A Rewritten Story

Good Morning Ladies! This week has been crazy busy for me and for all of you I bet, so please forgive us in advance for the delay in posts this week!! :)

Today I wanted to talk about your rewritten story, which is the sermon that was shared on Easter Sunday. Mark 14:32-40

^"32They came at length to a garden called Gethsemane.

Jesus: Stay here. I’m going a little farther to pray and to think.

³³He took Peter, James, and John with Him; and as they left the larger group behind, He became distressed and filled with sorrow.

Jesus: ³⁴My heart is so heavy; I feel as if I could die. Wait here for Me, and stay awake to keep watch.

³⁵He walked on a little farther. Then He threw Himself on the ground and prayed for deliverance from what was about to come.

Jesus: ³⁶Abba, Father, I know that anything is possible for You. Please take this cup away so I don’t have to drink from it. But whatever happens, let Your will be done—not Mine.

³⁷He got up, went back to the three, and found them sleeping.

Jesus (waking Peter): Simon, are you sleeping? Couldn’t you wait with Me for just an hour? ³⁸Stay awake, and pray that you aren’t led into a trial of your own. It’s true—even when the spirit is willing, the body can betray it.

³⁹He went away again, and prayed again the same prayer as before—pleading with God but surrendering to His will.

⁴⁰He came back and found the three asleep; and when He woke them, they didn’t know what to say to Him.

⁴¹After He had gone away and prayed for a third time, He returned to find them slumbering.

Jesus: Again? Still sleeping and getting a good rest? Well, that’s enough sleep. The time has come; the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. ⁴²Get up now, and let’s go. The one who is going to betray Me is close by"

 

We are so much like Peter, James and John. God has given us chance after chance after chance and we just keep "falling alseep on him" when he needs us the most. Instead of Jesus getting angry in this story and leaving them he gives them another chance and then still takes them with him. I bet Peter, James and John felt like we do so much of the time, like we let God down so much that we dont' know how to recover from that. We don't know what to say to God anymore because we are afraid that he won't forgive us for our past mistakes, but it says in Jeremiah 31:34 "...For I will forgive their wrong doing and never again remember their sin." Once you ask God for forgiveness your sin is forgotten in his eyes. God wants to rewrite our lives ladies! He wants to use the things that we've been through that we aren't so proud of, to help someone else get through what they are going through. He wants us to let go of guilt, shame and fear and allow him to take over our lives so people can see us transformed. Are you allowing God to rewrite your story? Are you moving past your past mistakes and treating everyday like it's a new day? Every day is a chance for us to get it right ladies. Every moment! What we do matters to God.

 

I know this isn't as WONDERFUL as it was when I heard it on Easter Sunday, but I wanted to share a little bit of that message with you. We have to allow God to rewrite our lives and we have to stop falling asleep on the job. Living for God, sharing his love with others and telling others about him is our job. Are you doing this to the fullest? I know I need to remind myself of these things daily.

 

Have a wonderful day today ladies! Please stay encouraged! You're not alone in what you're going through. Help someone else today and everyday to know this too! :)

 

Raynisia Nagel

A Woman After God's Own Heart