Am I Worthy?

Am I worthy?

A question that is asked so many times that I cannot tell you the actual number.

I was raised in church, my whole life has been centered around church and I can tell you for a fact that I have struggled over that same question, I still do.

Am I worthy of His love? Am I worthy to be a part of this church?

Time and time again I have asked myself these questions, searching for an answer.

We are not worthy when we are following what the world has to offer us. Every day we sin, and those sins do not make us worthy of His love, but when we repent and ask for forgiveness that makes us worthy of His love.

Feeling worthy in a church family is a difficult question for me to answer. With my experience in church, there is always going to be people who will try to make your church experience bad. But you cannot let those bad experiences get in the way of what really matters. Which is praising God and growing closer to Him. Church is a way for us to stay on the right path, and stay focused on God. Not for us to disown members of our church family because we think they don't qualify.

Everyone qualifies for church. It does NOT matter what your past looks like, or the clothes that you wear, or how you praise God. You are worthy to be a part of a church family, and NEVER let anyone tell you otherwise.

Romans 8:18 says, "For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us."

Every situation that you are going through, every time that you feel unworthy, remember that despite everything we suffer today and tomorrow it will never compare to the glory of being reunited with God in Heaven.

To my readers:

I pray that God will bless each of you abundantly and that every trail and situation you are going through, you will find peace, and be given hope.

When God Speaks

When God speaks to our hearts, we must listen.

When I decided to make a blog, it was more than a feeling it was like God was calling me toward something greater than myself.

This past December, I was messing around trying to come up with a name for my blog. For weeks I had nothing, then I began typing my story and how God saved me in my darkest times on my laptop. In that moment, I felt God place the name of my blog on my heart, Finding Your Purpose. But I had no idea it was only half of the name God had in mind for my blog.

The day that I made my blog I was so excited, because I already knew the name I was going to use. I typed in Finding Your Purpose, and apparently someone else was already using that title and I started to freak out. I started to ask God what I needed to do, while trying to find another name for my blog.

That's when everything got so much better. While I was worrying, God already knew the name I needed to use. That's when God placed the word fulfill on my heart, and I couldn't get over how much meaning and power that word held and that's when I knew in my heart what I needed to call my blog.

I typed in Finding Your Purpose and Fulfilling It, and thankfully no one else was already using that name. In that moment, my heart was filled with so much happiness.

Message to my readers:

It's very important that we listen to God when He is speaking to us. It can be about some of the simplest things, like me trying to find the name for my blog. To God it doesn't matter what it is, when He is calling you towards something He means business. He has an amazing plan for each of us, and we are all destined for greatness.

Finding Prince Charming

My whole life I have dreamed constantly about finding my "prince charming." As a young child it was based off of the disney princess movies that I watched, but as I grew up what I longed for changed.

When I was in elementary school, my prince charming consisted of a cute boy in my class who would call me his girlfriend and play on the monkey bars with me at recess.

Once I made it to middle school, I dreamed of greater things, like having a boyfriend on Valentine's day so I could get a box of chocolates.

I finally reached the time of my life where I was that grouchy but loving high schooler. And I did meet someone, an amazing sweet guy who at the time was my "prince charming." He was everything I ever dreamed of having. We dreamed of marriage and a future with each other, and it was more real than anything else I had ever experienced. But falling in love at a young age is difficult. It's a 50/50 chance, and unfortunately it didn't last.

I'm in college now, and I haven't met a guy who I can call my "prince charming." I can barely find a guy who acts like a godly gentleman. However, I know that he's out there.

Over the years, what I have looked for in a guy has changed. I am less concerned about finding the "perfect" guy to spend the rest of my life with, or getting a box of chocolates on Valentine's day. I have not lowered my standards, I just expect more because I am in the real world now, and every decision matters.

The thing is, we're all searching for something great to add into our lives. For me, that's finding a guy to spend the rest of my life with. But it's different for everyone. We try so hard to make our plan for our lives work, when we need to follow God's plan instead and let Him lead us. It does not matter how much we try to shape our lives into that "perfect" image, we will fail because it's impossible to accomplish. Only God is perfect, and we can try to strive for perfection but we will never reach that point, because we were never meant to be perfect.

Cinderella

At a very young age I became obsessed with the disney princesses, because what girl doesn't want to be a princess? It seemed logical to me. The first princess that I dreamed of becoming was Cinderella. I remember back when I was a little girl and my family was outside playing in the yard. I didn't want to go outside, because I was cleaning! For everyone who personally knows me, cleaning is not my favorite thing to do, so it was a complete shocker when my parents came in and saw me cleaning our kitchen floor with a wet wash cloth with a bucket of soapy water beside me. Does any of that sound familiar? YES! It came from the disney movie, Cinderella. The point of my childhood memory is that at a very young age I dreamed of becoming someone else. Now there is nothing wrong with disney princesses, they are all great. However, my point is that we spend our whole lives dreaming of becoming someone else, instead of accepting who we are. God created us differently, so what may be my greatest feature may not be yours. But we are all unique in our own ways. So why do we bother dreaming of becoming someone else? Because we are filled with insecurity from everything that the world puts in front of us. In the Bible, 1 John 2:15-17 tells us:

"Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world-the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life-is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with it's desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever."

When we allow the garbage of the world to get into our lives, we are disobeying God but we are also making it hard for ourselves. Everything that the world dishes out to us is sugar coated, because you have to be able to sell the product. People don't realize that consequences come with our actions, and what may seem like a good thing can cause a lot of pain if we are not careful. So when we are not content with ourselves, we are allowing the world to take a hold of every insecurity that we have, and dish it right back to us in a larger and more powerful form.

So the next time that you catch yourself dreaming of becoming someone else keep in mind, that YOU are perfect the way that you are. You do NOT need to change, and that YOU are special in God's eyes.

Hello, my name is Allison.

Hey everyone! Welcome to my blog, Finding Your Purpose and Fulfilling It!

I have been dreaming about creating a blog for a few months now, and I am so pumped that I finally get to make that dream come true! My soul purpose in this blog is to help you find your purpose in life and help you find ways to fulfill that purpose. The subjects that I will cover will vary but my goal is to encourage everyone who reads my blog. Stay tuned for more!