Hey, everyone! I hope y’all have had a great month of May. It has been a very exciting month, and tomorrow is especially exciting because it’s my last day of school! I have been longing for tomorrow all year and it’s finally here! But anyway, what I wanted to share today, is something that Jesus has shown me for about the last month. So, when I turned 13, I was given a necklace. The necklace I was given has a small diamond heart. This diamond heart was given to my mom by my dad when I was born, along with 2 other hearts, representing my 2 brothers. So as you can tell, this is a very special necklace.
Well, about a month and a half ago, I lost my necklace. When I lost it, I thought it was gone forever, and I searched everywhere for it. I looked in every nook and cranny of my house, I called my grandparents, friends, but it was still nowhere. I cried about it, prayed about it, and still, it was nowhere to be found.
But, one night, my friend was over, and we were just hanging out in my room. My friend was sitting on my carpet, and all of a sudden, she saw a glimmer in my rug. She pulled my necklace up from my rug, and I started screaming and running around like a wild maniac!!!
So, this brings me to my point. For about a month, I was searching in every spot I could think of to find my necklace. But throughout this time, my necklace was laying right in front of my face, and all I had to do was open up my eyes and see. I’ve realized that this is how we are with Jesus. We are searching in so many areas to find fulfillment, but nothing will satisfy. We look at culture, our friends, our body image, our talents, but nothing can please us. But as we are searching , there is a God who has always been right in front of us, but we were too sinful to open up our eyes to see.
Our sweet Jesus has always been there because of his eternal grace and sovereignty. He never leaves us, even when we were searching for worldly things to bring us joy. So through every wrong thing we do, every stupid move we make, he is right there in front of us, leading us towards him. He is the glimmer of hope that leads us to the cross.
So friends, brothers, sisters, let us know the simplicity of the search. Pray that you will know the God that is always right there before us when we are looking at other things in this world. It is so simple but so beautiful. So, let’s stop our searching and come to the God that fulfills every promise for us.
“But from there you will seek the Lord your God and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.” -Deuteronomy 4:29
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