Hello readers and believers, I pray this post finds you well!
After much back and forth through the years, in obedience I decided to start this blog as a way to open up about this wild journey called life, and in doing so share the revelations God has revealed to me and continues to show me as I walk with Him. My biggest hindrance in starting this was simply a lack of content; I had no idea what to write about. Yet in my times of reflection God reminded me of all that He’s brought me through, and opened my eyes to see that my whole life is filled with content. My life is a story that continues to be written everyday by the same hand that created me, and it’s a story that can be used to bless those who witness its progression. So here I am, lead by the Lord and willing to share the things given to me via Holy Spirit, and to also challenge myself with moments of transparency as I continue to reflect and document my walk, from past to present as we barrel head-first into the future.
There are so many scattered notes and such to gather, and as I transcribe the things revealed through the scope of my life, I pray it blesses and encourages you. I pray my transparency serves as a cautionary tale, but also as a truth that will dispel one of the most detrimental lies of the enemy: that you’re alone. I can assure you that you are not. Yes you may be physically alone, but in the spirit, God is with you, always, and you are wrapped in the prayers of those you know and those you don’t, myself included. In this life there is pain, suffering, heartache, but what better way to know that God is there amid your situation than to seek Him out in the storm and see Him there. To call out to Him and feel His presence. When the going gets rough, man will most assuredly fail you, but God is not a man that He should lie, and He promised to be an very present and well-proven help in trouble (Psalm 46:1). His promises transcend a “feeling”, although many times that will come, those hair raising and spine-tingling moments. Yet when you mature to the point where you don’t seek that feeling, don’t rely on it, and you KNOW that He hears your cries, and that He is there with you in the storm, it gets better. It doesn’t get easier, you get stronger through Him.
I look forward to sharing with you all, and I want to say I very much appreciate your time and patience in reading this post. I pray that whether you tune in for the long haul, got what you needed and head off into the sunset or are currently searching for a “dislike” button of some sort, that your spirit be fed and your heart be uplifted by the promises of God. Whether you’re clinging to hope with a white-knuckled grip or enjoying the abundant peace and joy of the Lord, I want to remind you that neither joy nor pain, peace or depression, achievements or failures can take away from the goodness of God.
Seek Him in all that you do, and know that He is with you. To God be the glory and honor, God bless you! And until next time!
–JB
Rnt with JB 