By Nicole L. Lawrence
Hello! I'm Nicole and I love Jesus (cheesy beginning, I know). I could be considered what some call a 'super Christian'. Starting with childhood as a 'pew baby' I watched Veggie Tales and attended V.B.S. (Vaction Bible School) every summer. Once I was a teenager I became an active member of my youth group where I got to go on several retreats and mission trips. I've owned multiple pairs of TOMS, frequently listened to K-Love and went to many Starbucks Bible studies. After graduating High School I attended a Christian college; where I received a scholarship for being a spiritual leader. Never did I curse, drink, do drugs and I never had sex until I was I married.
According the Christian checklist I was doing everything right. Jokingly I agreed I had enough 'Jesus points' (a sarcastic point system) to get into heaven. One the surface I likely appeared to be impressive and well put together. Well, I have a confession to make...I'm a sinner.
Anyone who read that first paragraph hopefully roles their eyes because I'm nothing to brag about. Honestly I fail God daily. I've gone days without praying or even thinking of God. Lying comes so naturally that sometimes I don't think twice before doing it. People drive me crazy and I do a horrible job of loving my neighbor.
The list could keep going, but my worst flaw as a Christian is my pride. I compared myself to others and decided I was better than them. When people complimented me I usually said the cliche, "Don't give me the credit, give it to God." Really I was using their acclamation to feed my ego. This attitude was disgusting. It was as if I was saying, "Jesus came to die for all ours sins, accept me because I'm perfect."
Luckily God has been working on my heart for a long time now, and I've realized that I'm really not the big of a deal. Somewhere I misinformed myself to think perfection lead to God's love. Humility taught me that God knows I'm not perfect, but for some crazy reason he loves me anyway.
This may be my blog, but these words aren't my own. The little wisdom I have comes from God. Although I'm broken and imperfect thankfully there is good in me, as there is good in everyone, because we are made in the image of a flawless God. I pray that God would give a looser like me a chance to use this site to help others get to know him better. This why I titled it G^3 representing Give God the Glory. I know, it's redundant statement but it's a lesson worth learning.
"Whatever you do, do it for the Glory of God."
1 Corinthians 10:31
Hello! I'm Nicole and I love Jesus (cheesy beginning, I know). I could be considered what some call a 'super Christian'. Starting with childhood as a 'pew baby' I watched Veggie Tales and attended V.B.S. (Vaction Bible School) every summer. Once I was a teenager I became an active member of my youth group where I got to go on several retreats and mission trips. I've owned multiple pairs of TOMS, frequently listened to K-Love and went to many Starbucks Bible studies. After graduating High School I attended a Christian college; where I received a scholarship for being a spiritual leader. Never did I curse, drink, do drugs and I never had sex until I was I married.
According the Christian checklist I was doing everything right. Jokingly I agreed I had enough 'Jesus points' (a sarcastic point system) to get into heaven. One the surface I likely appeared to be impressive and well put together. Well, I have a confession to make...I'm a sinner.
Anyone who read that first paragraph hopefully roles their eyes because I'm nothing to brag about. Honestly I fail God daily. I've gone days without praying or even thinking of God. Lying comes so naturally that sometimes I don't think twice before doing it. People drive me crazy and I do a horrible job of loving my neighbor.
The list could keep going, but my worst flaw as a Christian is my pride. I compared myself to others and decided I was better than them. When people complimented me I usually said the cliche, "Don't give me the credit, give it to God." Really I was using their acclamation to feed my ego. This attitude was disgusting. It was as if I was saying, "Jesus came to die for all ours sins, accept me because I'm perfect."
Luckily God has been working on my heart for a long time now, and I've realized that I'm really not the big of a deal. Somewhere I misinformed myself to think perfection lead to God's love. Humility taught me that God knows I'm not perfect, but for some crazy reason he loves me anyway.
This may be my blog, but these words aren't my own. The little wisdom I have comes from God. Although I'm broken and imperfect thankfully there is good in me, as there is good in everyone, because we are made in the image of a flawless God. I pray that God would give a looser like me a chance to use this site to help others get to know him better. This why I titled it G^3 representing Give God the Glory. I know, it's redundant statement but it's a lesson worth learning.
"Whatever you do, do it for the Glory of God."
1 Corinthians 10:31