WE WERE NOT CREATED TO DRIFT ALONG

DO YOU EVER PRAY TO THE LORD AND WONDER IF HE HEARS YOUR PRAYERS?  DO YOU FEEL AS THOUGH YOU ARE ONLY EXISTING, NOT LIVING?  ARE YOUR DAYS LONG, STRESSFUL AND SEEMINGLY ROUTINE?  FOR A VERY LONG TIME, I COULD EASILY ANSWER YES TO ALL THREE OF THESE QUESTIONS.  I THOUGHT THAT THE LORD DIDNT HEAR MY PRAYERS AND THAT I WAS UNWORTHY OF HAPPINESS.  I DIDNT GET ANYTHING OUT OF LIFE AND I DIDNT EXPECT ANYTHING EITHER.  MY DAYS WERE SET ON CRUISE CONTROL AND MY NIGHTS DRIFTED ALONG IN MUCH THE SAME WAY.  I CAN REMEMBER DREADING TO GET UP OUT OF BED, SIMPLY BECAUSE MY LIFE OFFERED NO HAPPINESS, EXCITEMENT OR DIRECTION. 

I ALWAYS DID BELIEVE IN GOD, BUT I TRUSTED HIM HALFHEARTEDLY.  I PRAYED BUT DIDNT GIVE IT MY ALL.  IF I GAVE SOMETHING TO GOD, I WAS QUICK TO TAKE IT BACK.  I LIKED TO BELIEVE THAT I WAS IN CONTROL OF MY LIFE AND THAT I CONTROLLED MY OWN DESTINY.  LOOKING BACK ON MY LIFE TODAY, I CAN SEE WHY CHAOS SEEMED TO BE PART OF MY DNA.  CONFLICT AND UNHAPPINESS WERE MY CLOSEST COMPANIONS.  EVERYTHING ABOUT MY LIFE WAS IN OPPOSITION TO THE WILL OF GOD.  I DIDNT THINK I WAS WORTHY OF THE PROMISES OF THE BIBLE.  I DIDNT UNDERSTAND HOW GOD COULD LOVE SOMEONE LIKE ME. 

I AM SO GRATEFUL THAT GOD CHOSE TO REVEAL HIMSELF TO ME.  HE HAS SHOWN ME THAT HIS PROMISES EXIST FOR US ALL AND HIS LOVE IS UNCONDITIONAL.  NONE OF US WERE BORN TO MERELY EXIST.  WE WERE NOT CREATED TO DRIFT ALONG.  IN JEREMIAH 29, WE ARE TOLD THAT GOD HAS PLANS TO PROSPER US, NOT HARM US.  HIS PLAN IS TO GIVE US HOPE FOR THE FUTURE.  HE URGES US TO CALL ON HIM, SEEK HIM AND PRAY TO HIM, WHOLEHEARTEDLY, THEN, HE WILL ANSWER OUR PRAYERS.  WE SERVE A GOD WHO WANTS TO SEE US THRIVE, NOT JUST BE ALIVE.  HE WANTS US HAPPY, JOYOUS AND FREE, LEAVING NO ROOM FOR DOUBT OR CONFUSION. 

I AM SO THANKFUL FOR THE LOVE OF GOD.  IT IS WITH JOY THAT I TALK TO JESUS DAILY.  I CANNOT PRAISE HIS NAME ENOUGH.  I LOVE TO SHARE HIS MESSAGE OF FORGIVENESS, MERCY AND TRUTH.  ONLY GOD CAN MAKE LIVING WORTHWHILE.  HIS WORD ENDURES FOREVER.  TURN TO GOD TODAY, SEE FOR YOURSELF THE CHANGES HIS LOVE WILL BRING.  IF HE DID IT FOR ME, HE CAN AND HE WILL SURELY DO IT FOR YOU.  TASTE AND SEE THAT THE LORD IS GOOD!!!!

THANKS FOR READING MY "NOTE"
LOVE,
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