As for me, I will see Your face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied when I awake in Your likeness. Psalm 17:15 As for me, I will seek Your face in the righteousness You have afforded me, and I shall be satisfied when I awake in Your likeness. Amen.

A Song About Salvation

I was born into a world that did not love You.

I was born into a world where it thought it's self above You too.

Selfishness, lying, and sinful ways became my game.

I was so blind to my nakedness and shame.

The world loved me then.

I thought I had it all and yet I had not a real friend.

You kept calling out to me and I turned a deaf  ear.

Then one day I came to You in trebling and fear.

You could have ended my life right there it would have been more than just and fair.

Instead of giving me what I thought I deserved You forgave me and showed You care.

You said child I love You so.

 It was for You and this moment to the cross I did go.

From that moment on I put my life in Your hand.

Sought to obey Your every command.

The world no longer loves me.

It ignores me and shakes it's head in pity.

It doesn't see the friend I have found.

It wants to drag me down.

I have grown in faith and love toward You too.

And I will forever be glad I gave my life to You. 

And I will always be thankful for all You do.

You are my awesome God faithful, and true.

Shells

I like to go to the beach and collect shells. Shells are pretty protective coverings that God gave some sea creatures. These shells are natural and they are good. But there is one shell I never paid much attention to that is not natural or good. That is the shell that starts forming form the time a person is born until the time God sets them free from it. Some people don't get free from this shell until they physically die. I am not talking bout this vessel we live in called the body. I am talking about an unseen shell. From the day we are born the world starts forming this shell around us. It starts with our environment that we grow up in. The people that come and go in our lives. The places we go, the things we hear, read, and see. All these things quietly affect how we feel, look, act, think, and who we are. It is like a shell that grew around me that I was not aware of  until now. Even now God is teaching me how to break free from this shell. Inside this shell is the me that God intends me to be, and I am dieing to get out. I literally have to speak my way out. I have to say out loud to myself  this is what God wants me to do or say or how He wants me to be. Then I have to act upon those words. It is hard because I have had my shell a long time and some of  it feels protective and comfortable. The more I do it the more what is me and what is shell becomes very clear. Me is what God intended me to be, His image (like Him). Genesis 1:26 The world doesn't want this. John15:18-19 The only way to break out of this shell is to accept Jesus as my savior and choose God's will over the will that this shell has developed. Romans 5:12-21 Every day I have to examine and see what is shell and what is not. Through prayer, (Matthew 26:41) bible study, (2 Timothy 2:15)  sacrifice and renewing of  my mind, (Romans 12:1-2) serving (Romans 12:3-8) imitating Jesus, (Romans 13:11-14) love and obedience, (Romans 12:9-21) and fellowship. Romans 15:1-13 

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