Thank you so so much for sharing and being so real with us. That's one of the reasons why I love your channel so much, we share a lot of similarities but also because you're so dedicated to sharing your real life in this kind of way, even in your recaps. Thank you
Thank you for your transparency! I understand how you feel and for me it's scary 🫣 But you said something good when you mentioned how God wants others to see the transformative work that He does in our lives. For me I feel like I may be robbing him of displaying His glory by "keeping quiet" or remaining reserved for my own comfort. It is hard to put yourself out there, but God is always with His children. That's something I have been learning lately, how powerful His presence is even when we are afraid or uncertain. Hope the new reading plan refreshes your spirit. ❤
That's interesting because the exact opposite is happening for me. I think I over share and want to trust the good in people but God keeps proving to me that ((I personally)) can't trust people besides the one's he's selected and told me to trust. Recently, some lady I know ended up twisting my words when I told her things I had or was experiencing with God. She started making it out to be the devil and when she randomly prayed over me on Sunday service, she kept acting like I was possessed and told my mom not to touch me. Long story short, I'm not going to that church and I did surrender to God but I refused to surrender to the will of anyone. My mom told her a verse about passing judgement and being wrong about it but she brushed her off. 2nd time I've seen in my life a Spanish church behave so low. I couldn't even pray to God and still haven't for almost 3 weeks...I'm still trying to figure out if God would really send those people do degrade me like that or if that was the Devil. It's just messy...
Praying for you to find community!! So sorry that you are struggling with this! Surrender is hard especially when we are craving friendship. I keep hearing people talk about being in their season of “isolation” and I think that is where I have been and I am ready to truly embrace the community (online and in person) God has built around me. Don’t let others keep you from God. That is where the enemy finds victory. Pray to God, cry out to him. Our faith is in him and not in people. People will always fail us, hurt us, and sin against us - we are flawed but our God is bigger! Sending hugs and prayers for God to lead you to the church he wants you at. 💕
I usually do a bit of both on the daily (unless I am struggling). With reading through the bible this year my goal was to just read, but i've also been studying because of my recap videos. With this plan I would definitely be doing more studying since it is just one chapter a day, and I would be sending my friend a daily message with either a breakdown or encouragement.
