Chains

Heavy. Harder than stone. They pull,weighing me down, scaring with every move. It's seems as though they will always win. Always be the victor. Trapped in them for all of my days, that's what I see.

But all at once I hear sound, see a light. My savior has come! By the power of His blood, the chains break, fall to the ground like dust. I am free! I rise , the door stands in front of me. I step toward it but the enemy creeps close behind, reminding me of what I was, of the sin that lived in my heart. I pick up the chains and place them on me once again. How did this happen again? Why must I where these chains all day and all night? Moment after moment?

I cry out and ask "why must I stay in the dark my Lord"? My savior speaks, His voice the sweetest sound my soul has ever heard, "my child, I died for ALL of your sins, you are clean, rise and walk out into the light"

I do as he's says, I rise and see again the chains are gone! But this time I walk, closer with every step taken in faith. I see the door, the lock has been broken all along! Out of the cell of sin an death I walk.

As I step into the light my eyes are opened. All along I could have been free. All along I could have walk in praise, beauty and love. I could have lived. Freed by the blood.

If only I had left them on the ground, rotting in the place where they belong. 

But now I know. Never again will I go back, to that place of certain death and condemnation. Never again will I put them on. My chains are gone~

My goal for this poem was to remind us as Christians that our chains ARE gone, and we don't have to put them on ever again! I pray this blesses you in some way. It's based on a word that a girl at my had for the congregation. It inspired me :) 

~Walk By Faith~
Rachel

This Place

Broken again I come to this place. Tattered and torn, I fall to my knee's. Unfix able, I'm sure this time. This time I'll be sent away, He wont let me in this place. Not with all this filth, not the rags I have become. He'll see my face and turn away for sure this time. No, He could not possibly love me after what I've done, never. For I have sinned, though I thought I was perfect, as I often do, I fell, face down in an unclimbable pit. No this place is surly not where I belong. This place is for those who are better, who sin less, who do more of the things they should. Yes this time I must leave this place.

But wait! What did He say? Did He call me? Ask me to sit at His feet? Surely You Almighty God, could not be speaking of me! Didn't you see what I did? How I disregarded Your word. No this place is not for me.  I've come to many a time, and you've washed me clean, taken my sin. But not this time. No I must leave this place.

But there again I hear my name. Did you call me Lord? Me? It truly is you Lord! You profess Your love for me now, in this place. I fall on my knee's, for I am too weak to stand. I fall into your arms, You hold me close. Why did I stay away so long from this place? 

For it's here I am complete! Reminded that yes this place is made for those that are clean, those who have been set free. And again I see, this place IS made for me! For by the grace only found at the cross, in the blood of Your Son, I am clean! I have been set free! And I don't have to be afraid to come to this place.

This place is the only place I find peace, hope, forgiveness. It's given freely, for those who seek it. They will find it, here in this place.

Now that I have come to this place, I never want to leave, never! This place is where I find my identity, my purpose, my strength, my heart. It's all here, in His presence, in His arms. Love that lasts forever, that can get anyone through every dark night, every lonely season, every trial, every pain, every rejection, every wound, and every scare. This place is beautiful, this place is pure. I keep coming back to this place.

And He keeps calling me no matter how far I turn in the wrong direction, or how many steps I take on the wrong path. He welcomes me back with open arms. I confess and repent of the sin that holds me down. And He lovingly breaks me until nothing else makes sense but Him. 

In this place I'm with Him. He is with me. I am loved beyond compare. That is why I love, This place.

~In His Arms~

Rachel

The Single Years

Some may see them as a waiting period, the single years. I myself have viewed them in this light. But the Lord has been changing my perspective. Teaching me to see them as not a time to and wait, but a time to move! It's hard sometimes to view them as a blessing, as a fruitful season. When many of us, me included, desire so much to get married, to have children. To be a wife and a mother.

But when we take the time to see them for what they really are, a blessing possibilities begin to come forth! If we chose to view them that way, we would see that it's Gods plan for to us to have a time to completely focused on Him.

When we say "I do" we become part of the person in front of us. Our time no longer belongs only to us. We become committed to a two part relationship, with the person God has given us. Then if the Lord chooses to bless us, we have children, and our time runs even more thin. And before we know it we're raising a family, and busier than ever!

So how beautiful would it be if we used this time to Him, to do His work!

In our culture it is so common to view the teenage and 20 something years as party time. Young people go from person to person trying to fill the lonely gap inside of them. And we as Christians tend to feel as though we are "okay" because we're not sleeping around, some of us not even dating. And we leave it at that.

