We All Struggle

Thank God for His Grace. To which I am sustained by from day to day. Without it, I would be lost. In complete, utter darkness, trying to search for that one glimpse of light, but without hope.

I will be lying if I tell you that as a Christian, I will always make the right choices, I will never do anything wrong, and I don't ever struggle. I will be lying if I tell you that my life is always simple, easy, and perfect. I will be lying if I tell you that I will always be blessed by my Heavenly Father with everything I want.

But I don't want to lie. I want to tell you the truth. I want to tell you that I do struggle. I make wrong choices, and I suffer the consequences from those choices. My life is not always simple, easy, and perfect. My Heavenly Father don't always give me everything I want. But He gives me everything I need.

I am so grateful to Him, Who provides me a Shelter to run to, Who keeps His arms wide open. He speaks to me through His Word, in a perfect tone, at the perfect time.

"For the Lord is God,
and he created the heavens and earth
and put everything in place.
He made the world to be lived in,
not to be a place of empty chaos.
"I am the Lord," he says,
"And there is no other."
-Isaiah 45:18

It is so good to know that He puts everything in place. Nothing is an accident, no one is a mistake. You are in my life for a reason, and I am in this place for a purpose. My struggles are not a result of my wrong choices, but a symptom of my sinful nature. I am not, and will not be a perfect Christian. I am, and always will be a child of God, who can run into His loving arms, in times of need.