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Renee, thank you so much for sharing this video with me, this video could not have come at a better time. It’s always amazing how God working in our lives. I’ve been dealing with a lot of ups and downs with trying to satisfy others, feeling that if I can do that I would be excepted in society, and with family members. In the back of my head I always here “what’s wrong with me, I will never be good enough, why keep trying” this thought process not only effects me mentally, but physically as well. But looking at the bigger picture there is nothing wrong with me. Through daily prayer with my Father and staying in his word, being in your online study, this just reassures me that I will never satisfy others here on earth, the only one that I need to satisfy is our Lord and he will fill and fulfill my life, everything else will then fall in place.
God bless you too Tati, I love your comments and thoughts.
Thank you for the message. This has been a long, difficult journey for me. I feel like this bible study is a true gift from God. Via a very twisted route this fell into my lap. The disappointment I feel is tremendous. And, I let myself become disappointed in God. I do not understand the “why’s; but I know I have to let them go and let God love me like He longs to love me. I have had a relationship with Jesus for many, many years. So I know that feeling of complete love and acceptance from Him. I just have to let it (that feeling) back into my heart. What I do not know, is how to escape the pressure and stress of everyday life. I cannot walk away, I would let too many people down, including my kids ( ages 15, 13, 11, and 9). But, I cannot seem to handle the responsibility. My husband, on a good week, works 60 hours per week. His responsibility is financial. Everything else is mine. It is hard
Angela, I hear your pain. Life is such a struggle and as wives and mothers, it can be just exhausting. We are the warrior at home, trying to keep everyone safe and happy. I have found that the pressure and stress can’t be dealt with in my own power, it’s just too much. And, when I feel so unappreciated…well let’s just say I do a little shouting around the house. And then the Spirit gets ahold of me and I realize I was again trying to do it all in my own strength and not His. Dissapointment can fill my cup too. I will pray for you and me on that one! God bless you sister!
Angela, I know how you feel . I have two boys 15 and 13. My husband also works all the time only day off is Sunday. When I do things on my own I just want to run…. What I find that works for me is getting up early and being in His word, doing a couple of devitionals and listening to worship music all day. This keeps Jesus in the fore front of my mind, so when things start going crazy I feel His present more.
What a great thought! I am constantly reminded that “people fail, Jesus doesn’t.” I have some pretty good people in my life, but nothing anyone does can ever compare to the Greatest. The more I remind myself of that…the happier I will be.
Renee,
Your message today was exactly what I needed to hear. Thank you so much! For years, I have tried to fill up my needy spaces and am never satisfied. I want to allow God to be the Giver and to fill up the empty places in my heart that I have been depending on everyone else or everything else to fill. Just last night, I was in tears because of pain inside of me and had to stop and pour out that pain to my Heavenly Father who truly understands. Every perfect gift is from Him. I just struggle so much with truly getting this message into my soul and becoming the confident woman God wants me to be. I do appreciate your prayer, and your book has been a blessing in my life. Thank you, Renee and please keep on sharing from your confident heart.
Great video Renee! Just the reminder I needed this morning! God is the love and assurance many need as life journey takes upon some unexpected roads. I thank God for you and your study it’s a blessing and growth tool for me.
‘By recognizing and replacing our emptiness with the fulness of God’s promises, we drink the gift of living water. We acknowledge our need which allows him to pour his truth into the well of our hearts’ P.60 of ‘A Confident Heart’
Thank you Renee for taking the time out of your busy schedule to do this video….so we can visually see about how filling our hearts with other things look like, as well as the replacement…. of filling it with the LIVING water. This chapter so blessed me that I cried a GOOD cry. But the cry, was a cry of relief-or a cry that ended with comfort for…. it felt I got a good embrace from my father feeling God’s presence, wiping my tears with JOY filling my hearts. My tears of Joy cleansed me and gave me that confidence that his love is surely unfailing and everlasting. And though ppl come and ppl go, HE will NEVER leave me nor forsake me.
