A Symbol

4/26/2021

Galatians 2:20 "I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who love, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me."

Greetings dear reader. I have taken a bit of a break from blogging, but God has drawn me back. I have missed my daily writing and how it always encouraged me to interact with God's word in a more profound way. I have been in my Bible and have kept up my devotional time with my husband, but this is where I come to process and share what I feel God is teaching me. Recently, I had someone I dearly love tell me that Blooms has helped her. I was deeply moved and blessed by those words. 

Several days ago, as I was getting ready for work, I had so many topics flood into my mind that I started furiously writing them down on little pieces of note paper. I was feeling inspired again. I think sometimes the stress and business of life, at least for me, chokes out the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Then, when I take the slightest time to be still, the floodgates open. I then remember the wise words of my pastor, "God does not call the equipped, He equips the called." I do not have to feel worthy or able, I just need to stay open to God's leading and surrender to Him. 

The other day, while I was sitting at my computer, I looked down and saw my stainless steel, sideways, cross bracelet shining in a sunbeam that was streaming through the window. My husband had given it to me for Valentine's Day nine years ago, and I have not taken it off since. It has become a part of me. As I was looking at it, it dawned on my that it has become sort of like a life alert bracelet. You know, the ones people wear to help them out during a medial emergency. People wear it all the time, just in case. Well, I got to thinking that my "life alert" bracelet is more about the spiritual than the physical. That it represents faith and eternal life, and that is exactly what I would want people to know about me in any emergency. I would want them to know that, no matter what the circumstances that may surround me, I am a broken, forgiven, and beloved child of the Most High. He alone has given me saved life.