At Last...

So... It has been quite a long while since I last posted. I was getting ready for bed tonight and something finally hit me. It was not that I was screwing up all the time, it was not that I am falling back into old habits, it's that my personal relationship with God has suffered just about in the last year. I slowly let things start to slide and they never really began to crumble but all the tiny sliding that I thought could not hurt has pushed me to areas I could have never imagined being in. When I started this blog about a year and a half ago, I was looking for God in a big way and found that as long as I was faithful to him, he would in turn be faithful and give me more than I could ever imagine. I do not mean just material things, but joy, peace, understanding and most of all, unconditional love. He has loved me in spite of all that I have done against him and no matter how far I run, he is always right there to catch me. I really want to start posting more not because I feel like I need to post but because I know it has a purpose for me and it really gets me to focus more on who He is rather than who I am and what I can do to be great for Him.

What I meant when I said that my personal relationship with Him has suffered, I meant that even though I pray, spend time in the word, worship, and put to practice His principles, I am not spending the time that I need to, just me and Him. I cannot speak for you, but I think that most people will pray and read the Bible so they can say, "Oh I have a personal relationship because I talk to God and read His word, so he speaks to me and I with him." However, I know that even though I do this, it is not what he wants. It is like talking to a friend everyday by sending a text to ask how they are doing and then if you find out that something is up, you will tell them that you will do what you can to help them. Yes, you are being a friend to them but are you really investing the time to actually sit and talk with them to figure things out WITH them. Anyone can try to solve someone's problems when they hear that they are going through rough times but working with someone through something or ALLOWING them to help you through something is what it means to actually be a friend. God not only wants to hear what we are going through, he also wants to help us through it, IF we allow him. I believe that God is heartbroken and wants His workers to work and if we take time to listen to what He wants, we can help His cause too. I believe God is concerned not just for the well-being of others in the world, but also for His own people. What I mean by this is that He knows the devil is scheming and trying to drag down Christians, and God knows are flesh is weak, so He wants us to look to him to combat whatever evil we may face.

For those of you who feel like maybe you have sinned recently and it is tough to ask forgiveness, read 1st John 1:9, which states, "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." I feel that hits the hammer directly on the nail when it comes to purification of sins because of His blood shed for us on calvary. God still has a plan, and God still plans to use you if you so choose. Continue to seek him even when it gets rough because He is ready to walk with you through the storm.

God Bless,

Joseph Robinson