My Life.... (This is my 1st blog before my "What Happened Next" blog.)

Hi, my name is Manessa and I would like to share a bit of my life's story with you. 

So here we go.... On May 7, 2010, I rededicated my life to the one who created me (God)... I felt safe in His arms the moment I turned my life over to Him. Three months later, August 1, 2010, I decided it was time to be baptized. I wanted my life to reflect Christ in every way possible and trust me when i tell you..... my life was so amazing, all because it revolved around Christ. So.... a year passed as I continued living for Christ and doing the will of God. A few more months went by and Christ was still the head of my life. 

Now at some point in my life I thought that i would be able to live for Christ and be in a relationship all at once. I got into a relationship and it was an unequally yoked relationship. As time progressed, while in that relationship my relationship with Christ began to fall apart. Yes! I was still trying to juggle the two, telling myself that I will continue going to church on Sunday, youth group on Friday to assist with youth group and kids club on Wednesday to assist with that... But when I was done with all that "church stuff", it went back to my relationship that I thought was so perfect and sweet. I repeated that cycle over and over until slowly but surely I drifted away from Christ, church and everything else. I was then so wrapped up in my relationship that I forgot about everyone and everything. Most important, I forgot about God.

Matthew 6:24 "No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other, you will be devoted to one and despise the other"...

I completely strayed away from God and my eyes were fixed only on someone who was not after God's heart. I got completely distracted. My whole life started to revolve around this one guy.. (worse move ever).... I started doing all the things I should never be doing. Things like: having sex before marriage, sleeping over on weekends or sometimes even week days, playing the wife role without a ring and all of that other stuff. Mind you... I was happy and content with it all because in my mind, as long as he was happy then life was good.. (wrong thinking)... I still didn't realize that God was tugging on my heart because I was completely blinded by what was in front of me. Nothing else mattered, my relationship became my god.

Exodus 20:3 "You must not have any other gods but me".

1John 5:21 "Dear children, keep away from anything that might take God's place in your hearts".

Keep in mind that anything/one that you put before God is your god... So this is basically what happened with me. God was placed on the back burner. I wanted to do my own thing with my life and not what Christ wanted me to do. I can assure you that it was definitely the wrong move. Satan came to steal and destroy me as soon as I turned away from God. 

I want you reader to read my next blog and also to be encouraged. In my next Blog you will read about what happened next.