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"This one is for the Broken"

10/9/2014

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It feels so broken....it feels so empty.....like it will never beat right again. I know, you know, I'm talking about the human heart. It's the organ most important to our body. Amazing, isn't it, that it doesn't just affect us physically, but emotionally and mentally too. If you've gone through a divorce, a bad breakup, or the loss of a loved one, then you know what I"m talking about, don't you?  The pain you feel seems to pulse through your veins as you try to make right what it feels like life has made so wrong. Some days are better than others, but some days you just want to forget. Forget the hurt....forget the loneliness.....forget the fact you are missing that person who passed away. So you try to fill it.....you fill it with work.....with alcohol or other substances.....with relationships.....with anything that will numb the pain if even for just a few short hours. I tell you, my friend, that is only a temporary fix. I have been in your shoes. I have felt so broken....so empty....so lost....lost in the sea of the shadows of my past....lost inside caverns of hurt and regret....lost inside a painful world of my own making. It would have swallowed me up if not for Jesus. He took my hand...picked me up....and He held me as I cried. He showed me what TRUE love was. He stitched up, what felt like, a shattered heart and He helped it to beat right again. Don't think that you are too lost to be found. I am reminded of the story in the bible of the Shepard with the 100 sheep. He left the 99 to search for the 1 lost sheep. If you think you are too broken, that is not true.  Psalm 34:18, "The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit." It might feel like your world is crashing down around you, but give it to Jesus. He is the only one who can truly fix it.
                                                                                    I love you all!
                                                                                    Michelle Jetton

(Enjoy the video: "Porcelain Heart" by Barlow Girl)



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"You ARE More"

10/1/2014

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I've been praying about my newest heart thought so here goes.....I feel one of the greatest weapons in the devil's arsenal is SHAME. He uses it to remind you of what you've done or to point out where you aren't in the present. He uses it to make us feel we aren't WORTHY OF LOVE because of our past or what we may look like, think like, or even act like. He tries to devour us with it until we are so burdened by the weight of it all that we stop moving forward and bury our head in the sand. If he can keep us locked up in the chains of this defeated mentality then he can keep us from walking into our greatest callings that God has on our life....but guess what...someone has already paid the price for your freedom. He was beaten and bruised and died so that you could be free from this shame that the enemy is trying to keep you enslaved in. His name is Jesus and he stands and waits with arms wide open for you to meet him or even come back to him. Don't let the enemy trick you into thinking well I was good once but I'm too dirty now. Isa. 53:5 "He was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our sins; the punishment that brought us peace was on him..." The first part of that verse says it all Jesus has already paid the price. The ULTIMATE price. The second part shows that we can have peace about it. Don't let the SHAME of your past hold you back any longer. Let the past be just that the past. Let it go. As far as our future goes...Psalms 37:4 "Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart." And finally for those feelings of I'm just not good enough: (1.) Gal. 2:20 "I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me." (2.) 1 Cor. 6:11 "And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God." And one of my favorites to leave you with to remind you were born with a purpose: Jeremiah 1:5 "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations." WELL....just one more... Psalm 139:14 "I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well." Okay, okay I'm making myself end it now because I could talk about my Jesus all day. lol I'm praying for each of you!! Keep the Faith!!! Remember God is bringing about all things together for our good.
                                                                                    I love you all!!!
                                                                                    Michelle Jetton

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