Rooted in Assurance

"She is clothed in strength and dignity, and she laughs at the time to come. She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue." -Proverbs 31:25-26   As a woman, this passage from Proverbs is both convicting and encouraging. It is a reminder of who I am meant to be as a daughter of the King. It reminds me that God is not done with me yet, he is still changing me and making me more like him. I am not perfect, I certainly don't have everything figured out or put together. I am not writing this because I've somehow cracked the mystery of life, but because I want to share the incredible lessons I've learned from others about our Creator's character and the intricate way he designed each of us. I also want to stress that we are not imperfect because of a flaw in the Creator, or His plan, but because of our sin, that He graciously rescues us from, thoroughly dealing with our pasts and making us new.    While we are human

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away.  Behold, the new has come!" - 2 Corinthians 5:17    We don't have to be slaves to our past mistakes. We don't have to be products of our environment. We are not chained to our sinful and broken natures. Your chains may be your sins. Maybe you have made mistakes you think are too terrible to ever come back from, you may think they are your identity and it is all you will ever do. It might be your family, you may come from a long line of alcoholics and you may think that is all you will be too. Maybe you have suffered in ways no one ever should, that you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy.  It will look different for everyone, but we are all a little broken.   But we don't have to allow that to be our story, God offers so much more than the mess we come from. "Thus says the Lord.. Do not call to mind former things or ponder things of the past. Behold, I will do s