If I had to name one thing that has brought success, joy and a reason to get up everyday, it would be relationships.  God is a relational God and being made in His image means that we were created to be in relationship.  In fact, God Himself said that it was not good for man to be alone.  Who could be better at telling us what is good for us than our Creator?

The best place to start the relationship journey is with a relationship with God.  If you have read the “Life Journey” page on this Website you will recall that I said it didn’t go well for me after I accepted Christ.  I knew that Jesus was going to come and live in my heart but I thought that I had to be a “good girl” and a LOT, let me emphasize a LOT of the time, honestly, I wasn’t.  Most of the time I thought God was angry with me and until I could get life right and stop breaking the rules, the door was pretty much shut.  For this rebellious, hard headed, rebel minded, rule breaking gal the door was pretty much shut all the time…… until years later, many years later, lots of wasted years later…..

I began to hear the truth….God loves sinners.  Hey, that’s me.  I am the sinner that God loved so much that He sent Jesus (His Son, His only Son) to rescue.  Not only did He love me, He wanted to hang out and spend time with me, wow to think, God hanging out with me, this gee I hope I am saved, why do I still act like this, am I still lost, sinner girl. 

So I began to spend time with Him and I began to feel, not condemnation, but love.  I began to open up and receive God’s love.  The more of Him I received the more I changed and it clicked that this was a journey of receiving and leaving. I also learned that It is the kindness of the Lord that leads to repentance.  That is the truth y’all.  As long as I felt condemnation, the more sinful I was.  The more judged I felt, the more reasons I gave to judge.  My new revelation of God stopped this sinner girl in her tracks and loosened the grip of sin.  The truth is we can’t be anything but sinners without receiving the love of God through Jesus Christ.     

This love of God isn’t just for me.  God wants to hang out and love you too.  Want relationship?  This is where it starts.