Good News

So I realize that it has been seemingly ages since I last posted on here and for that I apologize. Currently I am thinking about the calling that has been placed on my life to live not as the world sees me or what the world tells me I am but as I am in the eyes of my heavenly Father. Honestly, what else matters. Granted, I do not want to be disliked by those around me for being a jerk or just plain annoying, but, if I am doing what God has truly called me to do it is my job to stick in that no matter what trials might come my way. It is often difficult to live in the truth that God loves me, that he desires to have a relationship with me no matter if I have everything figured out or not. For some reason lately I have been caught in the idea that God wants me to be perfect and have everything in my life figured out before I come to Him or before I start serving Him. Because, truth be told, I feel like this is what the world at large is telling me. Forget the Gospel of come as you are, no matter what you are. Give me the Gospel of we only want you if you are already doing things right. This is so wrong! While I was still a sinner Christ died for me. Not while I was trying to figure things out. Not while I was already perfect because if that was the case there would be no reason for His death. This is a portion of the Gospel, not the entire good news but oh how good this part is. Let us not forget that God is willing to take us just as we are, nothing more, nothing less. It is only by His power, love, grace, and mercy that we are able to be in relationship with Him and this is the only way that we can truly glorify Him. By living every day based on the truth of who God is and the truth of who we are in His eyes.