Out of Christ

Happy Sunday!😁

I know I've been gone for a hot minute 😫 (on YouTube too🙈), but the hiatus was definitely needed. It helped me gain perspective, learn a few truths and adjust my mindset. It also reminded me why I love to write and share my stories in the first place.

A little while ago during a very interesting interrogation 😂 (inside joke) I was asked what my favourite hymn was. Being someone who doesn't like to be put on the spot😩, I asked my questioner to tell me theirs and why that was their particular one.
I've never been so appreciative of someone sharing something like that with me, (maybe one day I'll get them to share) and I don't think I'll ever forget it. So much so that it made me comfortable enough to open up and talk about mine.

Yes, contrary to popular belief I'm not completely extroverted. 😭 I actually have quite introverted tendencies, especially when it comes to talking about myself.

But that's a story for another day.😅

My favourite hymn not only has a lovely melody but the most incredible words 😍:

Out of Christ without a Saviour,

Oh! can it, can it be?

Like a ship without a rudder,

On a wild and stormy sea!

        Oh to be without a Saviour.

        With no hope, no refuge nigh!

        Can it be, O blessed Saviour,

        One without Thee dares to die?

Out of Christ, without a Saviour,

Lonely and dark the way;

With no light, no hope in Jesus,

Making bright the cheerless day.

Out of Christ without a Saviour,

No help not refuge nigh;

How can you, my friend and brother,

Dare to live, or dare to die?

Out of Christ without a Saviour,

Dark will the voyage be;

Clouds will gather, storms surround you,

Oh, to Christ for refuge flee!

Out of Christ without a Saviour,

Give to Him now your heart,

Ere the door of mercy closes,

And you hear His word, "Depart."

When I first hear a song I usually don't do anything but listen to it because words are very important to me.

Can you relate?
No?
Just me? 😅
...Awkward...😂

Well, I remember very clearly the day that I first heard this particular one.

See I had lost my way for a bit and was feeling very out of Christ. Being someone who gave their life to the Lord very early on in life (at around six years old) it was a very difficult period of time for me and equally as hard to come to terms with. I had gone through a period of being depressed, of giving up and God had intervened by literally changing my whole life plan, plucking me out of the situation that was causing so much grief and giving me a whole new start with a new environment to match. And what a new season it was.🙌

It's like my eyes were opened to where I had been and where I would continue to be if I didn't go back to my first love, the Lord Jesus Christ, and ask Him to take over all in my life.😭 I remember the prayer I prayed and the things I asked for. And lemme tell you, the next couple of months were life changing. They were difficult and trying too, but life changing all the same. Healing's never easy though, right?😌 Anyone who's had an accident and had to recuperate can tell you that.
It was like, God flipped it all upside down and got me back to where I was supposed to be. Just like how after a break, for it to heal properly, a bone has to be set and placed where it's meant to be. And I'm so very grateful for the entire process.🙏

I'm back on the path He has laid out for me and I am full of joy. I'm no longer out of Christ but this hymn remains my favourite because of how it brought that realization to me.❤
It's a part of my testimony, and it's a rebuke to all those who stand knowing who the Saviour is and not doing anything about it.

I can't imagine living the rest of my life without Him, can you?😏

Bisous!

x

P.S I'll be coming at you sooner than you know with a whole bunch of catch up posts😁 so stay tuned!😙