First attempt at blogging

Well...I decided to give this "blogging" thing a try.  I haven't decided what to blog about; for now I will share my LOL (lessons of life).

Although I have been a believer in Jesus Christ since 1984.  My life was not centered around Christ it was focused on others.  I thought I was doing the "right thing", yet all along I was worshiping something other than my Heavenly Father.  As a visual learner, I always ask the Lord to show me something that is a constant reminder of my lessons of life (LOL).  This is one of them.

I was once a caterpillar crawling around aimlessly following the "rules".  This life of bondage left me feeling helpless, hypocritical and hopeless.  BUT God then gently began to wrap His arms of love around me..during this "cocoon stage"...my true relationship journey began.  I realized how much I desperately need Him...not just for salvation, but for everyday living.  During this stage a lot of healing began...bitterness, forgiveness and looking at my  "part".  I began to realize that the terrible life circumstances that I was or had experienced was to not hurt but help me to grow more in Christ.  These lessons were difficult, yet I know that God carried me through each one. 

I needed to fully understand the forgiveness that Christ extended to me in order to forgive others.  Once I could truly extend forgiveness to others was when God then knew that it was time for me to burst forth in a different form.  When this happened, I felt free.  This is when I became the butterfly.  Free!