If I Didn't Have Him...

Greetings and Happy November!


Well October has passed by and I missed doing a journal entry. So to catch up: I'll post two for the month of November. And it's the Thanksgiving holiday that is coming up. My favorite holiday: giving thanks and expressing our thanks to our heavenly father!


One topic that stays on my mind is, "Where would I be if I didn't have Him?"

I have thought about this topic a lot. The reason being is that there are times where I want to revert back to the things and cares of the world. I think about the old life I was living and how it "appeared" to be easier. It is what I knew and it is what I was comfortable with. And now that I am surrendering myself (working on surrendering my entire being) to Him, it is becoming harder and harder to manage. But I don't want to go back to that life. I am reminded that that life (the old life I was living) profited me nothing! I am reminded that that life did not include God completely. It is a reminder that will forever be attached to my heart.


If I continued with the lifestyle I was living three, four years ago: then I am sure I would not be receiving the blessings I have received since turning my life over to Christ. So I ask you this chilly afternoon, "Where would you be if you didn't have God?"


(1) Would you be still living in pain, struggling with life?

(2) Would you still be in the relationship that you are in?

(3) Would you love any less than the love God expects of us?

(4) Would you still hold on to selfish behaviors that benefit no one, not even you?

**Where would you be if you didn't have God?**

I challenge you to reflect on this as you go through the rest of your day and week.

Let me know your thoughts. Let's share with each other!


"I am the light of the world. He who follows me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of Life." - -John 8:12 Jesus speaking to scribes and Pharisees.

If we did not have Him, we would continuously walk in darkness, with no light to guide our paths. He is the light and He will bring us up out of darkness. He desires to save us from the things of this world that are toxic to our spirits. God is a God of Promise. Jesus is the way, the truth and the Life.


"Yes, I know this. And yet I still struggle with Life," you may say. He is here for us and He is with us. We just need to be obedient on a consistent basis, study His word, and listen to Him.

We must wait patiently on Him.

The struggle is so prevalent that we can easily miss what God is trying to tell us. If I did not listen to God back in May, I would have gone down a path of selfish desires, wants, and needs. Instead of following my own desires, I decided to risk all of my fleshly desires and follow God's plan for me: the plan that He has already purposed for me to live.


Are you following your way instead of God's way? If you are, then think about where you may end up if you don't have Him with you. Is it (your fleshly desires) worth ignoring God's desires for your heart? Who says you can't prosper if you follow God's lead? God is with us- always.

And if we don't recognize His presence, then we are but mere castaways drift at sea.


"Most assuredly I say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin." - - John 8:34
(Jesus speaking to the Jews)

I would be living a life FULL of sin and EMPTY of God! This is where I would be if I didn't have Him. We are all sinners. But God says we don't have to stay this way. For Christ died for all our sins and we have the free choice to repent, ask for forgiveness, and die to self so that we may be new creatures in Christ! Wow, man that is so powerful! Do you feel that? That is the Holy Spirit convicting you.

"It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life." - - John 6:63 (Jesus speaking to His disciples)

Jesus says that "the flesh profits nothing." Sure we may feel good temporarily, but it is nothing compared to the Spirit that comes to help us, to comfort us, and to give us abiding peace. We are convicted in those things that are not of God. And God wants to use us, as victorious believers, so that we may have life more abundantly and help Him to win souls! This is what God desires.

Are you ready to take on this powerful task that He has laid before us as His servants?

Are you read to lay down your life for God? He has already done it for us!


God is a God of unconditional love. His mercy is full of greatness and He never fails. So why ignore Him when He is waiting at the doorstep, to be invited in to your heart for eternity?


If I didn't have Him, I'd be nothing.

Thank God I have Him and thank God He keeps me!

Pray. Love.

Pray: that God works on your heart as you work on building your relationship with Him.

Love: God with all your heart so that you may love His people the way Christ loved us and gave
Himself up for us.

Pray. Love. Pray. Love.

Prayer is powerful. Prayer changes you. Prayer never fails!

Love is priceless. Love softens the heart. Love never dies!

Pray. Love. Pray, love, so that He will be with you always!


Love & Many Blessings,

- - ats