Picture Perfekt
So hang in
there peeps. Both BBs are writing this one. Sometimes together and
sometimes we are just throwing in our two cents! We’ll put (J) and (A) as
we start throwing in our thoughts. Just bear with us. Our brains
are quite a hot mess, but we love being transparent and honest with the BB
Army.
(J/A) So I’m
sure after the weekend, we are ready for the week! Our hearts have been lit up
from the wonderfulness of the weekend and then… enter screeching halt… MONDAY
comes and reality sets in… and it only goes down hill for there.
Remember those
truths we talked about in Picture Perfect? How quickly has the world stolen our
attention from them?
The tempter is
one sneaky pete. He will do what ever it takes to make sure you forget these
promises ASAP. He will use time, work, family, friends, and all sorts of things
to cloud your mind so those promises we talked about are just a cloudy memory.
(J) So come
close: Ill let you in on one of my secrets...Wanna know his favorite way to
cloud this blonde BB's mind? Worry. Guilt. Shame. Anxiety. A voice from the
past that says "You.are.nothing. No one loves you."
(A) Now this is
brunettish BB, so you’ll have to come even clooooooser for my secret of how
that sneaky snake messes with my BB brain. Anxiety. Illogical panic
that reached my core and haunts me about things that happened in my past.
(J/A) Not everyday
of course, but there are days he hits us pretty hard. Yep, that’s our thorn
BB's. If you know us, you are asking yourself right now WHAT??!!??? Because
most of the time you see us smiling and giggling about something or usually
nothing. HAPPY.
(A) Let’s be
clear, though, it’s not fake smiles or laughter or joy. (J) It’s not a
picture of what we WANT the world to see peeps, its a picture of what CHRIST
has done with our brokenness...He has given us a NEW life as a NEW creation and
by grace, it just makes us plain JOYFUL.
(A) Now stop
and let that truth sink in. He has given YOU new heart, a new life, and
had made YOU a new creation by grace. He chose to live in YOU! LIVE in
you BB. He is that close all the time if
you have accepted Him into your heart!
(J) We will go
into our testimonies in the near future, but for now just press pause and know
that when He says "I will turn your sorrow into JOY" He means
it...and He surely meant it in this little life. I LOVE my brokenness...It
makes me LIVING PROOF of His love for me...
(A) It is
LIVING PROOF of His grace!! And that, again, we are not made for this
world!! God sees the bigger picture!
(J) So for now
lets stick with this: take a moment and make a mental picture of yourself. Your
first images are probably like mine...what the WORLD will tell you.
Now read those
sweet verses from earlier and add THIS most powerful truth:
"I am
fearfully and wonderfully made". Psalm 139:14
An original.
Uniquely made
and uniquely loved.
Bought at a
price by a PICTURE PERFECT Savior because we could never be.
Whatever road
you are on, whatever storm you are in, or whatever mountain you have been
raised up on remember:
Jeremiah 29:11
"I have PLANS for you declares The Lord. Plans to prosper you and not to
harm you. Plans to give you a HOPE and a FUTURE."
(A) Now this BB
has an issue with the word “perfect”. A dear friend change the spelling
for me, and the grace of God poured over my soul. I know the spelling
shouldn’t matter, but it just took the weight off of having to be perfect… the
perfect mom, the perfect employer, the perfect worshiper, the perfect friend,
the perfect daughter. Now when we talk,
we spell it “perfekt”. Isn’t that true though? God sees us as
perfekt. He sees our flaws, our doubts, our weaknesses and loves us
anyway. He takes that thorn and makes us boast all the more joyfully
through our brokenness! Our light shines even brighter in the dark of night!
(J) Doesn't
matter what picture the world has of you, or what picture you have of yourself.
You have a KING that loves you dearly, uniquely made you for a PURPOSE, gave
His very LIFE for you to set you FREE!
(J/A) So take
another picture BB's...A perfekt and grace-filled picture of HOPE IN CHRIST.
It’s there for you...Just snap the pic :)
Wanna know how
to find this hope in Christ? We are ALWAYS here for you! Send us a Facebook
message and let us start praying for you now!
XOXO,
Jenny and Anna
