Life With Sly

Tag: jesus

  • Honest Before God

    Honest Before God

    I had to be honest.

    I had to stop trying to convince myself that I was wrong for wanting what I wanted and believing what I believed. I decided to open myself and the space I was in into God with purity and honesty. I confessed the desires of my heart in that moment while admitting my understanding of why others believed it to be wrong.

    God listened. He heard me. He didn’t judge me. Then, He blessed me and granted the desires of my heart to me. May we all learn to be more honest with ourselves and God so He can move accordingly in our lives. May His will be done. Amen.

    “And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished building the house of the Lord and the king’s house, and all Solomon’s desire which he wanted to do, that the Lord appeared to Solomon the second time, as He had appeared to him at Gibeon. And the Lord said to him: “I have heard your prayer and your supplication that you have made before Me; I have consecrated this house which you have built to put My name there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually. Now if you walk before Me as your father David walked, in integrity of heart and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and My judgments, then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, as I promised David your father, saying, ‘You shall not fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’ But if you or your sons at all turn from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them, then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them; and this house which I have consecrated for My name I will cast out of My sight. Israel will be a proverb and a byword among all peoples.”
    ‭‭I Kings‬ ‭9‬:‭1‬-‭7‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
    https://bible.com/bible/114/1ki.9.1-7.NKJV

  • Embracing Vulnerability: A Soul’s Reflection

    Embracing Vulnerability: A Soul’s Reflection

    Awake. I’m awake right now. At this time of day. Wondering what you’re doing and when you’ll come my way. “It’s my first time, ” I think to myself. It’s my first time opening myself up in such a public way. I’m excited, but the excitement quickly turns to despair. Will you like me? Will I say the right things to make you stay? Or will you walk? So many thoughts.

    So many questions that only God and time can answer. Again, I ask, “Will you stay?”

    I ask as if I’ve never asked before. I turn to the heavens and ask God through my broken mirror, “Why did You make me like this? Why did You allow me to suffer so long that I find it so hard to trust?” My thoughts are like splattered paint. Wandering. Moving, according to their own will, and refusing to mold into any interpretable or recognizable image. Then I hear it. I hear Him. God says to me, “Peace, be with you.” He reminds me that I am who He needs me to be. A broken vessel being made new. A light for those who aren’t ready to know Him. I have been perfectly decorated. Shaped and placed to show God’s lost ones where our home is. A torch in the wilderness; lighting the path. Illuminating! I thank God for the peace He’s given.

    And so, I sit here. Awake. I’m awake right now. At this time of day. Wondering what you’re doing and when you’ll come my way.

    John 14:27 KJV
    27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
    https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/bible-multi-version/9PPRWS532N91