Character of God

It’s been over a month since I’ve blogged, I’m so sorry I’m just now writing. How time flies, I have so much to tell y’all!

This past month I’ve learned heaps of stuff that I can’t wait to share (I’m going to go week by week from where I left off over the next few days to hopefully make more sense).

Week 3: Character of God

What do you think God’s like when things are going well in your life, when you’re happy? He’s good, He’s Faithful, He’s kind, etc. What do you think God is like when things aren’t going well, when you’re upset? He left me, He’s punishing me, He doesn’t care, etc. I don’t know what you think in these everyday situations, but often times I tend to base God’s character off of my feelings and my emotions, but that’s not who God is. During this week we were challenged with so much theology, I felt like my mind was running a race, but I loved it! There was one thing that stuck with my more than anything else-Exodus 34:6-7 “The Lord passed before him and proclaimed ‘The Lord, the Lord a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgressions and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children’s children, to the third and fourth generation.’” This verse is God telling us who He is…can’t argue with that, right! It’s so simple, it’s so true, this is who God is, this is what He calls himself, and this is who He’s proven himself to be. Our God is so merciful, so gracious, so compassionate toward His children, and He’s so patient (seriously though, our God is so patient, think how much we mess up, why doesn’t he just zap us? Cause He’s slow to anger and so stinkin patient). This is who our God is and I need to start living like this is the God I serve. He is constant and He has given us this verse to hold onto and remind us of whom He is (cause as dumb humans we need that, to remember how great our God is even though He created everything). I challenge you to put this verse on your bathroom mirror, your pocket, in your room, around your house, in your fridge, or wherever, put it somewhere so that you will read it everyday to be reminded of the character of our God and how good it is that no matter our circumstances and feelings He is who He says He is (mines currently above my bed so I can wake up with the reminder and go to sleep resting in who He is). Go for it! See how this one verse can change your total view of our God.