The strength that isn't our own

We all have our bad days. Our hard times that we try to avoid. We distract ourselves in this world were distractions are everywhere. We turn away instead of seeking the chance to be a light in someones hard day. We say to ourselves, that isn't that important. If it is meant to be it will come to be. My strength isn't enough.

To many times we don't bother to care for the world around us. Or more often even the end of our street. We know ourselves as we know our failures and they echo through our minds if we let them. How can I show God to others when my strength isn't enough.

But there is a love that goes beyond our own strength. When in God's Love story of here on Earth, God sent his son. God to live as a man among men. And as a man he he lived without fault or failure. Took our sin, on the cross to be the way our ransom, our Savior.

Jesus died for us, and it did not end with his death for three days later, early on that first easter morning, the Tomb was empty. Jesus came back to life as he said he would. It didn't end with his death. He stayed for a short time with his disciples then went to heaven promising help would soon be with them. The Third Member of the Trinity the Holy Spirt.

The Holy Spirt still works through us to this day. Giving us nudges, speaking to us and performing unbelievable acts of God. The Holy Spirt lives in whoever lives for Christ Jesus. We can become hard and not hear the soft whispers or tugging at our hearts. The Holy Spirt acts very differently in us all. But in our weakness, the Holy Spirt can be our help and make us strong.

Personally there are so many things I struggle with in life. But I know if God has told me to do something, anything. That God will give me the strength to complete the task according to his will. It may be the smallest of things but God gives the bigger task to the ones who can complete the small ones. I miss my chances often enough and have often let my heart become hard. But I try to still myself more and let the spirt soften my heart once again. It is so clear to me when the Holy Spirt lives active within.

I'm about to begin another big chapter in my life as my 19th Birthday closes in. I know my weaknesses. But I can rejoice at the things God has done in my life and where I would be without him. And if that thought doesn't make me wanna rejoice I don't know if anything will.

God is stronger than anything. If God uses us and you realize the strength that isn't my own. That is just a powerful feeling and every time that happens, I trust God all the more and rejoice that God is using my imperfect self for something bigger than me. The strength God gives that isn't my own.

-Always The Beast