God gave me a second chance at life!!!A father gives the Eulogy at his own son's funeral. "A Father's Heart Part 1""A Father's Heart Part 2""A Father's Heart Part 3"Bronner Burgess
"A woman's heart should be so hidden in Christ that a man should have to seek Him first to find her."
I will die serving God. He gave His life for me. I will give my life for Him.
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To Write Love on Her Arms - INTRO
..I strive to be a good person. To be a godly woman that the Bible speaks of. I have come to know that it's not me who is able to conform to that image but it is only by the reliance that I have upon my Savior. Through the Holy Spirit in me He is able to change me from the inside out to enable me to be all that He desires me to be. I strive to submit my life to Him everyday. I'm not saying I am perfect. No one is except Jesus. We all have a short commings and our stumbles but because of being right up under Him a person is able to stumble less and less. It hurts my heart to see people give themselves away to things in this world like drugs and sex. Those two are the most common stated things in a sentence like that but also to money, gossip, putting down others and the biggest one I myself have recently been convicted of is not paying attention to other's needs. I have realized the more you give yourself away to the things in this world the harder it is to get back to the person you truly were created to be. To find you again. God gives stregnth to those who are week and love to those who are unloved. He's not something that I put my faith in to help me get through the day. He does give me strength from deep within and love from deep within. When the word "give" is used... it is truely given to you. I feel it and I know it, when I need it He gives it to me. It's something that is unexplainable. I have come to realize that nothing is my doings but it's only because of Him a am able to stand. To stand under the pressure of this world and not faulter, to endure temtation when it comes, to not need alcohol to relieve stress in my life. I am no longer a slave to such. I have been set free. There are times when I feel lonely and down, I'm still human, but I know that He is faithful to me because His word says so. I have stood on His word, being scripture, before in times of need and He has proven Himself faithful. He desires to show His faithfulness. Sometimes the narrow road that we are called to walk doesn't look so bright and cheery but I have walked long enough to know that there is a reason and a lesson to be learned during that time, there is something He is trying to teach me something He wants to show me and a new level of understanding He wants me to have. I'm not any better that anyone else I just have something that anyone can have and that's a relationship with Jesus Christ.
God really is awesome and now I am being able to see His holy power work in mighty ways. He has totally turned my life around and it's so awesome and amazing when you see people come to the full saving knowledge of Christ. It's so moving and powerful. He has me in His hand and I'm so thankful for the second chance He has so graciously given me. I should not be on this earth right now but I know He has a purpose for me and has changed my life for forever.I just wish everyone could wake up and realize that a man was beaten so badly that He didn't resemble a human being anymore and He did it for the world, all in the name of love. He was spat on in his face, in His eyes and never said a word. His skin was ripped off of His back and stomach and He never once cried out stop. A crown of thorns was jamed into His skull and He never tried to duck away. They pushed him down into the dirt as the sand rubbed into his wounds and He never tried to brush Himself off. He was kicked, punched, beat with a stick in his head untill blood poured from His eyes. His beard was plucked out of His face hair by hair and He never tried to hit away the hand that was doing it. He tried to carry His own cross to his death. Three nails were driven into Him. One in His right. One in His left Hand, and one in His feet. As agonizing as it was, as they pounded each nail, one by one He never tried to move away. They raised him up as his body weight on the nails ripped into His flesh and bone He never cried out in fear and He never once committed a sin through out His thirty-three years on this earth. He took on my sins for me and I will never once cease bowing down to Him and praising Him. He did this all in the name of love. He did it because He loves me and He loves you. The great news is that He defeated the grave for us. I'm nothing what I use to be because His power has literally changed me from the inside out. I heard a pastor preach this morning saying, "He's the great Turner Arounder!" It's TRUE!!! His power is truely amazing.
