Your story is bigger than you think.
“God uses ordinary people to do extraordinary things.” This statement is so true in my life right now. But I don’t like to think that anyone is just ‘ordinary.’ I think everyone is extraordinary and God uses them to do things that they can’t even comprehend.
Your story is bigger than you think. So, you’ve messed up a few times, everyone does. But each of those ‘mess ups’ are just puzzle pieces that contribute to God’s plan for your life. Don’t let your mistakes define you. Let your mistakes make you into the person that you were meant to be. Your mistakes are there to help you, to teach you, to change you, to help you grow into the person that you were supposed to be.
Don’t despise your trial, it might be the only thing that’s keeping you alive. A couple of months ago, I was just getting way too comfortable. I barely prayed or read my Bible. I didn’t feel the need. I was like, hey, you know, if I’m not going through anything, why even spend the time praying? God has a sense of humor, that’s for sure. He shook me up and put something in my life that made me cling to Him like never before. I was hurt, tried, and tested. But I’m so thankful for that trial. I’ve learned so much more about myself through this whole situation and I can feel my story beginning to unravel.
Think about Ruth. She was just a simple girl and God used her to do such amazing things. I don’t know about you, but I’m just so excited to see what God has in store for my life. I’m more excited than I’ve ever been in my entire life. He’s taking me to new levels and yes, it’s going to be scary, but it’s going to be so worth it.
You may not see it now, but your story is bigger than you think.
I definitely needed to hear that.
I feel like a lot of the time, I let things that have happened in my past, things that I’m not so proud of, consume me until they are me. It’s just hard for me to believe that even with all the wrong I’ve done that God has forgiven me and can still use me to work in the lives of other people. It’s hard though because I still remember them and they make me feel pretty rotten on the inside, but God said,
No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest,” declares the LORD. “For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.” (Jeremiah 31:34).
I know this is kind of a tangent, but there is this AWESOME song by Audio Adrenaline called ’Ocean Floor’. The chorus says:
They’re all behind you; they’ll never find you. They’re on the ocean floor. Your sins are fogotten; they’re on the bottom of the ocean floor. Your sins are erased and they are no more; they’re out on the ocean floor.
Who am I, this little girl to have my sins forgiven by the Almighty One? It’s really crazy when you think about it that way.
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Anyway, now that I’ve gone and ranted about how I’m feeling. Thanks for posting this…even though I know you didn’t do it for me, it was a good reminder.