But we're missing the point! Since we are young we have more energy, more time. So why are those things being waisted? Why are we sitting around waiting for our lives to start, when God is saying the time is now!

So let's use this time not to wait, but to be dedicated to the Lords work! Let Him use us to advance His kingdom!

He has already chosen who we will marry, how many children we will have , where we will live, and everything else about our futures!

So don't worry, He's got you covered ;) Use this time to draw closer to Him , to know the depth of love He has for you!

I'm really just saying these things to myself, but if you get something out of it then I'm glad ;) Thanks for stopping by :D

~Is His Love~
Rachel

Always~

I have not yet grasped this word. Always. He is always here. Always Lord? You're always here? Not when I'm stupid and fall into the same sin I already told you wouldn't do again. Not when I settle for "drive through" prayers rather then getting into my prayer closet. You cant be, no one loves that much.


Not when I was one who drove those nails into your wrist's. But you tell me You do, how can this be? How can my King and Lord, be my Comforter and my Peace? How? How, why, do You always stay here? With me and let me slap You in the face? A question I'm sure I will never know the answer to until I am with Him.


If this is true, then why do I constantly give in to satins lies? Why would I ever feel alone? I know that it is because of my flesh that I do this. The reason I think He hates me, the reason I let go. When will I finally understand that it's not me holding Him, but it's Him holding me? When will I get over my self and let Him in fully? Why do I hold back? Why do I build walls? When I know that as soon as I let them fall, He was there the whole time. Always.


He has never left me, never. He always loves me. Oh what a God we serve! What a King He is! Of course He's always here! He is perfect after all! Never leaving or forsaking us. Always holding us, comforting us.


Alone. This is the word I should not grasp. Because it is impossible for me to be alone. He is always here friends. Always.


So no matter what you are going through right now, wherever you are, He is there! You are NEVER alone! So don't be afraid, don't let satin get any part of you! Realize that no matter what happens, there is always some one who loves you. And no brokenness, no pain, no depression, no sin, NOTHING can change that.


Go before your Daddy right now, let Him wash away ever blemish, every stain, every crack, ever tare. Let Him  wipe every tear from your eyes. Peace does exist! I've felt it. And I have let it go too. And I never want to again! I always want to remember that He's right here. Always.


And I know I will fail. Like so many other times before. But by perfect grace, somehow, He will always bring me back! and that, friends is truly something to celebrate!!!


Always. Let that word seep in, through the stress, pain, and hurt. Right now let Him in, because when you do it's the best feeling you will ever have.


Thanks for stopping by, come again!


The end :)


~Wrapped in His arms~
Rachel

Stand up~

The kingdom of God should be made up of people who are willing to stand up for it! Not people who back down every time the battle gets going!


We all get so caught up in our comfort zones that we cant see that we are living in a dying world and we have got to take action to stop the people in this world from dying with it. I am so often guilty of this, there always seems to be someone else to do it, someone else to change the world.


This war gets more and more fierce everyday! We already know who's going to win this war. The question is how many battles will we win? How many soldiers will be led into victory?


The world today has made Jesus out to be a peace loving, just get along with everyone, hippie (for lack of a better word). But there was a different side of Him you don't hear about to much. The side that turned tables over and drove people out of His fathers house with a whip. He said He came not to bring peace but war.


If we are truly striving to be like Him, we need to recognise the growing darkness around us! We need to be aware of the need to be warriors in His army!


We need to arm ourselves daily with the armor of God. We need to daily ask The King of Kings to enter into us and fight for us. Because apart from Him we are nothing.


Take a moment to think about what your life would be without you Savior. Nothing. Our identity should be found in nothing else but Him alone!


And the people in this world need to know that that's what they are missing. That's the void in their life.


We as Christians fight daily battles. And we need to admit our brokenness, because in weakness His power is seen. Through dependency on Christ the lost in this world see something different, something they need!


So will you stand up? Will you fight the battles? Will you be a soldier in His kingdom? Lets make this generation one that future ones will look back on and say "they always turned back to The Lord, they never stopped fighting"


I must decrease so that He can increase~


I pray that someone gets something from my writing, because that's why i write. To bring glory to Him. I hope to get better in the future. Thank you to all of you who actually take the time to read my humble mushiness, I really appreciate it :)




Here's a song that goes along with it 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyVFxPSGljg


~Living By Grace~
Rachel