Renee, I can somewhat relate to your childhood– though very different from yours. Having gone thru childhood abuse *verbal-emotional*, (N, having been told I was NOT smart, kind or caring, by my step-mother and— *believed the lie since I was a child* ) I’ve lived all of my life so far *trying-retrying* to please others, and prove I was kind, smart and caring person. None of it brought joy to me, but since I was looking for satisfaction, I often told my self I was satisfied–saying “ok, at least, she/he thinks I was a godly woman to help him/her out” but this kept me in an approval addiction and doing too much for others and NOT much for me. I gave to others, but criticism of myself I gave to myself. Even now, I have to catch myself and ask my self, ‘what is your intention? Are you serving God by helping others or trying to get the recognition for yourself so you can feel good? ‘ Are you leaving yourself out? And, though my father wants me to serve and be of help, I am learning, the only time I get full satisfaction is when I serve with HIM in mind (hope I am making sense here) HIS love is filling me so now I am learning, the only thing I would owe the world is…. not what I do for them but LOVE. God’s filling me with HIS love and loving on me so I can begin to love me and so I can serve/love in a GODLY way, with HIM in mind.
Renee, I so enjoy your book, that I can’t stop reading it. Yes, I can’t help for reading ahead. Though its hard, I 0ften go back to the chapter to do my notes-assignment at the end of the chapters. I like how each chapter somewhat relate to the other chapters, and the references that you make, helps me to remember well what I read, and gives the message a clear meaning. Thank you so much. I wish I got/read your book a couple of years ago, when I first heard about it. But, hey, that is ok now I am reading it right. I am also, so glad for I am in a group with a great bunch of study partners–for their messages are so encouraging, and comforting.
God bless everyone!!!!
Thank you for sharing. May God bless you abundantly through this study!
Renee,
I loved the video! You are such a great Bible study LEADER for the God! I am really enjoying this study and I hope there is more videos!!!! You remind me that I need to clean up the stuff in my heart and life to be able to have God’s love fill my heart. This message is very important and I needed to hear this! Thank you!
This was a great illustration. I certainly fall into the trap of looking for other ways to fill those places in my heart. Even if I have a tough day at work, I would often find myself in the mall to buy something over my lunch to help me feel better but in all reality, that may make me feel better for a short time but it doesn’t last. This was a great reminder to me to turn to God in those times of feeling empty and alone rather than trying to fill it with ‘stuff.’
I love this video, I needed to be reminded that only God can fill the empty spaces in my life with His unfailing love. I felt you were talking about me as this is how I felt all my life. Thank you for this wonderful God given message, it touched my heart so much that I wanted to cry at loud and release all my hurt. This is medicine to my soul. I thank and pray the Lord for you and your obedience on doing this study with us. !EXCELLENT JOB RENEE!
This video was wonderful. One of the things I have been struggling with has been filling my life with other things. Mainly my relationship with my boyfriend. My pastor, mother, aunt (all ministers) have repeatedly told me I needed to let go and put God first. Not only first but have my focus on Him and when the time is right, my boyfriend and I will be together. I am a single mom and like you mentioned in the video,Ii think about marriage, not obsessively but quite a bit. With others getting married and having kids, that desire is in the fore-front of my mind. I guess, I have been trying to balance everything in a way. And looking at my boyfriend for the love that not only is he not ready to give but that only God can give me. I am from NY but I am in TX visiting my parents. My boyfriend and I agreed that while I was gone, we would really focus on God and seek His guidance on what we need to do next. This video came at the right time. I will be spending my free moments today seeking God and asking Him how to proceed during this time in my life. Thank you Renee!
I am VERY ready to empty my jar so Jesus can fill it to overflowing with his living, life giving water! Thank you Jesus that you alone are enough to fill every whole and hurt in my life. And because of your love and your truth, my equation no longer has to be My performance+ Others approval= My self worth…Praise your name!
Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and portion forever. Psalm 73:25-26
I’m in agreement with you Stacy, I’m ready to empty my jar so Jesus can fill it too. Blessings
It’s hard to express how timely this study is for me right now. I signed up for the online study and bought the book. Each chapter and each day’s study has ministered deeply to my heart and soul. This is a good example of how God does meet us in our time of need and He fills all those gaps. Thank you for such a practical illustration today with the vessel. That will stick with me as I evaluate my life and the extra “stuff” versus allowing the Lord to fill me completely.
This message was so inspiring and so true. I am always looking for something or someone to give me their “approval” when all I need is God’s love.
Asking God to fill me today. Removing expectations of fulfillment that will never be met by things or people. Holding on to His precious promises with every breath.
