Confidence!

Such confidence as this is ours through Christ before God. Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God. II Corinthians 3:4-5

 I cannot believe that it has been a year since I posted this scripture on my very first blog post.  At times it seems like I just started the blog and then other times it seems like I have always been doing it---so weird how that happens, but it is like a good friend, the friendship seems so new at times and then at other times it seems that you have never been without them.  When I think back on the last year of my life I am amazed at how God has truly changed my life and I believe writing this blog has been a huge part of that.  Have I done everything I needed to do?  Have I always been disciplined with my writing?  No and no, but I have learned so much from this experience and I know that God will only bless me even more through this tool, as long as I do my part by studying His Word and writing about it.  I have let the busyness of my life hinder me over the last few months from writing regularly, so with that I once again am setting a higher goal of writing more often----you see Satan knows that God reveals himself to me through writing and he knows that with every word my faith deepens and so he uses every tool to hinder me from reading and writing, but it is my responsibility to recognize that and do what I am called to do.  You see, just like the scripture says I don’t find any competence within myself, but I find my competence in Jesus Christ.  I could not do anything that I do without Him leading the way, in fact I shudder at where I would be without him in my life.  I stand amazed at the blessings that surround me and I owe everything to my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ----he is it for me, he is truly all I need!

I would also like to thank everyone for all the encouragement over the past year, you will never know how much your words and gestures have meant to me.  I have made so many new friends, rekindled old friendships, and deepened relationships with so many friends and family through this blog.  I am also excited that people from 28 different countries have read my blog at some point over the past year----wow, look what God can do if we just obey Him!  My heart is overflowing tonight because of what God has done and continues to do in my life.  I am so thankful that my confidence lies in Jesus Christ---I recognize that I am nothing without him and He is truly the only thing that I can put our complete trust in.  If you don't know him as your savior, I ask you to seek him out tonight, just call upon his name and he will be there.  Tell him anything you want and he will never betray your trust.  Give him your soul and he will guard it for all eternity.  He will be more than you can ever expect or deserve and he will show you things that you have never seen.  No matter what you are going through he will give you a peace that is indescribable.  He is God and he wants you to become his child!  And I say all this with all the confindence in the world!!!!!