Psalm 44:
20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
Romans 8
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
He who knows the very darkest secrets of my heart was willing to leave His throne to come to this earth to die on the cross bearing my sins so that I might have eternal fellowship with Him the only source of true Joy because of the overwhelming depth of His love for me. This is a love that is so great that no matter what trials, tribulations, distresses may come in the New Year, I may rejoice in His Love. My heart’s desire is to continue to seek Him, follow Him and proclaim His name to a world in need. For His Glorious Name let me lay down my life, my desires, and my dreams–let me for the sake of Christ, die to self all day long that He might shine brightly through me. And this I know, there is nothing that can separate me from His Love. My question to you, Do you have a personal, intimate relationship with Jesus Christ. I do not mean a head knowledge or a belief that He was some great prophet or good man; but can you remember a moment or time that you saw Him as so Glorious that you knew there was never anything that you could do that would be good enough to make you worthy of being in His presence? Did you fall before Him at the foot of the Cross and ask Him to come into your heart? Is He seated on the throne of your heart? Is seeking after Him your greatest desire, above family, friends, fame, self-comfort, and job?