Acceptance

Acceptance. We all struggle with it. With ourselves, with others. Why? I have been thinking about this a lot lately. I myself have a problem with it... which is probably why I have been thinking about it so much. lol. Back to subject. Starting with myself / yourself... why is self acceptance so hard? Truly! If I believe in my Amazing Creator, and the fact that He knows all things, that He knows the Best in Everything... why is it so hard to accept the fact that He has created me to His desire. He has a purpose for you, for me. He has that Perfect Plan. The way I look, is perfect. I am, you are, a beautiful person. Yes, I mean that. God created us this way, so of course. It may not be perfect in my eyes, or in my fellow human peoples eyes. But, than what is? So I become discontented with the way I look, or the way I act, etc... and spend ever so much time trying to change this, so that my peers may look at me and think well of me. It's all about lifting myself up. Right? Obviously God did not give me this life to spend dwelling on myself and how defective I am. My life is for His Glory. Just a reminder.
     Accepting others... When I am not accepting of others I find it easy (personally) to gossip about this person. If I don't watch it I find myself watching this person (and though I may not be so ready to admit it),subconciously though it may be, for faults, for that 'irritating thing'. Does it make me feel better to pick on my peer? Is it a way of trying to lift myself up, by putting them down? Just questions I have to wonder about. I need to remember that God has created them as well as me, and that I really do not know what they are dealing with, personally. Perhaps they are struggling to walk through life, maybe they don't know my Father. Most of all, when I stop and think about it, my problem with accepting others will usually come back to self acceptance. Think about it.

My Walk... and Other Thoughts

As she slowly walked, a gentle breeze riffled through her hair... catching her clear tinkling laugh, tossing it in the air. Looking at her you would see that she was walking with someone, a special friend from the looks of it. She was walking hand in hand with him, and her face portrayed feelings of pure undiluted joy. They continued walking, talking and enjoying their time together. It was so obvious that with each word, with each step she was falling deeper in love with him. He was her king, the king of her heart. He had captured her attention, her heart, her mind. He was her sole focus. She was his princess... She too had captured his love. His Love. She was His princess. He was her King.

      I like to think of this as my relationship with God the Father. Is He your King? Is He your sole focus... Does He capture the beat of your soul? I find (unsurprisingly) that when I am walking with my Saviour, beside Him, getting to know Him; when I am learning to know Him, when He is knowing me, that is when my joy is whole. What a wonderful life to live. Yes, it is a way of life. No, it is not always easy. The Bible says that I as a Christian am part of the Bride of Christ. Think of it this way, when I deliberately sin, when I deliberately encroach, when I deliberately try to take advantage of His Love, His Mercy, is it not spiritual adultery? Do I take it that seriously? Is my walk with Christ my Focus, is it a way of life? Or, is my Jesus that I turn to only when I am in trouble? When I am in need of help, when my life is looking dark, is that when I 'take advantage' of my Amazing God? The only way, I have learned, to have a successful relationship with my King, is that I must walk with Him, daily. The only way I can ever learn to know a friend is to talk to them often, to interact with them. Surely it is the same with our Friend. I feel like this post is as much for me, something I need to and have been thinking about.I hope this can further inspire someone. This Is  My resolve: To get to know my Best Friend, to let my Best Friend know me.