What would I be like without Christ? This is the questions that our Faithbooking group posed as we started our page.
There are so many ways my life would be different if He hadn’t gotten a hold of me. When I was younger I always felt that I was generally a good person and that was good enough. I realize now that most of us think that we are generally good people. It is only through the eyes of the Lord that we can clearly see ourselves. When we accept Christ we get the Holy Spirit and it is through this union that He is able to help us clearly see ourselves little by little so that we can work towards true righteousness. I look back on my life and see how much my life has changed since I accepted Christ and let Him work in my life. I struggle with sinfulness that I used to swear were not a struggle for me like pridefulness, selfishness and judgement. I could not have seen these sins on my own. I needed to see myself through the Lord’s eyes.
First off I would be a horrible parent. Christ has taught me so much through my parenting years. When we started a family I was a screamer. I valued my job above my family as you could tell by my work hours and how frequently I brought the kids to my job. I had no wisdom about how to properly parent children. I was afraid to be a stay at home mom as I thought I would surely fail. I was good at my job and I was unsure how I would be as a full time mom. God had a lot of work to do in that area of my life and He is still working on me as my kids transition into adulthood. God provided so much wisdom as I transitioned from full time employee to full time mom. He is constantly providing wisdom and grace through each stage of parenting. As our children grow so our parenting also needs to grow and it is impossible to see clearly without Christ.
I would probably be divorced as it is so difficult to maintain a happy and fulfilling 30 year relationship without Christ. I am selfish and impatient and always think I am right ……. My husband and I spent time at a therapist at one time in our marriage. We were at a place in our relationship where neither of us was happy but we didn’t know how to change. We also wanted different things in life and we needed to become united for our family. We were provided with a great Christian counselor who noticed that I was struggling with some depression (which I denied of course). There were several other issues that we had to work on but it was an additional resource that was important to our marriage. The Lord is always working on helping me be a good wife
I would be very unhealthy and obese. I have struggled with my weight for years. I remember struggling with my weight even when I was thin. My struggle is with desiring food in an unhealthy way. Sometimes that shows up in my weight sometimes it is just in my desire to look like someone else. It is taking a lot of work from the Holy Spirit to work on this one and it is ongoing. I used to hate to exercise and now I finally enjoy it but it is still a work in progress. I struggle with food focus and not being content with my body. God has provided me with a great figure should I choose to take care of it but the balance between contentment and not focusing on food is a difficult one for me.
He is working on me every day with all my flaws and sin nature. There is so much to work on and He knows that I can only handle a little chipping at a time so he works on me little by little until I begin to resemble what He desires.
Spend some time today asking yourself what your life would be like without Christ or if Christ is not in your life take some time to ask the Lord what it might be like with Him in your life. When you ask the Lord into your life change happens. He desires the best for all of us. He desires a relationship with us and that we would follow Him and allow Hiim to work in our lives. He loves us more that we can ever imagine and He wants us to fulfill the purpose that He created us for.
