Man, exercise makes me feel SOOO good!! I can't get over it. I think our Lord is a freaking GENIUS.
Today I walked two miles with 2 lb weights, did the Turbo Jam BOOTY SCULPT with 9 lb and 6 lb weights, and then jogged for 1 mile with 1 lb weights. Wow! I just love it!
Lately I have just gotten myself so mixed up with every little teeny detail about my faith and what *I* think God wants, and just pushing aside what God REALLY wants... that I, like a child, just LOVE Him, serve Him with my life, showing His light and glory to the world.
Kids don't care how long it took for God to create the Earth, they don't care about all these things in this belief system that I, my culture, this society of the western world, has constructed. They don't even know that this HUGE cultural and historical web that straps them into their identity exists. They just believe in the LORD JESUS!!
REALLY... Is there really anything else that matters? I try to remind myself over and over again that there is NOT anything else that matters besides Jesus, but time and time again, still, I let myself get down about not being able to grasp a certain concept or believe an exact way that I am "supposed" to believe. And then I just think, is God up there asking me to relax, breathe Him in, and just believe in Him, love him, have faith in Him, that its OKAY not to be perfect.
It's a hard concept to grasp I think... not having to earn our salvation. Yet day in and day out I feel myself inclined to try to earn it by being someone "acceptable" to God in the things I do. I try so hard and even lose sleep over it, just trying to figure out why I do the things I do, why I am the way I am... but ya know, even if I go through my entire life not accepted by ANYONE because of those things, if all my friends decide I'm a basket case, God still accepts me. And I heard Him whisper that to me this morning.
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Hey! I saw your link on the WATP site and clicked. I've recently started both walking and a new blog on here. I was just reading through some of your blog and it blessed me something serious. I go through the same thought process with trusting God and serving him like a child would with no questions. I wanted to tell you to keep holding on, Jesus is indeed all that we need. It's great to see another young person really walking with Christ.
Your sister in Christ,
Cletra
I really enjoyed our coffee morning! And I enjoyed talking about this very subject. Your zest for discovering new truths is awesome, and it tends to rub off on me.
I love you girl!
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