Christianity Oasis Forum

[Paloma]

When you've come to know God, you are able to know His love in such a way that no one has to prompt you into worship. Something inside you moves, and you recognize within yourself a need to worship God with everything that you have. You sing, you dance, you just lose yourself in worship because I have personally found that it is during worship that I feel God's presence the most. I feel His redeeming love...His unfailing love. God wants us to love Him, and only Him, and loving Him so much that we only see Him. That's a tall order, but loving God first prevents us from getting hurt in so many ways. We're soldiers in the armors of God. We are called to put on the full armor of God, because God knows very well what it is we go through, and even more so than we could ever know. Being saved lets me know that by giving my life to Christ that I have found everlasting life. God knows everything that will transpire in my life. He is in control of my life. I can go about my life serving Him, knowing that He has a time line for everything. With love exists no fear, and that is VERY true. I want to know what it is that God would have me do with my time on this earth. God created us all with a purpose. I want to really know, and I have always felt God's hand steadily leading me towards His will for my life.
I want to know what it is that God wants me to do because I know that time is precious, that God has a purpose for letting me born, for saving me, for letting me breath another day, and I consider life to be a great gift from God...and with all this in my mind I think back to my Father's love. I know that God is a Father to us all, but before God I feel like a princess. I feel so loved, so special, so taken care of. It has been through Jesus that I have been able to get to know God like I know Him today, and the Holy Spirit has been the One to always just lead me in the path that I need to stay on. I thank God because...like that saying goes, I am nowhere near where I need to be, but I'm not where I used to be, and I AM where God wants me to be at the moment. I'm not at the same place I was yesterday because God is the greatest Father and He works with us on a individual basis. God wants me to grow, and He allows certain things to happen sometimes because He wants me to grow...and when I don't past the "test", I'm given numerous chances to overcome all obstacles through Him that loves me. What is ANYTHING without love? I believe that God wants to talk with us, to have a conversation with us (involves dialogue, not monologue), and in order for that to happen we have to just give ourselves sometime alone with our Father. A time when it is just ourselves and God, and no one else. No one knows the relationship that you have with God, and no one knows your true value like God does. No one else made you...God did, thus no one knows your true value like God does. No one loves you like He does. So much has changed. God is still working in me, in my life, and this year is going to be an unforgettable year. It's March, I know, but...God has done a lot so far, and I just feel that 2013 is the year where God will do exceedingly great things. God has never failed me, never EVER...EVER (if you get my point).
God gives us strength , encouragement, and God just has this way of making me feel like I am the most important being in the world...when in fact I have many brothers and sisters across this globe. I think that inside we are all little boys and girls with all our insecurities, and sometimes we try to convince others and even ourselves that everything is good, that everything is just great and dandy, but sometimes we just need to let ourselves be like little children. God knows everything about us, nothing is a surprise. He knows if we're afraid, if we're happy, and God so often, in my experience, just sets things in motion just for you. It's the small stuff, you know. It's those moments though that I can say, "Thanks God." God, in His perfect love, wants to see us happy. He loves to see us happy. When we have faith in God to just take care of us, He never falls through. As I trust God with my future, and my life, I know that I have everything that I could ever need in this life. I have the love that many people still don't know. With a love like this, the trials may come rolling my way any minute now, but I know that if a storm does come that I have a treasure to hold onto, a Father to call out to. A Father's Love overcomes so much. God loves us in a way that as He molds us and shapes us, He teaches us to love others as He loves us. In a way that sees past frivolous things, that accepts people that have been labeled and misunderstood, and with a love that can overcome so much, there is peace.

God Bless,

Paloma

[FaithCW]

Hi. You wrote in your post that you believe God wants us to act like little children. I have a story related to that. It was a moment when I understood exactly what that meant. My husband and I have 2 grandchildren, a boy, the eldest, and a girl. We lived in Georgia and they lived in New Jersey when they were little, so you know there was a great deal of traveling back and forth. Ever since she was able to walk, whenever my granddaughter knew I was coming, she would hide and I would have to search her out, and then she would jump into my arms. One year, when she was about five, I had surgery on my back. After recuperating, I flew to New Jersey to visit the children and grandchildren. True to her habit, my granddaughter hid upstairs. I had to call to her to explain I could not take the steps this time. She came out of her hiding place, began walking down the stairs, and before I could tell her not to jump into my arms, from about seven steps up, she was in midair. In that seconds, all I worried about was dropping the child. Thanks to God I caught her safely and felt only a minor twinge in my back. Later that night as I lay trying to fall asleep, something troubled my spirit so I began to pray. By time the prayer was over, I had learned the lesson God intended for me. As I worried about catching my granddaughter, worried about damaging my back, worried about the child getting hurt --- my granddaughter had not a care in the world. She knew, was absolutely convinced that I would catch her safely. The lesson I learned was that maybe God expects from us adults the same kind of trust and faith my granddaughter had so easily placed in me.

[Paloma]

Amen to that! God wants us to just trust Him. God loves us so much and He knows each and everyone of us so intimately, and when He looks at each one of us, I know that we are dearly loved. Sometimes the hurt can keep us from trusting God to catch us from falling. Little children have an ability to love that is so genuine that there are no words to describe it. Just as a child loves you regardless of anything but who you are, God also wants us to just love Him. Love has no loop holes. It redeems, it saves, it overcomes...and

Thank you for sharing Faith!

[Shan]

I would just like to add something to this...

God deserves our trust because He is worthy. Because of who He is and what He has done. He has shown Himself trustworthy.

It's the same with your grandchild. If you weren't worthy of her trust she wouldn't trust you so easily.

Thank you Holy Spirit!

In Christ,
Shan