Just As You Are

"He takes us as we are - and makes us more than we ever imagined." Neill F. Marriott

 I think that, so often we think that we have to be a certain way for God, and people tell us this too. They say that God will never accept you If you do this, He will never accept you if you act this way, or if you are like this. This is what we are told by society, and after hearing it enough, we start to believe it. But my friend, let me tell you today that God isn't needing anything from you besides you, just as you are.
 You see, God doesn't have a certain standard that He holds us to and He doesn't have a list of requirements that we have to meet before we go to Him. No! But He wants us to come to Him, He is ready to welcome us, just as we are, with every flaw, every imperfection, every mistake, everything. With all of that, God wants you to go to Him.
 And you see, once you realize this and begin to live in this fact, not only are you going to see your life change for the better, but God can now take this new version of you and shape you into someone, and shape your life into something, that is so much greater than you could ever imagine.