Little Learning Nuggets

Do you ever feel like God is just speaking directly to you? That’s how I felt this past Sunday.

I’d been struggling with patience, reassurance, and gossiping (I knew I was gossiping, not just giving others information on things). I’ve been trying to get better in all those areas, but I felt I kept losing my cool with others way too much. I wondered if I was truly saved. 

The Lord told me when I was reading His Word, “If you want to be content, you have to develop patience and practice it.” Well, that’s helpful for someone who’s been praying for happiness for the past 6 years.

The Lord spoke to me through my youth pastor when I was at youth group. The man simply said, “If you’re questioning whether you’re saved, you probably are. If you think ‘Oh, I’ve accepted Jesus as my Lord and Saviour, but I don’t know…’ you’re probably good to go.” Well, that felt like a hug directly from God.

The Lord spoke to me later that night through my youth group small group leader. She simply was relating to us with the way we can get sucked into gossiping without realizing it. She said, “We can feel like we’re updating people on things, but before we know it, it turns into way too personal things about people.” Well, that was a learning experience for me. I felt lonely and literally had no one to talk to for almost a week, which., okay, doesn’t sound so bad. I thought so too. But I found myself gossiping to anyone who would listen.