Truth Be Told: Possessing Everything

Welcome to Truth Be Told!

It's been a huge blessing to have so many people read these blog entries. With a passion for writing, I felt it laid on my heart to use my life, with all of it's ups and downs, to relate to others and help them with whatever they may be going through. My prayer is that God will speak to you through my writing, just like he has spoken to me. Although many of my blogs contain personal information and opinions (my life is an open book), I seek to only write what I know to be true - revelations that have been made to me from God through his word and Spirit :) As I have stated in many of my blog entries before, I am not perfect, nor do I claim to be "holier than thou" or "have it all together". Anyone that knows me would tell you that I am far from that. I'll be the first to tell you that I am a horrible, messed up human being who would be nothing without the grace of God. So all the thanks to him, for using my life to help others and further his kingdom :) I am just a messenger, my friends! Enjoy these entries, be challenged by them, and use them to grow closer to God.

Love,
Lottie

Monday, June 6, 2011

Possessing Everything

"Sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything." 2nd Corinthians 6:10

I came across this verse not too long ago and it's always meant something to me, but now I have a whole knew understanding of it.

When driving for a long period of time, my mind tends to wander. If I give my mind too much time to think, it tends to turn into a toxic mind war. I start to focus my attention on sad thoughts, angry thoughts, or terrifying thoughts. Driving back to Iowa from Kansas, my mind started to wander, conjuring up one of the most terrifying thoughts I've ever had.

I realized during my trip that after I pay my utilities bill this month, I'm down to nothing. Literally nothing. No, I don't carelessly spend all my money on shopping (althought I will admit I do shop every once in a while. I am a girl..) but I just don't make enough money to save my money and it goes fast being a college student with living expenses.

Don't get me wrong. I'm not trying to throw a poor-me pitty party or say that I am soo poor because I know I'm not. I understand that there are a lot of people who are worse off than me and I realize that I am very blessed. That's the point. I am so unbelievably lucky to have parents who provide for me. I can count on the fact that they will be there to help me out financially and make sure I'm getting along in life. The terrifying thought that occured was this: I'm down to no money, and if it wasn't for them, I would be a homeless, hungry, uneducated, smelly, cold human being. Even when I get my next pay check, it wouldn't be enough for me to survive on my own. I wouldn't have my apartment, I wouldn't have gas in my car, I wouldn't have food to eat, I wouldn't be going to school; nothing.

I, alone, have nothing. But because of them, I have everything. Everything I need to survive.

That's when it hit me. Truth is, without God, we are alot like my situation. Alone, before we had Him in our lives, we had/were nothing. We were pathetic, selfish, angry, spiritually hungry human beings who longed for something more. We couldn't survive on our own. We could try, but in the end, we are left with nothing. This world leaves us with nothing. But with God, we possess everything. Happy, rich, fulfilled lives with all the blessings that God pours into us.

I don't deserve any of his grace. Just like I don't deserve the kindness of my dad to support me financially. But he does it because he loves me and wants what's best for me. He wants me to live a fulfilled life. He provides me with what I need to survive.

As does God.

Having NOTHING, yet possessing EVERYTHING. It's the beauty of grace.