Give Me Jesus

That statement might seem foreign to you, especially if you've been wounded by people in the church. For that I am so sorry for your experience.⁠

As your friend, I want to give it to you straight: Don't make a decision about Jesus based on wounded people who have either misinterpreted Him or misapplied His ways.⁠

When it's all stripped away and you just get JESUS in His purest sense (His words are written for all to read): I've found Him to be deeply loving and faithfully trustworthy for the last 33 years since I decided to follow.⁠

I figured out at 17 years old that I am not a good god of my own life. With the best of intentions, I made decisions that hurt myself and others.⁠

I found my best self when I chose to filter my view of myself and of my lifestory through Him, rather than filtering what I thought of Him based on my view of life.⁠ Did you get that? Read it one more time. When my view alone is my filter, things that are small seem very, very big, and unmanageable. Or I manage them dysfunctionally. When I look at life through the filter of the Author of life, my experience becomes peace-filled, even when it feels big and unmanageable.

He makes life make more sense.⁠

He brings me indescribable peace and deep, deep JOY.⁠

He helps me love people. REALLY love them. All people. Those like me, and those unlike me.⁠

He makes me feel deeply loved.⁠

He brings meaning to the sting and hurts of life.⁠

He brought LIFE to my breath.⁠

Stuff is just stuff that gets old or broken.⁠

Give me Jesus. 

TRACI :)