Saturday, December 25, 2010

Warning this might be a little long!

 The Lord has blessed me with wonderful friends over the course of my life. Sometimes I may lean on them a little to much. This weekend I spent the entire weekend with old and new friends. With it being Christmas time all my best friends are home. I loved catching up, listening to the struggles and the excitement of their new lives while baking (10 dozen Carmel Choco Chip Cookies) for the holiday season. Even though it is somewhat hard to realize they have a different life it is encouraging to hear they are still serving the Lord and we are still apart of the same kingdom living out our purpose. Not going to lie I've been struggling building a new community allowing myself to get close with other girls but I feel the Lord has been breaking my heart to be more open, loving and excited to build these friendships. We had our first real girls night on Saturday consisting of crazy car rides, christmas lights, dance party and girl chat. I LOVED every second. sleepy from a long night even though i was the first to fall asleep, i know im lame, i spent the next day home for Reckers Family Funday Sunday! It was a different Sunday starting off with my dad going to church on his own woo hooo! This is huge for my dad and im excited for him to be searching there for an answer to the struggles and stress he has been going through the prayer on my heart is that he finds the gift of Christ there. The gift of Christ and his grace has been hard for me to accept lately as well. I truly forgot how wonderful and how deep grace is. Lies have been overflowing in my head lately but thanks to a sister who isnt afraid to speak truth in my life asked me where my heart was with Jesus. Thinking Duh Sam you know where my heart is, I began to ponder this question coming to the realization my heart hasn't been whole heartedly on Christ! Ouch. Even though these are the hardest times it is also the times where I grow closer and find more of my identity in Christ making him more gracious then ever. We've been digging into Ephesians for bible study and i have found it to be one of my favorites. While reading I stumbled over these verses.
ephesian3:6-8
6 This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs together with Israel, members together of one body, and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus.
 7 I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace given me through the working of his power. 8Although I am less than the least of all the Lord’s people, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the boundless riches of Christ.

After reading this I realized Morgan even though you feel worthless of all you were given a gift that no other gift can compare to and this grace gives you a promise of the riches of Christ and friends to share in this joy. So humble yourself by taking this gift and get out there and serve your Lord because you love him for loving you more, this love gives you worth! I want my heart to be completely consumed by Jesus burning with passion but that means I must seek him instead of me! So my answer to you Where is your heart at? Seeking HIM!

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Hello Blog World.

Hey fellow bloggers! I'm Morgan Reckers and I have a new love for blogs! After spending hours reading about peoples lives a few friends and I decided to start blogging! So I'm here ready to blog it!