The negatives are really positives~

 The negatives are really positive and what brings me closer to God!

His love is TAYLOR-MADE just for me.

I have asked before where is the abundant life God promised in the midst of suffering. Sometimes it's hard to find... and life just stinks. I've learned to go with the flow and admit the truth. Deep waters I am want to tread in....but God never leaves my side.

The more trials I have endured, the more I've experienced God's unending faithfulness and love. With each hurdle crossed, each trial survived, comes strength, fulfillment, and joy. Limping through life isn't what God intended. Jesus came to set us free. Not partially free, but completely and totally free. When we allow God to walk us through and provide healing...He uses our difficulties to help others to fight their battles. I have learned this lesson so strongly the last year and a half. All around me people are struggling...whether it is physically, mentally, or spiritually. I know that through trials and my experiences that I may be able to help in part of their rescue. I know that when we struggle, hurt, or sin that God picks us up, dusts us off, and sets us on our feet again. He is continually granting his unfailing grace. God NEVER fails to forgive sin, to heal wounds of the past, to supply beauty that is all around us, and every need I could ever have.

I admit there were days when I wondered why I was in the situation I was and why it wasn't changing...but God never EVER left me. He never fails. Regardless of what trials and messes the adversary throws at me HE will never fail me. Christs love for me is forever, faithful, just, merciful, abounding, everlasting, gracious, compassionate, and patient. His love is wide, long, high, and deep and is always there when the floods come and sorrow is present. I am fully aware that God's purposes are beyond anything I can imagine. God looks at us and sees our potential and all that we can become! I know that he sees how I can conform to the image of his Son by gently and sometimes painfully shaping my testimony. I am so grateful for that!

"Abundant living is not just about life, it's about living in Christ, finding who WE are in Him."

"For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago." Ephesians