Just the way you are.
Hello by Matthew West
Hello, my name is regret
I’m pretty sure we have met
Every single day of your life
I’m the whisper inside that wont let you forget
Hello, my name is defeat
I know you recognize me
Just when you think you can win
I’ll drag you right back down again
Until you’ve lost all believe
Oh, these are the voices, these are the lies
And I have believed them for the very last time.
Hello, my name is child of the one true king,
I have been saved, I have been changed, I have been set free
Amazing grace, is the song I sing
Hello, my name is child of the one true king.
I am no longer defined by all the wreckage behind
The one who makes all things new has proven it’s true
Just take a look at my life
What love the Father has lavished upon us, that we should be called His children
Hello, my name is child of the one true king,
I have been saved, I have been changed, I have been set free
Amazing grace, is the song I sing
Hello, my name is child of the one true king.
I had a precious moment this morning with God outside under a tree. We stay on a small farm. It was a cloudy morning with a chilly wind outside. I was sitting admiring the view and the calm, peaceful atmosphere that the soft wind brought together with the silence. The sun could only squeeze a few rays through the clouds and the soft gospel music coming out of my earphones was just the cherry on top. I felt God’s comfort and love for the first time in a very long time. Not that He stopped loving me for a while. I just didn’t give Him the time to give it to me. I was to busy trying to figure everything out for myself. Going over and over questions in my head. Focusing only on the mountains in front of me, when actually I am serving a God that can move mountains. And if He doesn’t want to move the mountain He will climb it with us, also sending people on our way that will give us hope, encouragement and strength. I was really sad and lonely this morning and I experienced God’s love and comfort in a very powerful way. I even started shaking, tears running down my face. I just felt God telling me that I need to let Him love me and need to believe that He accepts me just the way I am. I am me for a reason, I need things that fit me and my life and He loves me anyway. He wants me, He doesn’t care that I have inner struggles and questions, He takes me like I am, whether I am right or wrong, with my issues and needs and fears etc. It dawned on me there, those words coming out of nowhere (God), “accept that you are accepted, love that you are loved. The way you are.” Only after we can do that can God come and change where change is needed and also help us to make peace where He already has peace about us. I felt that I must silence any voices that are not from God in Jesus name and then just trust Him. Trust Him to love me enough to not give up on me and also use the right people in my life to sow the right spiritual seeds in my life. It was really special and to think He feels like that about all of us. He is just AWESOME!!!
Although I am still not at the top of the mountain, I am also not climbing it alone. So many of us are at the same place and God’s Holy spirit are with each and every one of us.