I've seen people give up. I've seen people give into suicide, drugs, a sex addiction. I've seen people fall so far from the God who loves them even when I thought they were people who would never lose hold of Him.
I've seen girls who are so fixated on their own bodies because of the world. They strive to look perfect, act perfect, be the perfection society requires. I've seen girls cut to release the pain gained from the pressure of this world and the lies the devil is telling them.
I've struggled time after time with lies the devil has given me. Lies to give up and give into the world. To be lazy and ignore God's calling.
I know that the devil is strong, that depression is real and that suicide is a problem. I know we live in a state of hopelessness in this world. But I also know there's something stronger than the devil, stronger than depression, suicide, cutting, sex, and hopelessness. I know a God who brings hope and creates perseverance and character within a person.
God longs to be our everything. He longs to fill the voids that the world tries to fill. We all long for love. We all long to be so filled with love by someone or something, something to make us FEEL. I'm here to tell you that God can fill you with love, if you would allow Him. He is so READY and LONGING to fill you up, to make you whole, to release His Spirit upon you so that you can feel. As a generation hungry for love, hungry for feeling, why wouldn't you turn to Him? Why wouldn't you go to the fountain that never stops flowing, the fountain that can overflow your always-dry cup?
This being said, I've seen deliverance. I've seen people who go to God for their hunger to be fulfilled, their need for love completely satisfied (more than satisfied) in Christ's love. I stand here today because of Him, because He has satisfied me to overflowing. I pray that your heart will be satisfied one day as well, that you will not conform to the pattern on this world but renewed by the transforming of your mind. To have that love and that freedom in Christ is the most beautiful thing you will experience.
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