Happy Founder’s Day to the sorority
that has blessed me beyond imagination! Sometimes, when I think of all the
wonderful things that have come from my sorority, I feel like our founders got
together 161 years ago just for me. I am so thankful that those three women
started my sorority on the basis of love, honor and truth.
In thinking
about the foundation of the sorority, it made me realize that the benefits I’ve
received from continuing in it have far surpassed the benefits I first thought
I would receive when I joined. It’s one of those things that I think will only
become increasingly precious with time. It got me thinking, the same is true
for me with Christianity. The more involved I become, the more time goes by,
the more benefits I discover- and that’s what keeps me in my faith. I’ve
decided to list a few of these benefits that remind me everyday why I am a
Christian.
I know my
purpose in life. As a daughter of the King, I am an heir to the
Kingdom. I know with full assurance that I will be in the perfect Kingdom one
day. If I were to die today, I know exactly where I’ll go. I’m not scared of
death. God looks at my imperfection, and sees Jesus’ perfection instead. I have
someone to go before me and mark my path. I have someone who stands behind me
and watches my back. I have a life of excitement and adventure at my
fingertips. I am drowned in steadfast love. I have a map for every wrong turn I
make at the palm of my hand. I have footprints to follow in. I have someone to
talk to every time I’m alone. I’m forgiven every time I ask for it, although I
never deserve it. I am taken back every time I run away. My honesty is never
condemned. I can’t outrun the love I’ve been given. I can pray for a parking
spot, and I’ll get one (in Columbia, that is a miracle in itself), I can
honestly say that I’m not feeling like talking to Jesus today, and I’m given
the desire when I ask for it. I can ask for energy when I wake up, and I’ll
wake up with it. I can pray that God will protect my dreams in a night, and I
won’t have any nightmares. My dreams are taken, reworked and surpassed- far
beyond what I could’ve dreamt up on my own. I have friends that don’t give up
on me simply because God has not given up on them. I have hope that even the
obstacles that seem won’t ever go away- will one day be overcome. I am given
insight on what is true and where Satan’s lies have me captive. I am free to
face every day without fear of the future. And most of all, I know that I am
loved beyond comprehension by one person that will never tell me that I am not
enough- my loving Savior.
For those
reasons, and so many more, I am a Christian. And I will continue on in my faith
until my last day because those benefits far, far, far outweigh any that I
could even hope to receive without Christ’s redemption of my heart.
Purpose- Exodus 9:16, full assurance- Hebrews 10:22, God going before- Deuteronomy 31:8, forgiveness- 1 John 1:9, no fear- Isaiah 41:13, steadfast love- Psalm 136, discernment- Romans 21:1-2
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