I thoroughly appreciated the illustrations! So far in chapter 3 God has dealt with me regarding Him filling my empty places. The same way God wanted Sam to get honest with herself and Him, was identical to me. We both had to look around us and when God directed her to the husbands she didn’t have, and the man that wasn’t hers, there was nothing left but Him. I don’t want things/people to be taken. I know I need Him more but didn’t realize how much more and the “places.” I did this before, so I thought I was ok but obviously not. It goes back to being distracted and my focus shifting.
Realizing my well is deep and dry, only God understands and can fill me. His love is significant and I want it to be enough. Not sure how to start (again) because as stated, I’ve been here before and apparently it didn’t work. I want it to be right this time, you know? Really tired of messing up in Relationship(s) – with Him and others! That’s why it seems easier to stay to myself because then there’s no opportunity, expectation of others, etc.
He’s so Awesome though because He knows how messed up we are, yet puts us amongst who? PEOPLE! We’re all over the place!
I want to be empty again but am hurt by all the time passed, and things done wrong. Definitely need His healing touch and love in another processing stage of life. I’m encouraged though (deep within the well).
I have been truly inspired by the message today. I was exactly like the person you described in the video. I looked to other people and possessions to make me happy instead of looking to Jesus to full fill my needs. Thank You for your divine revelation and I ask that you pray for me and my family. I want the Lord to fill me with his un-failing love.
What a great demonstration! Reminds me of the song, Looking for love in all the wrong places. God’s love is all I need to be satisfied. It saddens me that I allow other people, material things, food, etc to attempt to make me satisfied knowing God is all I need. Lord, thank you for giving me this Bible Study and video to once again remind me to come to you, only you, in order to be satisfied. Your love is the love that satisfies. Amen
So very true! We always think we need more only to get it then stand stand around and wonder why nothing has changed inside. We still feel anxious and frustrated knowing something is missing in our lives, we just cannot seem to find what is missing .
This video really hit home for me. I was not popular in school. Never got invited to school dances or prom. Other girls received 2-3 or more corsages from boys for homecoming. I didn’t get one. When the first boy who took interest in me asked me to go out with him and then months later asked me to marry him….. I said “yes”.. I was 23 yrs. old already and thought ” if I say no, will someone else come along? ” But,this video made me see my reasons for marrying were wrong. I thought he was my knight in shining armor that would fill All those empty places.
I can relate to wanting to hold onto a person because there might never be anyone else. But God is faithful and He can bless your marriage, even if you think the initial reason for marrying was wrong. He can still work that out for good in your life and for His glory. Don’t give up!
This really hit home with me today. I can see now that I have been looking to the gifts to fulfill and validate me instead of the giver. Thank you for opening my eyes to this!
I wept when I read chapter 3. I felt the words were taken from conversations I had with my first husband. We were high school sweethearts married for 17 years then divorced. I realized how much I was looking for him to fill me up and when that wasn’t working I thought something was wrong with us. Well, there actually was other things wrong with us but there was a lot of me expecting him/ people to satisfy my needs. I’m now recently remarried (2 years) and and feeling I am still waiting to feel satisfied! I yearn to be filled by God! I am learning so much from this study already and come eagerly with expectation to meet with God with a burning desire to know Him deeply. Thank you for your faithfulness, your wisdom and your encouragement!
Thank you for your post. I am married 22 years to my high school sweet heart. It hasn’t all been sweet. Your post made me look a little harder into myself. Thank you!
I know what you are saying is true. It’s getting that truth to my heart and walking in it that is the struggle. I can see with a recent loss of a love interest (it didn’t work out) that I have to put him back in my “gift box”. (We were always friends first). And ask God to fill those places I was wanting him to fill.
Thanks for allowing me to join you in this study of a Confident Heart. Your illustrations are amazing. You are so right, nothing created by man can fill the empty spaces in our heart. A lot of times it’s not only things that you can see and touch that take up space in our hearts , it’s emotions( bitterness, hatred, forgiveness, doubt, fear etc). Once we can let go and give it all to God, He will fill our heart completely without any empty spaces. I really do not see how people exist without daily walking with Him.
Precious Lord and Savior please help each one of us to come before you with our emptiness and offer it to you alone to be filled to overflowing with your Holy Spirit, “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may OVERFLOW with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit”, Amen!!
What a wonderful illustration of how God completely fills us with His Love. Thank you for this video!
