Sacrifice

Lately, God has been teaching me a lot  about sacrifice. This is definitely a hard lesson for me to learn. I'm sacrificing my time, money, things, resources, and self. My cover has been blown. I've been a selfish person for most of my life. And yet God chooses to love me deeply and immensely. Nothing I can will ever change the way that he loves me and every one of his beautiful creations. 

He sacrificed his Son for me. I need this lesson of sacrifice, no matter how hard it hurts because it's not about me. It's about Him. And this molding process might hurt but it's going to make me the woman of God that he has purposed for me to be. I don't want to be the person I think I should be. I want to be the person he made me to be. I want the pain of being molded because it's about His kingdom not about my comfort. I want to make his kingdom known. 

There's a song that resonates deeply with me because I want to go so much deeper than my feet can ever take me: 
"Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)"

You call me out upon the waters
The great unknown where feet may fail
And there I find You in the mystery
In oceans deep
My faith will stand

And I will call upon Your name
And keep my eyes above the waves
When oceans rise
My soul will rest in Your embrace
For I am Yours and You are mine

Your grace abounds in deepest waters
Your sovereign hand
Will be my guide
Where feet may fail and fear surrounds me
You've never failed and You won't start now

So I will call upon Your name
And keep my eyes above the waves
When oceans rise
My soul will rest in Your embrace
For I am Yours and You are mine

Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders
Let me walk upon the waters
Wherever You would call me
Take me deeper than my feet could ever wander
And my faith will be made stronger
In the presence of my Savior
[x6]

By United. 

Peace be with you.

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