Coming off my Desert Island
A few months ago, I shared how I felt like I was stranded on a desert island. My life felt so dry, as if the joy had been vacuumed out. I acknowledged that the reason for this was placing my hope in people and then being devastated when they continually let me down. It was at that point when I realized I had to reset my priorities and get back to seeking after Jesus as my source of hope and joy. During this season, I learned a few things about God and myself. I learned that God doesn’t work through strong fist and heightened weaponry. God didn’t just pull me off my desert island and overflow my life overnight. However, slowly but surely, He changed my heart and the blessings came after that. We found a church community to join. He gave me a new excitement for His Word that I haven’t experienced in a long time. In showing me His great generosity, He has changed my perspective from seeing my possessions as things that must be guarded carefully to living life with a more open han...