God Will Never Leave Me Alone. A Look At Life...

Life is a series of ups and downs...mess ups and fess ups...screw ups and get ups. We laugh, we cry, we lie, we cheat. We kick butt, we get our butts kicked. We make money, we lose money. One day we're on top of the world, the next--no one will answer our phone calls. And then there's Love.

Love is like a stream of water. Sometimes it flows like a raging river--sometimes a drought hits, and it all goes dry.

The only thing that is constant, is that God won't go away. He's not impressed with my ups. He's not scared of my downs. He's seen me at my best. He's seen me at my very worst. Nothing surprises him, and why should it--HE IS GOD. I try to outsmart him...I've even tried to ditch him...but he always wins at hide and seek. Because whenever I try to hide from him, I eventually end up seeking him.

Sometimes, the only way God gets our attention, is when we're on our knees. That's when he knows just how much we need him. For me, that's when I know just how much he really does love me.

For KeepTheFaith, I'm David Sams.

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Comment by Keep The Faith on January 29, 2012 at 9:33am: Thank you, Shannon. You are so blessed and highly favored.

Comment by Shannon Knight on January 29, 2012 at 4:41am: David,

Thank you for sharing this! How humbling and vulnerable. This is how He wants us. The mental picture I have of Jesus is Him standing with His arms out as if to enfold us and palms up completely vulnerable. He is approachable and we can come to Him. Once I did that in my life, I just knew I would be his forever. It is an acceptance, and total surrender of our old selves, relinquishing all the lies and holding on to the new truth, the real truth put before us. We are on a journey, and some of the most seemingly tragic things that have happened to me,only deepened my love,for Him, I thank God for getting cancer, I would never be who I am today, I would never see what I see or feel what I feel every single day.

We are all his children, you are my brother, Michelle my sister and all our friends and family that share that faith. We have a much bigger family in Christ then we ever thought before we acknowledged that relationship with him. He has us, boy has He got us and I don't ever want to let go of Him and I know I am never alone.

I remember times, when there was such great pain in my life, physically and emotionally, you have witnessed much of my journey from a distance and in some of the stories I shared; the nightmares can play tricks, but I always know He is there. I am his and even though I have been mad at times and yelled (I remember one time specifically, I yelled, I cried and I told Him that He was wrong!) I told Him that he was giving me way more than I could handle. I was like a stubborn child! I challenged Him, to lay one more thing on me and just watch me fall apart. Well, He did just that, several more things...and my faith grew. No one believed I'd pull through stage 4 cancer without chemo or stage 3 the first time. I keep doing it through God;s grace, and you can bet on it, that I will give my very last breath, serving Him with the devotion and passion I never knew existed. He preoccupies me daily with the work I must do and He is blessing me more and more. I think one important thing is perception! The closer our relationship is with Him, the more blessings we see. The blessings and miracles are there, we must have our Father's eyes to see them, I see them everywhere. I am not just an idealist, I have had to look at death and people dying these last few years., It is a very changed perception for me now, that death is transition into His kingdom. If I die tomorrow, I am not being taken to soon...It's His plan and we are living it out, we are to continue sharing His word.

Your sister in Christ

~Shannon