𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐁𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐞 [Christianity]

21 | Devotion

𝒮ℯ𝓉 𝒻𝓇ℯℯ.

²¹𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒓 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑮𝒐𝒅. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒆𝒔, 𝒔𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒃𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔. ²²𝒀𝒆𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒊𝒎𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒉𝒚𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚. 𝑨𝒔 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒕, 𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒖𝒍𝒕.
Colossians 1:21‭-‬22 NLT

𝐻𝑢ℎ𝑢. 𝐿𝑒𝑡'𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑔𝑜 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝐺𝑜𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑢𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑠. 𝐴𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡 ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠. 𝑊𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑙𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑑𝑜𝑢𝑏𝑡𝑠, 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠, 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑚𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑥𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠, 𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝑤𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠, 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑑𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑚𝑒. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝐺𝑜𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑎𝑙𝑙. 𝑁𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝐻𝑖𝑠, 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑤𝑒 𝑔𝑜 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑛𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔?

"𝑨𝒔 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒕, 𝑯𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆," 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑡, 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑠, 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑙𝑎𝑤𝑠, 𝐼𝑇'𝑆 𝐴𝐵𝑂𝑈𝑇 𝐻𝐼𝑀. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑂𝑛𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 "𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑠 𝐻𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑!"

"...𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝑯𝑶𝑳𝒀 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑩𝑳𝑨𝑴𝑬𝑳𝑬𝑺𝑺 𝒂𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑯𝒊𝒎 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒖𝒍𝒕." 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑖𝑚𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓'𝑠 𝑓𝑙𝑎𝑤𝑠, 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝑤ℎ𝑜'𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑘 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘𝑠 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡 ℎ𝑖𝑚... 𝐻𝐴𝑆 𝐵𝐸𝐸𝑁 𝐶𝐿𝐸𝐴𝑅𝐸𝐷. 𝐺𝑜𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒. 𝑊𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝐻𝑖𝑠. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝐺𝑜𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛, '𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝐻𝑖𝑚 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑎 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑢𝑙𝑡!'. 𝑃𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑, ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑙! 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛! 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑦!

𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆.
𝑯𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒕 𝒖𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔.