HE loves Bad Girls (Part 1)

Another day on the yellow bus — The best protection any woman can have is courage- Elizabeth Cady Stanton

How often do you feel guilty about bad things you’ve done? I bet you feel unworthy of love and affection or anyone’s attention because of mistakes you’ve made in your lifetime. I just thought you should know this…

When God wants to do something for you, it does not depend on your worthiness but on his faithfulness.

Read that twice.

I am not a preacher or the daughter of a preacher but this is me encouraging someone somewhere and inspiring someone who might be in knots, confused and feeling less than.

I also know I mentioned I’d continue the short story but I felt a strong need to share this message before I continue with the short story. (What short story? Last Christmas duh! Please check it out if you missed it)

I didn’t know how deep God’s love was for me till I attended the harvest retreat I mentioned on Instagram. You realise that you’re afraid to ask for something from God because you feel your sin is too big to be forgiven or your prayers are too big to be answered but that’s a lie from the darkest part of Hades.

Let me tell you one shocking thing I learned at this retreat. Did you know that God is the kind of God that the dignity of everyone in his sight cannot be affected by what others say about us or how they see us?

Did you also know that God punishes those who go about announcing the sins of others? I mean can you imagine the depth of His love for you that He will take his time to punish those who raise their voice in judgement against you?

Now I’m not saying if you’re a good girl turn bad so Jesus loves you more . I’m saying if you’re already a bad girl or boy or man or woman, He doesn’t love you any less.

Drinking girl, smoking boy by Albert Roosenboom

In fact he loves you even more because he said and I paraphrase :Of what use is a physician to the healthy?

Only ill people would need a doctor so Jesus did not come for the holy ,perfect and blameless people. He came for those of us who just never do it right. Those of us who make silly mistakes. Those who have fallen so hard by the wayside that recovery seems like a mirage.Those who are flawed.

He’s faithful and He is here for you. Trust Him and He will direct your path.

Please stay tuned for the second part of this Lesson I learned at the retreat. I’d be talking about the many bad girls of the bible and you will not believe who the great Grand mother of Jesus was. That’s right! She was a Bad Girl too.