He loves you.

Why can it be so hard for us to love ourselves in a good just way?

I mean all it takes is people to not try for us, to give up on you after everything you have done for them. For someone to not even give you a chance. And our confidence is shattered and we look at ourselves thinking, what is wrong with me?

But that is so silly, why do we think that way when the maker of the starts loves US! Yes, God, the God of love, mercy, compassion, power... everything we keep looking and searching for is staring us in the face, He longs to have a relationship with us just as we long to have that relationship, to have that love!

He wants that relationship so much that He sent His son Jesus Christ to walk among us then die on the cross for us, so that His son Jesus, an innocent man, whom has never sinned, could take our sins for us, so that Jesus could be the way, the bridge for us to reach God, to have a relationship with Him. (Jesus then came back to life)

He is holding out His hand to you, and all you gotta do is take it. He will forgive you for the wrong you have done, He wants you to know that He loves you so much, and He is desperately waiting for you to grab His hand and love Him to.

He doesn’t care about your skin colour, hair colour, culture, weight, height, abilities, disabilities, friends or no friends, orphan or family member... what He cares about is your heart, He can read your heart, you may be smiling at someone on the outside yet wanting to hurt them on the inside, He sees that, sorry but you can’t hide from Him, and in saying that, if you are honest and truly want to be with God and have that relationship and follow Him, then He will have you, He will forgive you.

Why? Because He loves you, I know that life is unfair at times, and sometimes you will think, He doesn’t love me, look at what He has put me through! This may be hard to believe but sometimes He puts us through these things because He loves us and wants only the best for us, He may be putting you through something so that you may come out of it a stronger and better person, lessons that God teaches us you can’t learn at school.

And don’t be thinking of earthly love when I say He loves you, no I mean real love, this love never stops and it can’t but taken from you, this love will never hurt you or make you fall, it will give you the hope and courage to carry on, to keep fighting, and most importantly to keep loving others. He fills us with so much love that if we keep it to ourselves we will blow up, so share that love around, it is never ending.

Try spending some time with God today, find some time and sit, you can take a bible with you or you can just pray to Him, God loves spending time with you, and don’t think it is a minute wasted because it is minutes gained.

LIVE!

This is an encouragement to everyone, to not just be a part of life but to live it! Enjoy it!

I totally understand that life can be a big dark hole and also a drag, trust me I know, but why should that stop you from being who you want to be and having fun!

Sometimes all you need at the end of a horrible week, day or year is to have fun, go swing on the swing set, slide down a slide, dance in the rain, roll down a grassy hill, go with a friend to the beach and tackle them into the surf.

Let the child inside of you roam free for once, I challenge you to spend at least an hour outside doing something fun and stupid, I want you to go out, on your own or with a friend, forget about all your worries and fears and just focus on having fun, when we were kids all we focused on was getting across the monkey bars without falling, be that kid, and forget about life for a moment. You will feel much better, you will feel life.

Also spice up your life a little, I catch the train all the time now, and it is so sad, people are stone faced, sleeping or ignoring each other. There’s no talking or smiles, so many times I have been sitting in a full carriage of people, yet I felt I was the only one there. And in those times I have just had the urge to jump up and start dancing with an umbrella! (Not that I ever would)

Instead of walking on the foot path, balance on a safe ledge, when you walk past some great music stop to appreciate it, stop to smell the flowers. Have you been walking past something you have always wanted to walk into, or have a look at but you have been in such a rush you just haven’t? Well do! Leave a little earlier so you can do those things without being late.

God didn’t intend us to be sad, sorry pathetic people just scraping through life; He gave us life so we may live it!

“So I conclude that there is nothing better for people then to be happy and to enjoy themselves as long as they can. And people should eat and drink and enjoy the fruits of their labour, for these are gifts from God.”- Ecclesiastes 3:12-13

“So I saw that there is nothing better for people than to be happy in their work. That is why they are here! No one will bring them back from death to enjoy life in the future.”- Ecclesiastes 3:22

“Young man, it’s wonderful to be young! Enjoy every minute of it. Do everything you want to do; take it all in. But remember that you must give an account to God for everything you do.”- Ecclesiastes 11:9