Jesus Saved

Hello my beloved readers. I actually have some time in my wild little Jesus life to do some serious (ha ha) blogging. So here I am writing to you from my happy vacation with my brother and sister in law in beautiful Texas. I want to thank you ahead of time because blogging this next section is helping me better understand and see the latest revelations God has shown me about my awesome Jesus and His finished work on the cross.

I was always taught in church and in my Sunday school class that there were sinners and the saved. The saved were the people who asked Jesus into their heart and somehow like magic in that exact moment you were transformed into a new creature. Everybody else though, forgive my brashness, was screwed unless they accepted Jesus and doomed to hellish torment for all eternity. Bless my Jesus that I did not spend too much time even paying attention to the theologies I learned in the church but most of my time being sweetly loved by my Jesus. Once I came to correct teaching it lined up with what I had already experienced of my true Jesus in my heart. It made sense. It made me happy. It worked. So that was what I was taught before, but here is what I understand now.

Jesus died for every single person on this planet past, present, and future. The word "all" is used so often in the New Testament it's hilarious that I ever missed it. Just a few verses include 2 Cor. 5:10 (salvation for world), Titus 2:11 and John 12:32 (all people), 2 Cor. 5:13 (all died in Christ), Romans 5:18-19, and 1 Corinthians 15:21-22 (all made alive in Christ). Salvation isn't about our response to Christ, but His response to you. There are now simple believers and unbelievers. Believers are already enjoying the benefits of this reality of true holiness and unity with Christ and blissed out joy and love while unbelievers are simply those who do not believe what Christ has done for them and live a lie. If you don't know that God loves you, saved you, made you perfect, made you one with Him, is totally flipping awesome and made you that way.... well if you don't know that... you are going to be pretty miserable and look to anything to try to make yourself feel better. You will do what we like to call... sin. The beautiful thing is that "Christ died for us while we were yet sinners."(Romans 5:8) Paul evens tells the pagans in Acts 17:28, "we are his offspring." Jesus married His bride and then fixed her. His kiss of the cross is what transformed her. Our sin should not be the emphasis because He killed it... instead the truth... Jesus... His salvation... His love is our every word and message.

All the unbelievers in our world are family, saved, children of God... they just don't know it yet. They are lost. They are walking around with a false identity. But Jesus came to seek and save the lost. Now He lives through us and as we drink this message ourselves we cannot help but be overflowing well springs of love and truth. We cannot help but see Jesus in everyone and everything because His light shines in the darkness. Our message changes from, "accept Jesus" to "Jesus accepted you, He loves you, He made you new, you are His special child and He just wants to bliss you our forever." And once you simply believe that like a little child, well, lets just say you are going look and act just like the little unique reflection of Jesus that you are.

This brings up questions like will all someday believe him and why do some not? To answer those... I simply don't know, but Christ lives in me and He does so I am okay with not having all the answers. But I must say I do hope that someday just like God Himself hopes, "that all will come to repentance" (2 Peter 3:9) and that "all men be saved and come to a knowledge of the truth" (2 Timothy 2:4). Do I believe that people can decide to believe on Christ and enjoy reality after death... I'm not sure. But I will say that the Word when describing heaven does say that the "gates will never be closed" (Rev. 21:25, Isaiah 60:11, and Isaiah 26:2). Scripture always tells us that "love always hopes" and "love never fails (1 Cor. 13: 7-8). I also believing that hell is a self inflicted place of unbelief. God still loves those who chose to lie in that lie world and He still sees them as saved. I believe both heaven and hell are manifested on earth in the present too from those who believe and don't. But I cannot help but hope that everyone will someday whether in this life or the next will decide to believe on Christ just as much as a family member with a lost loved one wishes that someday their child will come back home. And isn't this the Father's attitude in the story of the prodigal son.

