Born into Sin. Brought into Grace. My Story.

"My name is Arial. I am 16. And I am a daughter of the Most High God. Anything else is irrelivant." You might have seen this on my blogs. I rather liked the way it sounded, and it has stuck for almost a year now. But it's wrong. The more I think about it, the more I see that indeed while other things might not be as important as the ones listed, they are important. So bear with me, and I will elaborate on who I started out as. I was not born into a saved home. You could go as far as to say I was born in all out sin and not be lying. My parents met in a bar, and as many people who meet in bars do, they went home together that night. My mother and father within 2 years, had become engaged, had their very own business, and their very own baby. Anyhow, they did not have insurance. And here is the biggest part of my point today - 2 men they worked with, a 'couple', were on Indigent Care, meaning they paid nothing for medical bills. When these men heard that my mother was pregnant without insurance, they gave her a card that would insure I was taken care of. Yes. You could say I was brought into this world by just about every round-about-way possible, and I wouldn't dare argue. I'm proud of it. Here's why- I was born over a month early. I could not eat without a tube down my throat. I was 'at risk'. In all honesty, I wasn't given the strongest start. And had those men not given my mother that card, that $20,000 medical bill for my birth would have been a burden on my parents, one that migth have ended the relationship. Had those doctors not known the people they worked for would get fully paid, would I have been catered to so generously as I was? Only God knows. There are two things I can see in this story, they might be different that what you receive from it, but in my eyes they are true. We are all born into sin. Some of us more so than others. But God takes all things and all people and turns them into vessels for His Glory. And - Do not ever judge someone - don't judge a situation. Two sinners out looking to "have fun" fell in love. And began a life together that resulted in new life. A life that mey very well have kept those two people in their relationship long enough for both of them to find God. 2 men, though lost in their ways, had enough compassion and love for humanity and my parents to say "It's taken care of." when hearing my mother's fears of doctor bills. Say, think, comment what you will. This is how I started. God made it all happen as it did for a reason, or many reasons. Who am I to say I've discovered why yet? It doesn't matter how you began. Whether you were from a broken home, a one night stand, or things considered worse - You are who God made you to be. And He put us all here the way He saw fit. Jesus started in an animal shed. Look where He ended up :) GOD WILL USE ANYONE, IN ANY SITUATION, AND TURN THEM INTO A LIGHT AND A VESSEL FOR HIS GLORY. REGARDLESS OF HOW YOU BEGAN, YOU ARE HERE, HE IS WITH YOU, AND HE HAS PERFECT PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE.

God is Love. . . .

Someone once asked me to describe what I see as love. And it has taken me 2 written novels on the subject, (I write fantasy/sci-fi) 5 unwritten, countless talks with others, and some serious 'come to Jesus meetings' to find my answer.

God is Love. And in saying that, defining love would be like trying to decode every essence of God and who He is, and to take all of that, and sum it up in a humanly understandable statement. Impossible. You cannot do it. We can never know all there is to know about God, and the same goes for love. Our vision is only able to grasp  what is made most clear to us. Wrong or right.

So my answer is this.

I don't have one, at least, not a single answer. God is Love. First and foremost. But then we have these many different dimensions to love. The love of our family, our friends, the people we can't picture our lives without, and the ones we believe we couldn't live without. Innocent views. Tainted views. Tested views. Incomprehensible views. We each have our own take on what Love is. And thank God we do. Just as He reveals Himself differently to each of us, so does He give us each the different capacity for love, and our own take on what it is.

For those of you who "know me" and know I've never witnessed being "in love" and perhaps might think, 'well you say that now...' - I would like to stress the fact that though that might be true, it doesn't mean I do not love. That I do not feel it. That I don't strive to give it. I have loved to love's infinite human extent, a love that will encompass all Love. I love God. And I love humanity. And as crazy as it may sound, I love my future husband. Can I describe any of this in a way you'll understand? ...Well, I could. But you might not think of me as sane afterwards.

This vast...entity... this overwhelming presence of God, and the undeniable Promises He gives, has begun to show me what it means to begin to understand the Power of Love, and the inexpressible forms it takes. The love between God and us, His creation made in His Image, the love between a man and woman, between a mother/father and their child, the love among children, it is all called Love. It is only the matter of how the beholder interprets that love that defines what 'type' of love it is.

Isaiah 9:6-7: 6

 For unto to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

7 Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of the LORD Almighty will accomplish this.

In Jesus we are the subjects of an Everlasting Kingdom ruled by the PRINCE OF PEACE. THE MIGHTY GOD.
With my Love and His~Arial Alexis LionessofGod

Our Father Who art in Heaven ~

Romans 8:15 “So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children. Now we call him, Abba, Father.” (NLT)

2 Corinthians 6:18 “And I will be your Father, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.” (NLT)

Psalm 89:26 “He shall cry to Me, ‘You are my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.” (NKJV)

1 John 3:1 “See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.” (ESV)

…There are going to be holes in out lives that people will never fill, no matter how flawed or seemingly perfect they may be. We were made to get our love from God. And it takes time...and practice, and even some blood, sweat, and tears to learn to seek HIM and only HIM for our fulfillment, joy, and hope. And for the praise and love only a Father can give us. It won't be an instantaneous "Oh, I'm just going to be happy 24/7" thing. It is a process, one very few make it through. But once we get to that point, the world can't hurt us.