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Hello, Friend–
The one staring at the pages of your life and wondering what comes next.
How will this turn out?
Who will you become?
What does your future really hold for my dreams?
I don’t know.
But I know the One who holds you.
And here’s the beautiful thing:
He holds the pen of your life too.
He has promised to complete the good story He started in you {Phil. 1:6}.
He’s guaranteed everything you need for each chapter {2 Peter 1:3}.
And He created you with a role no one else can duplicate or replace {1 Cor. 12:12-27}.
So keep moving forward, friend.
Page by page.
Line by line.
Word by word.
He hasn’t promised a story with a happy ending.
He’s promised a story that never ends.
And instead just gets better and better.
Forever.
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For Tuesday…Your “do what you can” step for your God-sized dream from last week was this: Find a God-sized dream story that inspires you and share it with us. It could be the story of someone in Scripture, your family, your community or the great, big world out there online. Then write a post about how that story inspires you and link up here tomorrow. {If you don’t have a blog, you can share in the comments.}
Wanted to share a thought that came to mind recently after I had remarked that I would like to have a better true understanding of God’s forgiveness (was mainly thinking of my many major past mistakes.) As I’m teaching 3rd grade girls Sunday School, our stories have continued to be about Moses and the Israelites… and it hit me the other day….God in His greatness, compassion & mercy….. kept forgiving these people over and over and over again… just when you would think they’d remember and stay on track with a close appreciative relationship with Him– especially after ALL He did to help them out with the plagues on the Egyptians, protection, Red Sea, Manna, etc…!! So…. this gives me a better understanding of His forgiveness and of Him. Makes me want to fall on my knees and praise, thank, and worship Him. I thank Him for opening my eyes even through familiar stories…and speaking to my heart— as I seek to draw closer to Him while trying to juggle and sort through my doubts, fears, and priorities in this life He’s given me. With my need to understand forgiveness, it would seem that Christ’s death on the cross would be enough for me to accept, but guess with my “guilt from my past”, I had to look back to His chosen children of Israel, whom I can relate. This brings to mind His whole plan from the beginning of creation… to rescue even me. Am still learning so much and hope learn even more, with His leading!
God is writing my story, my life, he made me. I know but at times I feel like his clown, his joke. I am stuck again and no where to turn or turn to. I feel like my life is just a wondering nothing. I keep asking him why, where, and how and still nothing. I am just angry right now.
Those are almost the exact word I told my close friend a few weeks ago. Her answer to me was: ‘God always give an answer, but sometimes it seems that no answer is coming. That is when He tells you to trust that your wishes and dreams and longings is something He has given you in your heart, and that you should follow them:Delight in me and I will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4 For it is I who gave you those desires. Philippians 2:13′ These words and these bible verses has been of great significance to me. Hope they may be the same for you.
I know God is writing my story. I keep hearing in my spirit keep moving, have faith and believe. I know things have not been what I want but knowing that God knows what I need keep me moving. I know the promise and vision He have given me will come true. I just have to wait patiently. He’s coming before me writing my story.
You know when I told you about the beach and how I would be taken away in my bed with the waves. Well, I would spend most of my life living near the water. Then in my twenties I would spend most of my afternoons by the beach. Now, I spend most of my time and days with JESUS, the Water of Life. Strange this right. Or nice, right. I think our lives are like God’s progressive revelation throughout Scripture and our lives are progressive revelation about the LORD’S revealing HIS plans for us. It is one part of the puzzle, then two, then a hundred, then the last puzzle will be on that day, right. HE’S writing our lives out. We just have to pay attention to detail.
Loved this, such a beautiful reality, thanks for sharing, Holley!!
Thank you, dear Holley! I never thought of it that way—my life is a book written by God, and still in progress. How will this chapter end? I don’t know but I know Him, as you say! He is precious. He is wonderful, and He loves me so much that He gave His life and exchanged Himself for mine! The good news is that God has many books—you and all of us whom He created. Thank you! What a marvelous thought! You have blessed me greatly, Holley, for I was feeling low and discouraged because I don’t seem to be able to get much done. Thank you for your faithfulness!
Hi Holley,
You do so much for my betterment here in your words. Thank you so much.
I like the idea of a Happily Ever After. It’s relate-able in the unfathomable. I am in Princess in His Kingdom with the potential to live “happily ever after”. I’m so glad it will be so much more….
Your words prompted a prayer, Holley: 1) “He has promised to complete the good story He started in me {Phil. 1:6}.” May I be a passionate participant in the process. 2) “He’s guaranteed everything I need for each chapter {2 Peter 1:3}. ” May I rest in faith, then spend my energy in fulfilling His prupose for that chapter–rather than trying to jump ahead. 3) “He created me with a role no one else can duplicate or replace {1 Cor. 12:12-27}.” May I stop comparing and looking at numbers. Even if my role is to touch the life of one person for eternity, that is enough, if that is what God ordained for me.” Thank you, Holley, for the wisdom of your words and the accompanying scripture proofs.
Thank you for sharing those words Holley!
I LOVED this post! Beautifully written! My God-sized dream inspiring story is about Joyce Meyer. In short I can relate very much to the events in her past, the poor choices made out of that due to low self-esteem & her “don’t mess with me attitude.” I grow so much from her teaching because she is RELATABLE! She is real, there is truth in the story of her life. I can listen to her talk about her former life, the choices she made, accountability for them, fears she had to overcome, the challenge of submission, authority she had to humble herself to & say YES, YES, that’s exactly how I feel, that’s exactly what I struggle with. God uses her as a “spoonful of sugar to make the medicine go down” for ME. It’s all part of His plan in “rewriting” (I use this term loosely because God is sovern and allows everything to come our way so we grow in Him) what satan intends for our destruction to do abundant good for us all for His glory. Very blessed by this post and assignment! <3
I love the truth that God knows my story and has it all written out. It takes away the fear that I am going to “mess it up, thank you for sharing this!