This was powerful and eye opening. Your illustration with the vase and what you filled it with opened my eyes to just what you said. Looking at the gifts instead of the giver.. Blessings instead of the one who blesses us . I think the hardest part is remembering when your feeling… low self esteem that He is the one that will always love us, esteem us, want us ..
Really powerful demonstration. I’ve always thought that the theme song of my life should be : “Looking for love in all the wrong places.” I see that it should be titled “unconditional love” instead. Looking to my Abba Father today to fill the voids! I have enjoyed the study so far, thanks much for a great book!
Thanks for this video. Like many others, I have spent most of my life looking to others or other things to fill my emptiness. I feel while looking for that fulfillment I have not made the best choices and often times have broken relationships. I feel that I am now at a place where I do not know where to turn. I know I have to turn to God and I want to turn to him, but how? How is all this going to work? How long is it going to take for me to trust The Lord so I can work on the other relationships in my life that are slowly slipping away? My fear is that by the time that happens, everything else will be gone.
Hi Nicole. Your story breaks my heart. I just want to tell you, don’t give up. Don’t let fear rule your heart. Just take one day at a time rather than trying to “fix” everything at once. Trust is a life long process. Go before the Lord and share your heart with Him. Tell Him about your fears, failures and faults (He knows about them anyway). Ask Him to forgive and heal you. HE WILL DO IT! Read the Bible daily and search for messages of His love and acceptance. Talk to Him constantly and ask Him to give you wisdom regarding your relationships. If you don’t have one, find a good Bible believing church. Join a small group or ask the Pastor or his wife to put you in touch with someone who can mentor you. Most of all, remember that GOD LOVES YOU AND HAS A PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE!!! I’m praying for you, dear sister, and know that God will come through for you. Can’t wait to hear your story of victory!
Nicole, by joing this Bible study you have already made a choice to turn to God. Just keep walking, talking, trusting, and believing in Him. He will fill you with love, peace, hope, and joy. It is all there and it is freely given to you. You just have to ask for it!
Loving God, I pray you will fill Nicole with your abundant blessings. Walk with her daily as she puts her trust in you, believes in you, and loves you. In Jesus’ most precious name. Amen
Nicole, I am really glad you asked! I am like 1/2 a step ahead of you in process from what you have said. (*Not* saying I am better than you or anyone else)
Trust is a life long event, and the more we trust, the easier it gets.
The more we spend in prayer and God’s Word, the more he will begin speaking to us.
This time last year I gave my heart to Jesus. I didn’t fully understand what that meant, and still don’t.
God is revealing himself to me as I quiet myself before him.
It’s not easy. My flesh always wants to do something else, but it’s worth it.
Hang in there and keep putting your trust in Jesus.
Simply put, I must decrease so he can increase.
For myself, I have been living with the void all of my life; a family of emptiness to learn from. I struggle to be full, look in all the wrong people and places waiting for that booming declaration from God and I miss the small whispers, so I am learning to quiet myself to listen for those nuances, the small voice, the things that find their way to my life to make me smile and hold on to them tightly realizing they came to me not by my own ability but because God is being patient and those small taps, those whispers will chip away at my resistance and bring me closer to the Lord.
I love this reminder!!!! As a single never married woman in her late 30’s (the only single one amongst her Christian friends as well) it is easy to compare and believe that life would be more fulfilling when in the RIGHT loving, reciprocal, God serving relationship with a husband. However, I need to step back and take to heart what this video is reminding me and receive God’s love and unconditional acceptance and forgiveness.
Jess, I am 42 and never been married and I too have felt the same way. I need to start focusing on God more and what he wants for me instead of my own wants.
Hi Jess and Stacey!
I am 37, single and never married too. (I was wondering if I was the only one doing this study who was.) I have always desired a husband and children. In the last few years, I have really struggled with being single. I find it so easy to compare myself to others and wonder what I am doing wrong that I am not receiving my heart’s desires. As a result, I have HAD to turn to God for fulfillment/ answers but I find that I keep turning away from Him – not believing He can fulfill me. In the last few months, God has used a tough experience to break this stronghold in my life. The sweet communion I have had with Him has been amazing. One of the things that has helped, has been when one of the pastors from my church spoke about how we are each placed in our life circumstance – whether single or married- for His glory. He also said that if we could better glorify Him in a different situation, He would bring that about. I still struggle and question God about why I am single but I almost instantly know I need to turn back to Him instead of focusing on my desires or on the lives of those around me. He has been so faithful at filling my jar with water esp. when I turn to Him to fill it. God bless!
