At times I feel like I wear a scarlet letter,
because I made the choice to share my STORY.
Not a pretty STORY,
because who wants to share that they were bulimic for 14 years.
Even writing that pierces my soul,
because of the times that THE TRUTH has backfired on me.
For I was then branded
as
WEAK,
the one with the problem.
Well guess what.
I did have a problem.
A GOD problem.
Because GOD wasn't in my LIFE.
Would I go back and do things differently
and keep silent
because of the FEAR of what others would think of me.
No, not at all,
because
THE TRUTH has set me FREE.
THE TRUTH that I am so WEAK,
that I need
THE STRENGTH of A SAVIOR
so that I
WILL LIVE my LIFE as GOD intended.
I think of
DAVID~
The Shepherd Boy.
The Warrior.
The Psalmist.
Oh he wore the scarlet letter,
as he was ever
so WEAK
when he committed adultery with Bathsheba,
and then committed murder when he killed her husband.
And DAVID was called a man after GOD'S own heart.
How would you describe a person who is
after GOD'S own heart?
Would it be someone who acknowledges
how WEAK they are
and that they can't do LIFE on their own,
so that the only way
is to
come before
JESUS
and
RECEIVE HIM
to
FOLLOW HIM
because
HE is THE TRUTH.
Oh to see your WEAKNESS.
Oh to embrace your WEAKNESS.
That is when you start to LIVE.
Do you have a STORY that you HIDE because you
FEAR what other's may think about you if they only knew?
GOD KNOWS your STORY
and that is why
HE wants to be in your STORY.
Let me introduce myself to you.
I am Joni Jones.
I am WEAK, yet oh so strong,
because I have a SAVIOR
who SAVED my LIFE the moment I gave up my LIFE.
Be BOLD.
Be COURAGEOUS.
ACKNOWLEDGE your WEAKNESS
to the
ONE who wants to
take your precious HEART
and
FILL IT
with HIMSELF
so that you can
LIVE RIGHT NOW
as
HIS PRECIOUS CHILD
who no longer
FEARS being WEAK
because
WEAKNESS brings you to your knees.
And that my friend is when you
become oh so
STRONG,
because
that is when
JESUS takes over your whole being
so that you can't ever imagine
LIVING LIFE WITHOUT HIM
because
HE is your LIFE.
What is your STORY?
Tell it
to THE ONE
who becomes your STORY.
REAL LIFE. REAL STORY. REAL GOD.
So let me tell you
"MY STORY"
(listen to the song below)
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