Life Is Beautiful!

and it's even more beautiful with Jesus

Life is beautiful!

Jesus has been revealing this wonderful truth to me so much lately, and I love it. I think with the busyness of this past exam season and the colder weather, I was beginning to feel a little down about life. Not really about one thing in particular, just in general. When that starts to happen, it tends to be really hard to notice the small joys and beauty of everyday life. Thankfully, Jesus wrapped His loving arms around me (as He always does) and told me to give Him my worries. So I did! And let’s just say I feel a lot lighter. Living with the hope of Jesus Christ in your heart is a pretty amazing feeling (I talked about this in my previous post). When you have the joy and peace of Jesus, the worries and stresses that seem so big get a lot smaller. There’s a song called B.I.G by Forrest Frank and one of the lyrics says, “How is that every problem feels so small?” That pretty much sums up life with Jesus! We can live each day with the hope of eternity.

I love finding the beauty in everyday life and seeking out the things that put a smile on my face. I’ve gotten a lot better at it, too. I find it in sunsets, the wind blowing through the trees, smiles, an iced latte. God’s creation is so beautiful! And it’s easier to notice that beauty when you lean into Him. When we live life with Him, it gets sweeter. It’s like when the sun rises and shares its light with the dark world. When we accept Jesus and He lives inside us, everything we experience - bad or good - feels a lot better and lighter than it would without Him. Psalm 34:8 says,

“Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!”

I love that verse. To me, it exemplifies what it means to be a follower of Christ. He’s not just a distant god way up in the sky who doesn’t intimately know his followers. He loves us! So much! Enough to send His son to die for us! And not only that, but life gets sweeter with Him. Not that it doesn’t contain hardships and trials, but when we do go through them, we’re not alone. We can walk through our life knowing that the Lord is right there with us.

When I wake up in the morning, I always pray and ask the Lord to hold my hand throughout the day and guide my steps. There is so much peace that comes with knowing He’s protecting me and leading me along the right paths for my life. I love Isaiah 26:3:

“You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.”

With Jesus, there is an infinite amount of peace. And it’s not circumstantial - it’s eternal. Regardless of what’s going on around us, we can have peace. The God of the Universe loves us and has incredible plans for us. Knowing that, we can go about our life with no fear. Life is beautiful, especially with Jesus.

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Dear Jesus, I pray that each person who reads this would feel your peace. I pray that they would notice the beauty throughout this wonderful life that You gave us. God, I ask that You would continue leading us down the right paths and help us to see Your glory in everything around us. In Jesus’ Name, amen.

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Thank you for reading. I pray this encouraged you. 💐💌