I am new! I am free! Thanks be to Jesus! I am a treasure someone loves me! Thank You Jesus!

Home Coming

You O Lord saw me as I was and yet You died for me.

You knew I would run wild on life stormy sea.

One day beaten and down I looked around for another way.

There You were with arms open wide.

There I was still hanging on to me foolish pride.

Tears fell down like falling rain,

As You called to me let me come home again.

Finally I fought off my pride.

You dried all the tears I cried.

I couldn't believe You could love a wretch like me.

But You did and Your love set me free.

Now free from the burden of sin.

 I am made new.

 By You.

I love You too.

Trash To Treasure

When I lived on the streets because of my many relationships I would have been called trash. At the time I didn't see myself that way because I felt very independent and in control of my life. I was living the way I wanted to and didn't care what other people thought. I thought I had all the freedom any person could want. So I treasured my freedom. Ah yes I was so free! So I thought. Truth was I was quite miserable because I had no one I really trusted. I had so many relationships because I would find some characteristic in a person that I loved so I thought I was in love with them. Then I would discover they had a characteristic I hated so I fell out of love. So needless to say my emotions were really yo-yoing. I wasn't free I was a slave to my emotions and a slave to all the things my so called free life style demanded. I was a slave to people too because I eventually tried to mold and bend and shape myself into what others wanted. Everything came with a price I was just to blind to see it. But now comes the good news. When I accepted Jesus He took me (this piece of trash) and made me new like I had never done anything wrong. It was kind of like I was a vessel that wasn't meant to be a trash can. I am a vessel meant to be filled with good things and used for a good purpose. God has taken my wasted years and is putting them to good use. He has used my past to teach me the truth about many things. Such as I still find lots of good and wonderful characteristics in people. When I happen upon a bad one I don't run off and leave them I pray for them and me, because I usually have the same problem. Because of the truth He has shown me I am n longer a slave to alcohol, drugs, and other past sinful ways. Because of what He has taught me I no longer bend and mold and shape myself to make others want me because that is living a lie. I just be myself. I have so much freedom in Jesus! But better than freedom was to find real true love and one in whom I can trust totally. No I am not talking about my husband even though I could apply that to him. I am talking about Jesus! Jesus loves me all the time and I can trust Him forever with everything! He loved me so much that He died for me (trash) and called and made me His treasure. Thank You Jesus!

But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8, Therefore if the Son makes you free you shall be free indeed. John 8:36, There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. Romans 8:1, And you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free. John 8:32, If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9

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