This is so amazing ! Thank you . Love how u demonstrated all this.
Thank you for sharing that visual. I’ve seen you do it somewhere before, but great reminder. I struggle so hard to find my worth in Christ. I know I can’t find it in worldly things God has allowed me to go through a season of loss of job, church, health, and marital issues, to show me I need to depend on him completely. But I’m still struggling giving him everything. Depresson seems to be my best friend right now and I don’t like it. Hoping that this study will help me to completely be filled by Jesus, so that none of my problems will be so overwhelming.
I have thoroughly loved reading “A Confident Heart” and reading your messages via your web site and also by reading all of the messages of everyone taking this class wi th me. There are so very many women who feel the same way I do. And to think that I thought I was the only one!
I have that jar! I’ve had that jar my entire life I could remember. Being born to a 16yrl old mother & 17yr old father started my jar. My father abandoned us very early on…and while my mother was still growing up herself and trying to fill her jar…I had my jar held out too. My mother eventually married a wonderful man when I was 10, however more children came & my jar was still void in places. I was the typical type-A first child…honor roll, job, sports, chores @ home…yet my mother rarely came to any event I had…and at most times I felt more the parent than she. I still rememeber the time she forgot to pick me up after being away @ cheer camp for a week when I was 16.
For the longest time, my husband would tell me to ‘let it go’…however to me it told me ‘I was not worthy enough for her to love me that much to remember her own child’…nor was I worthy enough for my bio-father to be my father…nor was I worthy enough when my husband made be feel abandoned & alone in our marraige thru his sin.
Only thru extensive individual therapy w/ a christian counselor, me surrendering to the Lord, intensive marriage therapy w/ same therapist…did I begin to heal those wounds and let Jesus fill my jar. Less than a year ago my husband and I experienced a restored marriage by the grace of God…after 38 years I was finally aloowing myself to fully trust someone other than myself…that was tough for me…but my trust started w/ the Lord…and He led me thru the healing.
The Holy Spirit recently showed me I was still focusing too much on the relationship w/ my mother…to trust that she is on ‘His hook’…that I don’t need to carry her on ‘my hook’ anymore. That allowed my heart to see the relationships I need to focus on is the one I feel safe, loved, worthy, not alone…my Jesus…and my husband because I believe God gave me my husband as an example of His love & grace here on earth.
I look back on my life…childhood till now and I see abundant finger prints from God. I am so thankful that He chose me as His adopted child to love. That He placed safe people in my life to show me His love here on earth. That I am worthy because of Him, even in the times I doubt…to have my husband wrap his arms around me and give me a ‘physical God hug’ reminding me how much God loves me makes my heart soar.
I will hold that jar out in the future…I’m sure of it…I’m not perfect…but I may be more aware & quicker to pull it back & protect my space for Jesus not things or people.
How beautifully transparent! Thank you for sharing yourself.
What a great video. I too have looked at different things to fulfill my life instead of looking to God. I just also wanted to add that I too was to a point where I wanted my life to end that I felt worthless and helpless. Your book is such an inspiration.
Renee,
Thank you for the video. It is helping me to look at what I am trying to use to fill the void in my life when I should really be looking for God. God is good and only He will satisfy my being. I am the one who turns to food and I know that the satisfaction of eating is temporary. God’s love is forever. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for this wonderful video. I am in tears realizing how true this is in my life. I grew up as a pastor’s kid and even though my life has been good, it has had an unexpected shaking that has left me in a very hurting place. But Jesus is teaching me so much through this suffering and through your book I’m realizing how much I need his unfailing love. Thank you for being a blessing to me and many.
My closets, my schedule, my mind and my life are not only full, they are cluttered. However, there are many empty places that only trust in God can fill. There are many cluttered areas that need to go so there is ROOM FOR TRUSTING GOD!
