations, I know mine does. This old world is so far away from what God intended this world to be like - it is because of sin - sin only brings destruction and a downward bent to our characters. We need the strength and power from Jesus in order to make the changes needed- and He needs willing hearts to do the work. We need to become as clay - surrendered to the Potter. This is the only way that He can create us into something beautiful!

I hope that you will considering giving your life, heart and soul to Jesus today. May you give Him permission to transform you into His image. May God richly bless you today and everyday as you give Him the freedom to work in your life! :O)