Finally I say if we believe that sin could enter to all people through one man Adam why can't we believe that salvation entered to all people through Christ. (1 Corinthians 15:21-22). Seriously who is stronger... sin or Jesus. Jesus won hands down. And He won by dying naked on tree and... possessing evil itself and dying it's death. "He became sin who knew no sin, that we might become His righteousness." (2 Corinthians 5:21)

Jesus loves you. Jesus saved you. Jesus, the most awesome bridegroom of all time married you and now you are just like Him and can enjoy Him and be enjoyed by Him forever. And now you can enjoy the big Jesus family and let them know that what He did for you, He did for them too. Now that is the good news. :)

Yummy Good Byes

Well, I thought I would update you on all the changes that have happened in just two weeks time! I applied for a nanny job last month and they got back to me. I was told they went from 20 applicants down to four they were interviewing. I was one of the four. I had my interview two Tuesdays ago. They called me the next day. I got the job. It's a live in nanny position for four children while their parents are deployed in Afghanistan. I will be living with the kids and one of the grandmothers for a couple months and then the other grandmother for the rest. It's a beautiful place, the kids are awesome, and the pay is blessed of God if you know what I mean. Only thing is I had to put in my two weeks notice at the preschool right away because they want me to start April 2. So today was my last day working at the preschool since I graduated in 2009 with my Associates in Early Childhood. My preschool parents spoiled me with a cake (it's the one in the picture), a necklace, clothes, flowers, cards, and more! It's crazy that I'm leaving their children and they still blessed me. My co-worker told me it's because I was good to them. It's funny how me just being me has made such a difference to people. It's kind of amazing really. These simple Headstart parents really blew me away. God closed this door so gently for me and with so much love.

So tomorrow I fly off to Texas to visit my brother and sister in law. The perfect time for a vacation! Then I come back for one day and then head to live with my new kids as their nanny. Next I head to college full time to complete my Bachelors degree in Early Childhood and possibly do my student teaching overseas. So yah... I guess you could say... I moved out of the nest and am really starting to soar.

It's just crazy. I just lifted my wee little wings and said "ok Jesus" and He blew. "I'm a leaf on the wind, watch how I soar."

Go ahead and soar world! Be yourself. Enjoy Him. And let His love lift you to places you never thought you could go. :)

Two Steps Back and a Big Leap

It has been awhile beloved readers. Sorry about that. I have been very preoccupied with life... but it is a good preoccupied. I would like to update you on what God is doing with this next chapter of my life.

I have been working as a preschool teacher since I graduated in 2009. I have loved working with my kids and families and my beloved staff. God has taught me soooooo much there and I have enjoyed every moment. I must say it has been a wild crazy little ride at Headstart. But it has become clear that in order to do what I love and help serve these children I must have my Bachelors' degree. And of course God has a way of making His desires your own. So this will be my last year at Headstart. After the summer I will be going back to school, hopefully living on campus (another huge leap for me- living on my own) and getting my Bachelors. I am also considering doing my student teaching in Africa. I feel God has more to teach me from that place. From there God will open the next door. But He has made it clear that it is much bigger then here. He has convinced me He is my husband and I must follow Him alone. I am under Him and though I love my family and friends... I'm on this wild adventure with Him and He is just plain so wild, wonderful, and crazy awesome that I can't help but follow Him. I am wildly in love with Him. And if He wants me to live a wild, abnormal life and is convinced that He can use little old me... then I say... "Jesus, the only response I have is I'm all yours."

So in some senses it seems odd that after getting out of school and then slowly progressing to lead teacher I am now going back to school. My big quote for this chapter of my life has been, "You gotta take two steps backward to take a giant leap forwards."

I must admit I am a wee bit nervous about leaving home, leaving work, trusting God to provide for me financially at school, making new friends, etc.... but I am also extremely excited. And God has ruined me in a good way and I simply must believe Him. Love and faith is my only response to Him. I mean... what can I say... Jesus killed me and made me new. I belong to Him. Let's do it.

In the meanwhile... this song has been an inspiration to me throughout my life. It might seem cheesy to some, but I believe there's so much glory on it. I encourage you all to fly with Jesus. He has given you wings! Love you all. Jesus blessings!