I’m Like Humpty Dumpty…Are You?

I am probably one of the most random people.  Bare with me as I tell my random tale :)

 Last night as I was trying to fall asleep, I kept thinking about Humpty Dumpty (I know, I’m weird). 

“Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king’s horses and all the king’s men couldn’t put Humpty together again”

I kept wondering why could no one fix him, why did he fall, how could horses fix him in the first place.  Then a thought popped into my head: I’m humpty dumpty, we are all humpty dumpty.  Why do I say this?  Because we are all broken, fallen people.  Maybe we aren’t all suffering from physical pain like humpty dumpty, but we are dealing with emotionally pain.  We try to let the world “fix us.”  We use relationships, jobs, families, possessions, friendships, you name it to try to fix our brokenness and pain, but it just doesn’t seem to work.  Sometimes we go to extremes and try to let alcohol or drugs mask our pain, but that too doesn’t seem to do the trick.  You know what is missing? Jesus! 

Jesus is the only one who can heal our brokenness.  Everything else is just a temporary bandage on the situation.  He knows us better than we know ourselves; He hears our cries even before we utter a sound.  He love is so wide, deep, extensive, I don’t think it can even fully be described.  Once you feel Jesus’ love surround you, everything else means nothing. 

“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” Psalm 147:3

I love Christian music and Chris Tomlin’s “I Lift My Hands,” beautiful describes Jesus.

“Be still, there is a healer

His love is deeper than the sea

His mercy, it is unfailing

His arms are fortress for the weak…”

Having a personal relationship with Jesus Christ means having someone in your life who loves you despite of everything you’ve said, done, or thought.  His arms are always open, no matter what you’ve done in the past.  He waits for us with arms wide open ready to heal our wounds and transform our lives.  As much as we think retail therapy, alcohol, relationships or even chocolate will do the trick when we are in pain, none of this comes close to the peace, comfort, and healing we find in the arms of Christ. 

So here I am admitting to you that I am humpty dumpty.  I try over and over again to us the things of this world to heal my disappointment, sadness, and fear, but it just doesn’t work. I am a broken person in need of Savior.  I fall Him daily, but He still loves me.  I can run to Him and He will always be there for me.  The same is true for you.  Jesus is waiting for you to jump into His arms and to know the love He has for you.

I know its crazy for me to compare our lives to humpty dumpty, but when it all comes down to it we are broken in need of healing.  We just have to remind ourselves that we can’t go it alone, we desperately need Jesus in our lives.  We need His love, peace, and guidance.  Again and again I fail because I forget to rely on my loving, Savior.  The story of humpty dumpty sure convicted me today, never thought that would happen!

Praying for any of you reading today.  Know you are deeply loved and never to far gone for Christ’s healing power!

Making Time for God

I am a big fan of the folks at Blimey Cow.  They are a group of hilarious, young Christians who are transparent in their struggles and walk with Christ.  Their Messy Monday video really hit home today.  How many times I have been to busy to “pencil in” God?  I shouldn’t be pencilling Him in because he should already be in my day.

I use to think that if I read my Bible and prayed so often in a day that I would be a good Christian.  Don’t get me wrong, it so important to have quiet time with God, but our relationship with Him is more than spending 30 minutes a day reading the Bible.  Our relationship with Christ should be evident in all areas of our life, in school, in work, and in home.  Our faith should be evident by the way we love and serve others.  Just like in the video, you can read you Bible but if you don’t put what you’ve learned to practice than how will others know you are even a Christ follower? [Read more...]

Unless We, Who Will?

After watching Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax, I found a quote that reminded me how important it is for us to make a difference for Christ.  I wrote about it in an earlier post, but I felt like I needed to expand on the topic of loving your neighbor.

“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.”

If we don’t help, who will? We are called to be the hands and feet of Jesus, and we cannot ignore that call. Sometimes we get busy in our daily life and say, “I am too busy, that’s somebody else’s job to help that person.”  If God has called you to act, it is your job to listen and help.

I am reminded of the story of the Good Samaritan in Luke 10: 25-37.  When asked by a man how a person receives eternal life, Jesus responded in verse 27.  “He answered, ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”  In verse 29, the man asks who his neighbor was.  [Read more...]

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