Damaged Goods?

Damaged goods?

Throughout my life one thing I can say for sure is that I am most certainly not sheltered or shy to the sinfull life.

Before I came to be my true self in Jesus at 16 when I was saved, I lived a lifestyle that was worth nothing gained nothing except sadness, hate and anger.

I am open about these issues and I believe strongly that some women or men who have been redeemed cling on to their past.

I am a testifier of this.

I let the past be my present and listen to the lies.

The truth is that we are forgiven

Psalm 103:12

New International Version (NIV)

"As far as the east is from the west,

So far has he removed our transgressions from us?"

He has forgiven us and we need to repent

(Turn away from what we have been forgiven for)

God wipes our slate clean but with some choices we make there is a consequence such as a change in lifestyle, once I heard a sermon from an American friend and he quoted

“Its what you do that defines you”.

What defines us?

Do our sins define us?

Or his salavtion ?

Tamar drowned in her ashes and mourned after the assault on her, are we going to drown in ours?(2 Samuel 13)

NO!!!

Galatians 5

Freedom in Christ

"It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.

Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

I love this scripture this isn’t just about salvation; Jesus wants us free from lies of the devil and our sins having a hold on us.

Poem ...

“Hello my name is Hayley

The old has gone

And the new has come,

I am not damaged goods

I am a clean women!

Sometimes I cry and think what a disaster

But I say no!! and i trust my forever after,

You may look at me and think what you see is me,

But deep inside I am a women redeemed and renewed for all to see

Judge me if you like and shake your feet as you go

But when I go to my Jesus my body will be white as snow.

My redeemer lives and he has redeemed me,

I say no to the lies and trust the truth which has set me free! "

Love Conquers all !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Myself and my Mother don’t have the greatest of relationships , through the years of tough and painful times , we were actually at a place of peace , Rebekah had lots to do with it , a child can mend lots of things :)
Sadly the other week we were at head ways again , we were all planned into share a meal for her 50th Birthday , we were all excited , I came down a slight dose of chicken pocks 1 week before the event , 2 days before we were to meet ( I was not contagious) I received a txt saying " Sunday off nick has to work" nick is my mums partner who picks us up , I replied saying not a problem my dad will bring Rebekah and I to your house so we can still celebrate your birthday , her reply was " No" so I challenged her as to why she seemed funny and didn’t want to see us , a conversation over the phone was made to which she yelled " JUST GO AWAY , GET LOST" once again I was left sad and hurt and very confused as to why she was being like this. I let her cool off, and chose not to contact her so I had a conversation with her Mum my Nana, who said sorry you cant come on Sunday its because you have the pocks and we don’t want to catch it, I said I was not contagious but they still did not want the risk which I totally understand but what a shame my Mum had to lie and couldn’t tell me the truth.
This past week I will confess I have been filled with sadness, anger and pride. Me - " I am not saying sorry I have nothing to say sorry for, why is she my mum: why do I let her hurt me all the time, its just nit fare!!!!"
In Prayer God gave me peace and challenged me to contact her, I didn’t say sorry but I txt her saying “I love you, and hope you had a great birthday and when your free it would be nice to meet and give you your gifts"
She replied, saying “I LOVE YOU!!! Cant wait to see you”.
I put my pride back where it belongs “IN THE BIN”
Pride is useless but LOVE conquers all things.


1 Corinthians 13
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonour others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, and it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, and always perseveres.


Matthew 5:25
New International Version (NIV)
25 “Settle matters quickly with your adversary


Habakkuk 2: 4
Look at the proud; his soul is not straight or right within him, but the [rigidly] just and the [uncompromisingly] righteous man shall live by his faith and in his faithfulness.


Colossians 3:20-21
New International Version (NIV)
20 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.
21 Fathers,[a] do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.

 

Never Forget ...

"We can never talk too much about the cross of Christ , the suffering , the sacrifice the endurance and the meaning".
"The Power of the cross which leads to salvation is a foundational and eternal completion."
I and a sister have been reading some familiar scriptures this week and once again fresh of the page was encouragement , truth and power.
Isaiah 52:13-14
13 See, my servant will act wisely[b]
he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.
14 Just as there were many who were appalled at him[c]—
his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any human being
and his form marred beyond human likeness—

Lets just take a moment to reflect on this image...

so ...

Isaiah 53
1 Who has believed our message
and to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot,
and like a root out of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.
3 He was despised and rejected by mankind,
a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.
Like one from whom people hide their faces
he was despised, and we held him in low esteem

" Whoa ! and this is where we stopped , dwell ed prayed and studied. I never read this part like this before , if i am not mistaken this is a prophecy , prophesying how Jesus was before this cross, reference to his life, though their is not much written about his childhood this says he was " A man of suffering , familiar with pain , like one whom PEOPLE HIDE THEIR FACES.

Dare i say this next sentence but according to Isaiah he was despised by many and men presumed he was stricken by God - Isaiah 53:4 - Surely he took up our pain
and bore our suffering,
yet we considered him punished by God,
stricken by him, and afflicted.

Oh how i love that God's opinion and mind is always deeper and 100% love than ours can be.
I know many who think upon Christ as a perfect picture and that he is in the way he is and was and still will be , the way he lived and obeyed and lived a sinless life. I can firmly say he was not the Jesus you can see below -Few scars. He was holy yet was led like a lamb to the slaughter.

Isaiah 53:10
Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer,
and though the LORD makes[g] his life an offering for sin,
he will see his offspring and prolong his days,
and the will of the LORD will prosper in his hand.
11 After he has suffered,
he will see the light of life[h] and be satisfied[i];
by his knowledge[j] my righteous servant will justify many,
and he will bear their iniquities.

Through out my walk with Christ i want to be honest and confess that maybe only at Easter time i reflect on his sacrifice and salvation i can honestly say with scripture to back me up that my prayer is that i never go a day without THANKING him for my salvation which was paid at a great sorry GREAT price , i often wonder what is was like in heaven that day when he spared his Son in that hour when darkness reigns, Somethings are not for us to know :)

I will leave us with this to back up what i have just said and to encourage us !
Psalm 51:12-17
New International Version (NIV)
12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation
and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways,
so that sinners will turn back to you.
14 Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God,
you who are God my Savior,
and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.
15 Open my lips, Lord,
and my mouth will declare your praise.
16 You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it;
you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
17 My sacrifice, O God, is[a] a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart
you, God, will not despise.

Amen ,

Thank you for reading love Hayley xxx