I've been the woman.....

I'm not ashamed to admit that I've lost myself. More than once, more than twice. And I've thought that I found myself before as well.. In some pretty strange places, but like the song says, "When I thought I'd lost me, You knew where I'd left me, You reintroduced me to Your love." 

This is my truth:                                                           I find myself in the Bible every time I read it. I was the Woman at The Well... Making the same trip, day after day, to a well that would never satisfy me. -- Until I met JESUS.                         I was the Woman guilty of sin and about to die in my shame. -- Until I met JESUS.                              I was the Woman with the issue of blood, unclean and desperate enough to reach out for Him. -- And then I met JESUS.                                 I am the Woman with the alabaster box, worshiping at His feet and pouring out my praise. Because I Love JESUS<3                                         As I read my Bible, over and over again I find MY pain met with HIS presence. The stories may be different but the pain is the same. It's their pain. It's my pain. It's your pain. And with every encounter I am made new!!!                                    I became - a Ruth, following a God I'd never known before because...                                     Like Hagar - He showed me that HE sees me!      I am an Esther - created for such a time as this!! And a Mary - blessed to believe the Lord will fulfill His promises to me.                                                 My Pastor says (Pastor Cheryl<3) if you are reading the Bible and you don't see yourself in there - then you are reading it wrong.                             And I believe that so much!!


<3 Samantha Tyler <3

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