Let Your

Let your test be your testimony. Let your mess be your message. Let your light shine.

I am not perfect. I will never be perfect. I am doing my best to do what I feel I am called to do. Sometimes when you are passionate about your calling, you have to let go of all the things or people that want to stop you.

I am living my truth. I share things on this blog because it is my mess that I want to use as my message. Without recognizing pain, we cannot make it better. Without exposing the dirt, it cannot be cleaned.

I don’t care what religious background you come from. I don’t care what belief you carry with you to survive this life. You are welcome. My love does not discriminate, and I won’t tell you how to live your life. All I can do is share my truth.

My goal is not to shame anyone. I don’t like being mean. I am great at it, but I’d rather be loving. If you are moved by my blog posts, I’d love to hear your feelings about it. Whether you disagree, don’t understand, feel conviction, or you’re just drawn to know more. That is my goal. Start conversations. I am a nobody. My words hold no power unless given.

I had to learn that for myself. Not everyone has something to say that I need to hear. No one controls how I feel. I am going to listen to my feelings. If I don’t feel happy around an individual, I don’t care about their feelings, I’m out. If this person holds a place of value to me, I will confront them. If they don’t want to listen or actually have a conversation with me then I will block. I don’t have time to be fighting with people. My mission is to draw people in and love them. I have no other agenda. Your convictions are just that… Yours. Please do not cast your shame or burdens on me. I am not Jesus.

Jesus did tell us to cast our cares upon Him. We can’t do that though unless we first humble ourselves. Ask yourself, what part did I play in the pain? Ask yourself, what am I afraid of people knowing about me? We need to stop treating sin like it is something worthy of hiding or holding on to. If you fill a garbage can with garbage and never bring it to the curb for sanitation to take, you may have a clean house, but it is still full of garbage.   

I may make a fool of myself admitting to my brokenness, but the Jesus I serve was displayed naked, torn apart, and bloody on a cross so that I didn’t have to pretend I am perfect or struggle with sin anymore. He died so that sin has NO HOLD ON ME! You cannot shame me for my sins. “Who among you have not sinned? Cast the first stone.”- Jesus and He says that for everyone.  

Let your garbage (anxieties, worries, sin, shame, feeling unworthy, striving for perfection, depression) go to sanitation. If you need someone to help you uncover the garbage you’re hoarding, I’d love to bring you to Jesus. I know I make it sound so easy, but it is. I am living proof of it.

Welcome to the new gospel according to Christa Lily. God has called me to this moment. I am in Christ and therefore I am a new creation. I will continue to walk in my freedom under any circumstance. I hope you will join me and walk in His marvelous light.  

1 Peter 5:6-7 says, “Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God [set aside self-righteous pride], so that He may exalt you [to a place of honor in His service] at the appropriate time, casting all your cares [all your anxieties, all your worries, and all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares about you [with deepest affection and watches over you very carefully].