First and foremost I want to take this moment to give God thanks for a new opportunity He’s given me to seek Him. I spent about three years away from God and the church. I don’t think a day went by that I wouldn’t think about Him. I still prayed for my meals but besides that I didn’t have a relationship with God. I picked up bad habits like drinking and smoking vape pens. I started listening to secular music again. Before I knew it, I had drifted away from God. But fast forward to today and I’m back in church after finding myself in a very low moment in my life. I cried out to God. I was lonely and depressed. I was full of anxiety, stress, and fear. But God is good and He heard my cry. I want to encourage you and myself to seek God. Because a new day brings a new beginning.
“In my distress I cried unto the Lord, and he heard me.” – Psalm 120:1
I spent a few years without having a relationship God. I didn’t realize that I was sinking lower and lower everyday. Slowly but surely I was a digging a hole for myself. I had so much anxiety, stress, and fear. I isolated myself so this made things even worse. I wanted to be in my own world. I was drinking a lot and I was embracing my depression. I remember being drunk and on TikTok one night and seeing nothing but sad and depressing videos. For some odd reason I searched up suicide statistics after watching a video about being sad and not wanting to live anymore. The suicide video showed the stages of suicide. I thought, that could never be me. But I thought to myself that people who commit suicide probably never envisioned themselves becoming suicidal. This is when I knew I had to do something.
I remember on a few occasions starting to pray for God to save me from the hole I was in. I was tired of being sad and depressed. I was tired of living the life I was living. God is faithful and He is so good because He heard my cry and helped me. I’m still struggling in some areas, but thanks to God, I’m in a much better place. I want to continue searching for His face. I know that when God reaches out to us, He’s giving us a new opportunity. A new beginning. I honestly do not want to throw away this opportunity. I want to take full advantage of it because there’s nothing better than living for God.
This is just a little bit of what I was living. I know that we all are dealing with our own personal struggles. I hope that my transparency can be helpful to you. I remember years ago when I was struggling and falling into sin, I’d beat myself up and wish I could have had a perfect testimony. But there’s no such thing as a perfect testimony. Only Jesus was and is perfect. Our struggles and our shortcoming are meant to humble us and realize that it’s not about us. It’s about Jesus and the grace and mercy God has given us. We don’t deserve it. We can never merit it. But God in his everlasting love has given us a new opportunity. A new beginning in Jesus Christ. Glory be to God forever and ever! I love you guys and if you’ve made it this far, thanks for reading. God bless you always!
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” – 2 Corinthians 5:17
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