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That I may look back on it all and see God's Glory, not my own...
drunkThe Lost Generation. Yes, they were appropriately named. The post-WWI, pre-stock market crash, roaring 20’s generation. The generation desperate to fill a void within themselves with alcohol, money, luxury, and sex. Funny, not so different from today. Despite my beliefs, and adamant objections to such sinful lifestyles, I do have an appreciation for Hemingway and his portrayal of the Lost Generation. America would do well to look on that generation as a mirror for today’s. The similarities are striking.
“I was the Lady Brett,“ I mused upon closing the last chapter. The promiscuous, the drunk, the loud, the flamboyant Lady Brett. Surrounded by men who adored her, men who lavished her, men who wanted her. At first glance one might say Brett is a strong willed, independent young woman, toting these men all across Europe like dogs on leashes. But it is only after careful consideration one can agree: she needed to be the center of attention more so than they needed her undivided affection.
Yes, I was the Lady Brett. I was the girl with all the guy friends. I needed to be the center of attention. I needed the booze and the parties and the nightlife to fill that empty void inside. I needed completion and searched for it.
It wasn’t until I surrendered my life to Christ did I come to the end of my search. The things of this world I had looked to were drops in the bucket compared to the overflowing grace of my Savior. For the first time in my life, I was complete. Not just complete, drowning in the love of Christ, the mercy of God and the peace of the Holy Spirit.
I no longer need the alcholol, the boyfriends, or the attention. I don't even need the roof over my head, the food in my stomach, of the money in my wallet. Those are merely extras. I have everything now that I have Christ. He is the answer, He is what you've been searching for all your life.
Yes, I was the Lady Brett, with emphasizes on “was.” But now I am a new creature in Christ, my Lord, God and King. Alleluia!
"So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God. God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." ~2 Corinthians 5:16-20
Ndosch
To live is Christ, to die is gain!
Phillipians 1:21
“I was the Lady Brett,“ I mused upon closing the last chapter. The promiscuous, the drunk, the loud, the flamboyant Lady Brett. Surrounded by men who adored her, men who lavished her, men who wanted her. At first glance one might say Brett is a strong willed, independent young woman, toting these men all across Europe like dogs on leashes. But it is only after careful consideration one can agree: she needed to be the center of attention more so than they needed her undivided affection.
Yes, I was the Lady Brett. I was the girl with all the guy friends. I needed to be the center of attention. I needed the booze and the parties and the nightlife to fill that empty void inside. I needed completion and searched for it.
It wasn’t until I surrendered my life to Christ did I come to the end of my search. The things of this world I had looked to were drops in the bucket compared to the overflowing grace of my Savior. For the first time in my life, I was complete. Not just complete, drowning in the love of Christ, the mercy of God and the peace of the Holy Spirit.
I no longer need the alcholol, the boyfriends, or the attention. I don't even need the roof over my head, the food in my stomach, of the money in my wallet. Those are merely extras. I have everything now that I have Christ. He is the answer, He is what you've been searching for all your life.
Yes, I was the Lady Brett, with emphasizes on “was.” But now I am a new creature in Christ, my Lord, God and King. Alleluia!
"So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God. God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." ~2 Corinthians 5:16-20
Ndosch
To live is Christ, to die is gain!
Phillipians 1:21
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