Renee, thank you so much for accepting who God made you to be and living it out to the fullest. As a single mom I at times put to much on my children than I should. With the finances and our need for a vehicle it can get so overwhelming at times. I needed to hear this at this moment. I pray constantly and I know the more I read and learn of our Heavenly Father the more I will understand. All I can say is that I trust God and that I accept His will. Sweet Jesus fill my empty places with your unfailing love, change my heart Lord, I accept your strength and I know this situation will not last forever for you Lord will bring everything together for your glory. Amen
What a beautiful illustration of what we most definitely need to fill our spirits,minds and hearts! I am already growing so much from this study and feel like scales are being taken off of my eyes. As this is happening more light is radiating into me and my love and connection to Jesus is becoming so much more alive!!!! I feel like my spirit is “dancing” to the rhythm of the love that Jesus has for me. Renee, thank you for this study and may God bless you and all of the women who are partaking in this with me!
This has been one of the biggest realizations I’ve had in the past three years: I was dependent on people and things to fill me and it was killing me how empty I remained.
What I love about this illustration is how perfect it would be for young girls; they could even participate by putting the objects in the jar.
I can’t wait to show this to my daughter when she’s a little older; because her father chooses to be mostly absent from her life, I am desperate to teach her early where the truth sense of worth comes from! I don’t want her to struggle for 36 years like I have!
Good Morning Renee, Hope you are well today. I have watched the video and I so much feel the way the jar does. I try and fill it up whit everything and anything and nothing works. I have been trying to change that since last November 2012. With this study and my new Church I’m getting better days and somedays I’m not so good. But I’m learning to lean on God more and more. When this study is over I want my jar filled with the Living water at all times and over flowing. I love and Know God is the one and only just waiting for my heart to catch up. Thank you and God Bless you and people like you for ever. In Christ love Amen.
P.S. May all the women in this study including me let God Fill and fulfill us today. Amen
Boy this hit the nail on the head for me today. Before my divorce two years ago I expected my husband and children to fill my every need for unconditional love. I have learned since then the only one I can rely on is God. Things are great but they are just that things. They won’t get me into heaven to spend eternity with God. I can not say that these last couple of years have been easy, as a matter of fact they have been downright hard, but they have been a great growth experience for me. My kids on the other hand, well they are teenagers and we have no cable or internet enough said. No really after the six months with out it they have adjusted and we have spent more quality time together. Don’t get me wrong I do not advocate divorce. If I had my choice I would have fought a lot longer. But God has used this experience to bring me to rely on him more fully. Now if he would just see things my way on going back to school we would be all set. Actually I have decided that I am going to give up that fight (two years is long enough, I guess). Bit if you would pray fo
Let me finish that statement. Would you please pray for clarity in the degree. I think it has to do with children but not exactly sure. Thank you everybody for your encouragement.
Jill, I pray that God will give you the wisdom and direction that you need.
Thank you Renee. I needed this at the precise moment I received it. You were a part of answering my cry to Jesus. Praise The LORD!
I loved this message! For so long I have been living for others` approval, namely my parents and relatives, who are always quick to point out everything I do wrong and how I just don’t measure up of what a Christian should be. I’m discovering that God wants me to live for Him, not for others. He is the One who will love me without fail. But I struggle with finding that place of loving my parents without putting value in their opinion of me ( which is that I’m not meeting their expectations). Please pray for me!
Thanks for the reminder! What a wonderful video message to start the day. It is so easy to forget in our day to day routine that He is all we need.
Thank you!
Blessings to you Renee! The video is so true, I always find myself wanting more of those things that can’t feel the hole in my heart. Lately, I have been seeking God on a much deeper level. With the loss of my sweet brother 6 months ago and my precious niece shortly brfore that, I have felt a tremendous hole in my heart. I went into a deep depression and only by Gods grace am I here today. I tried to get busy to avoid the pain, that didn’t work either. One day I was up, the next down, over and over. I do have a relationship with God, but something is missing. I know what that is…truly trusting and having confidence in the LORD!! So thankful to have found you ( that was no coincidence ). Through this study and bible study, God is lifting me up and filling me up with His everlasting word and love. I am finding Joy in my suffering!! Praise Jesus!!!
All day yesterday, into the long early hours in the morning, I wrestled with God.
Now I have a better understanding as what part of my wrestling is about.
I thirst for the Father’s unconditional love for me. This video gave me a better understanding
that I don’t need to fight and wrestle for God’s love. It’s already there, and ready for me to
receive it. I am encouraged to forge ahead in my walk of faith, one step at a time. Thank you for the reminder.