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hello my brothers and sisters!! i hope every one of you is doing well and have been closer to our Heavenly Father than ever ✧
you can call me ivy if you'd like, i am new to this community.
i fully committed my life to Christ last year. though i knew Him before, my heart was still hardened and i was unwilling to let go of many of the idols i still treasured. luckily, God softened my heart and i knew that no matter what i did, there was no way i could earn his favor on my own. my only confidence needed to come from the cross of Christ. i knelt meekly and said, "Jesus, i trust in you to take me home". i turned from the reliance on my human strength, my pride, my vanity, my avarice, my envy, my discontentment, and i found peace in Him alone.
now, i wish to never be distracted. my heart is an idol factory and my brain a glutton for novelty. i wish to treasure the fact that God has provided me all i need. if i do not have it, it is not for my good. the same applies to every one of you, my brothers and sisters. our cups are overflowing with mercy- even each individual breath is supplied by God.
but i do not just wish to tell you these things. i want you to feel them.
i want you to know what you are saved from. i want you to be deeply acquainted with your sinful Flesh, and mourn that sin before putting it to death. "Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted".
for me, i had always been a vain and prideful woman. i thought my worth lied in my superficial successes and achievements, and i could not bear to let them go for a second. i also clung to my sexual immorality and pandered to the culture. i valued what the world valued: looks, security, riches, dominance, self-glorification.
now, i seek to bring people Home.
you can call me ivy if you'd like, i am new to this community.
i fully committed my life to Christ last year. though i knew Him before, my heart was still hardened and i was unwilling to let go of many of the idols i still treasured. luckily, God softened my heart and i knew that no matter what i did, there was no way i could earn his favor on my own. my only confidence needed to come from the cross of Christ. i knelt meekly and said, "Jesus, i trust in you to take me home". i turned from the reliance on my human strength, my pride, my vanity, my avarice, my envy, my discontentment, and i found peace in Him alone.
now, i wish to never be distracted. my heart is an idol factory and my brain a glutton for novelty. i wish to treasure the fact that God has provided me all i need. if i do not have it, it is not for my good. the same applies to every one of you, my brothers and sisters. our cups are overflowing with mercy- even each individual breath is supplied by God.
but i do not just wish to tell you these things. i want you to feel them.
i want you to know what you are saved from. i want you to be deeply acquainted with your sinful Flesh, and mourn that sin before putting it to death. "Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted".
for me, i had always been a vain and prideful woman. i thought my worth lied in my superficial successes and achievements, and i could not bear to let them go for a second. i also clung to my sexual immorality and pandered to the culture. i valued what the world valued: looks, security, riches, dominance, self-glorification.
now, i seek to bring people Home.
