Walking in Faith

I am in constant awe about how Jesus loves me and wonder how I am to love him back in the same way he shows so much grace, mercy, and love to me. I can't even grasp the idea because I fail him daily yet he always welcomes me back to his comforting arms, with a smile on his face saying "It's ok, I love you and your always be my girl just keep your eyes on me and you'll be just fine daughter."

For those of you who are parents this is a simple easy way of understanding our walk of faith and our relationship and love for the Father.

I will always remember the feelings I felt with my first, second, third, and now forth baby when I sat in the bathroom and waited for a faint pink line to appear on a pregnancy test and then once I finally saw it appear how in love with our baby I already was. Even though I couldn't feel, see, or touch the little growing baby inside me I loved it with all that I was and believed it was there.
This is just like the first steps in our walk of faith with Jesus, when we are children and taught about Jesus we can't see him, feel him, or touch him but because of teachings from the Bible (our pink line) we develop simple faith and love for our Father in Heaven. We just know he exsists and are excited that he is a part of our lives.

As the pregnancy continues I begin to see changes in my body, some good some not so good, and that little baby is getting bigger and bigger. Morning Sickness, growing body parts, mood swings, and the feelings of excitement and love grow even stronger because I can actually see these little things happen.
This is also the same as with our faith in our Heavenly Father. We see things around us begin to change as we learn to pray, begin studying the word, and watching others' examples of living a Christian centered lifestyle. When we see the amazing changes takeing place in our own hearts and minds our love for God grows stronger, deeper, and more interesting than we imagined possible.

I also realize I now have to make some important pregnancy choices regarding prior habits, the way I eat or do things and simply anything that could affect this growing child. As a mother I love this baby so much already. I want to make the best choices possible to protect this sweet child from any harm.
When we fall more and more in love with Jesus we do the same. We make "eternal life" choices to better ourselves and better our walk with God. Sometimes we have to let go of things we once loved (this can sometimes even mean loosing friends or family who don't share your beliefs or think you've gone crazy or off the deep end and this is ok because your eternal life is way more important than your earthly life) Even Changing daily habits becomes important and learning to prioritize. This can seem hard but with our hearts and minds fully focused on God he is willing to hold your hand through the process.

Now the most amazing thing happens...MOVEMENT! I feel a little flutter, a small punch, a soccer kick, and then a gymnist making my belly look like the rolling ocean waves. Wow, just a short time ago something so small that the eye couldn't see to now watching and feeling a real growing baby who will make its way into my heart and life in no time at all. I now am beginning to know the sleep patterns and active times of this new life. I am growing a little more uncomfortable each day as well and can't wait to just be done being pregnant.
Jesus now "MOVES" in my life in the same way. From my simple childlike faith I have grown into a mature relationship with my Lord, Jesus Christ!!! As Christians in this "movement phase" We can now see and feel his work in everything. We know him intimately through studying his word and learning to live a little outside of our own comfort zone even though it can be hard and sometimes we just want to be done.

Birth Day finally arrives!!! The pain begins but the excitement is just beginning. After hours of labor a small sweet little baby is layed in my arms and I feel as if I couldn't ever love anything or anyone more. All the Pain was worth the love I had for this baby. I can finally see, feel, and hold my baby in my arms...It took only nine short months to fall in love with my children and the Love I have for them is unconditional!
Now imagine the day we meet Jesus, our one true King, We suffered a lifetime of different pains and heartaches. We also experience many blessings but when we see his face nothing will matter. It will be pure joy, unconditional love, all because of the time we invested into relationship with him.

If we can fall in love with our children in nine short months and invest the time into knowing them before they even enter the world we can diffinately use our time here on earth to fall in love with Jesus and make a choice to have a relationship with Him and Love Him as much as he loves us before we meet him face to face!!!

God wants relationship with us and our walk of faith to grow daily. He speaks to us through his word (the Bible) and one on one time with him (meditaion and prayer). I can't even tell you how important this is in spiritual growth. I always use to think "I hate reading and the Bible? Are you kidding me? How am I ever going to understand it or even have the time?" God proved me wrong! I LOVED reading the Bible, I even understood it, actually everything I would read related to something in that particular day or week that helped me get through it in the way God wanted me too and I had more time in my day than I ever thought possible. I finally finished my Life Applications Study Bible and I can't wait to start a new Devotional Study Bible so I can learn more about my Amazing Abba because reading it once or even twice just isn't enough. We need to continueously speak and fill our minds with the word of God.