For the past eight months I’ve wakened early to write a new post for my blog.  I’m not getting any younger and feel an urgency to express my gratitude to God for what He’s done for me.  It took me many years of struggling and finally submitting to the truth of my salvation.  I was raised in a Christian home and often questioned what was being hammered into my doubting mind.

My battle continued for a long time and I still find myself wondering occasionally.  The truth is, my doubts are little tiny arrows which are being thrown my way by my greatest enemy, the devil, to win me back from Jesus.

Every time I feel myself doubting, I pray that God will send His protection.  We are all susceptible to the power of sin, no matter how strong we think we are.  I’m convinced that the battle will not end until I reach the other side of eternity.

The victory over sin has already been waged and the devil defeated by Jesus, but our sinful nature still has a grip on us.  Eternal peace will finally come when we also rise to life after our physical death, just as Jesus overcame death.  Until then, we face the difficulties of a sinful world.  We are being refined and reshaped by our Creator.  He alone can save us.

I will continue to write – sometimes too much, I fear.  The words have been spilling out of me lately and I know they aren’t coming from my brain.   Until I meet him face to face, I will spend the remainder of my days letting others know that all they have to do is let go and let God do the work. So easy, yet often extremely hard!