I AM HERE AT CC BECAUSE
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It says I joined in 2013 but it feels like much longer than that!! Back then I joined because I was an agoraphobic person after going through a major traumatic event in life. Fear was a constant companion and fear of people was a close 2nd to fear of being homeless and destitute in the streets. Leaving the house was only done after midnight., and then only to Walmart using my foodstamps. Ashamed and a lone and ostracized from the family and Christian community I once was a part of.
While finding safety and comfort inside the 4 walls of my small 1977 mobile home, God began to teach me about His love. Now that everything I once thought could not be touched was totally gone, the real and true Good Shepherd was here. Not my idea of Him and what I had been taught of Him. But Him in real time for today in the here and now of my life.
On line was the only place I felt safe to go while I was learning. Jesus gently and carefully showed out in my life in many shocking ways. He used many avenues and one of many was CC. He knows we need a place to be safe. And when we give Him our trust and start (even begin to start to believe) He could actually love us. Even in the awful face of the reality that there is a whole big world out there with babies and children being killed and or abused., sick people and old people with diseases at death's door, and soldiers out in battle., Jesus made the truth of His looking at me real.
Only God could do this. This is grace. The Bible says all the hairs of your head are numbered. That not one sparrow falls that He is not aware of them., are you not more valuable than they are? This truth will change your life. It changed mine and Jesus came in.
So, now, the reasons I'm on CC is not because of my agoraphobia. Jesus through a series of events has healed me of that and brought me through a series of jobs and home sweet homes, and experiences. And although 3 years doesn't seem like it was too long, it was a million years ago as well as it was just yesterday.
I'm on CC to be friends with my brothers and sisters in Christ. To be encouraged by them and to hopefully encourage them. To also and most importantly share what Jesus will do if we let Him. To share and enforce the truth of how much He loves us and wants to bless us and take care of us.
I'm also finding many who are like I used to be, much like Israel who would not let Jesus take care of them. Many who are scared like I was. Jesus said He would have gathered them together like a mother hen and her chicks but 'they would not' And He never forces us.
But when we actually take the chance and when we DO allow Him to love us and show His grace to us and take care of us, He makes it better than we could ever have hoped for. He will not allow our feet to stumble or fall. He will not allow us to be put to shame if we trust Him.
Coming to CC is about reinforcing the truth of the Gospel to those who are seeking., and strengthening each other in the faith. Talking and posting about the grace of God IN Christ. Sharing about the love of God is a most uplifting experience that so far I have not tired of on CC. I can type till the cows come home about what I read that morning and love to hear about what others are learning about the love of God in Christ that day.
Jesus in His usual calm and peaceful way gave me a promotion at work in September and another source of income. I'm seriously a no body in the world. The world actually passes me by. But Jesus has picked me up and lifted me up to be something for Him. And He will do the same for any of His sheep.
It doesn't depend on your abilities or how great you are. It depends on Him and His love for you. He wants us to follow Him and be the sheep of His pasture. I want to share that here on CC all the time if I share anything I want to be sharing His love.