Tina Y. Gerber
I believe everyone wants to love deeply and experience a meaningful
life. While there is a finite amount of space around you; I believe the
capacity for space in your heart is limitless! However, many people
filled it with the lesser things, which can make your heart feel small
and constricted. If your heart is heavy, locked up, and blocked with
pain, ask the Creator for help because you definitely can’t do this
alone. With the business of life, you may mask a heavy heart. The only
way to repair the damage is to slow down and address your aching heart.
Once you understand your value as a child of God, you are freed up to
live life with purpose and joy.
I wonder about all the risk takers? God has given many individuals
talent whether acknowledgement is given to Him or not. We read stories
and remain interested in the public lives of famous individuals,
regardless of the controversy they are confronted with, and we continue
to admire them for the lives they live. But, my question remains the
same: is that person truly successful? I was sick of hearing about all
that basketball drama in Toronto. I small would rather hear an engaging
commentary about the dad, who made time for his son’s little league
game, or the dad who works late but manages to come home and read his
little girl a bedtime story. To me that is true success.
Your feelings of self is comprised by what others think and feel about
you. Living in your head space means working around your self-image
which is determined by others. Why would you want to mold yourself into
an image that others would like to see or be? Just be yourself. I read
that risk takers are more likely to be successful because they do not
limit themselves, and are willing to put their energy into something,
anything, while most of us are hesitant. There are so many ideas that
are set in our minds that sometimes we do the craziest things for no
other reason than that is the way we have always done it. Or perhaps we
are told that this is the right way to do it. We have so many mixed
messages tossed at us in life that it can be damaging to set personal
goals based on external factors.
The only way Christ can come into your heart, and into your life is if
you seek Him. You are created in the image of God already, and God will
not come into your heart/life until he is invited. If you want God to be
involved with your everyday life, speak to Him. First you must yield
your life admitting you have sinned and seek the Lord with all your
heart, mind, and soul. Ask Him to forgive you, and that you are willing
to change the direction of your life by acknowledging Jesus Christ as
your Lord and Saviour. God loves you because you are His. He loves you
because He made you and knows the amazing person you can become, if you let Him. No matter what your analysis of your own worth, no one is more important to God than YOU. People have missed out simply because they fail to take God at his word.
