God has really done some serious purification since I first entered secondary school. If I could meet my past self I'd give her a big teddy bear hug and let her know all the pain will be worth it. Although the flames will still burn the same. It's all been worth it. I constantly need to remind myself now at 17. The vulnerability I've grown into with God would suprise past me. I talk to him openly as my friend. Slang, eyerolls, tears and all. And he listens. He cares about every second of it! Even the things which aren't actually that imooetsnt. He doesn't deny my emotions. He doesn't make me feel invalid for them. What a friend I have in Jesus.
forever grateful i’m not who i used 2 be
“I will not be another flower picked for my beauty and left to die. I will be wild, difficult to find, and impossible to forget.”
— Erin Van Vuren
My heart aches for the group I used to be apart of. To see so many deceived by sin, handed over to the desires of their flesh as explained in Romans 1:24-27
I want you to know that God can forgive your sins, can give you new life. Can change your desires, turn your whole life around!
I used to be attracted to women, I used to fornicate with women, I used to be in love with women.
God has given me new life through His Son; Jesus Christ.
Jesus came to die for our sins, to be an atonement for our sins.
There’s no forgiveness of sins without atonement of sins!
The best way I know how to explain this transaction is like so;
You and I fall short to the glory of God (Roland 3:23) we have sinned against God. And He is good, which means He is also just. When someone is full of justice, they must punish sin.
Yes, that means you and I have earned wages for our sins. And just like the judge in a court of law gives wages of a range, God gives wages for our sins, which is death.
You and I cannot do anything to change God’s mind on our own merit
“ for by works of the law no human being will be justified in His sight, since through the law comes comes knowledge of sin“ (Romans 3:20)
Our only hope of redemption, new life, forgiveness, ids only Jesus. (who is God incarnate)
John 3:3 says you cannot enter into the kingdom of Heaven unless you are born again.
Jesus died for our sins,
And to cement our eternity, He defeated death in His resurrection
What you need to do is repent of all your sins (repentance means to turn away from, to forsake, to leave that lifestyle)
And trust in Jesus as your Savior.
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If anyone ever wants to further discuss this, please reach out to me. I will be praying for the lgbt community through this month, that you would come to have new life, salvation, Hope in a lost and dying world. Peace through our Lord Jesus Christ.
May I be released from wanting anything that isn’t meant for me.
Would love to be on a beach right now!
you don’t have to be happy all the time to be a hero. you don’t always have to be kind and forgiving, you don’t have to push yourself to be positive. allow yourself to feel and deal with emotions even if they’re “bad”. allow yourself to learn and grow from how you feel.
“I know now, Lord, why you utter no answer. You are yourself the answer.”
— C.S. Lewis
A bad day does not make you a bad person.
Just a gal who loves to write about anything and everything🫶🏾 (she/her, 22)
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