Pressure Makes Diamonds

There is rawness in the beauty. 

 Pressure makes diamonds. Everybody wants to be a diamond, but very few are willing to take the pressure and get cut. Water cuts through and erodes rock not by force, but with what it contains at a molecular level and with it's fierce persistence. Because nothing grows out of comfort zones. You have to be persistent in growing and stepping out in faith. 

 I can say, in a more recent sense, I have been a diamond under pressure surfacing over a lot of hard work and healing in my life. God is making me a diamond. A diamond that reflects Jesus and the victories in my life. It's not just diamonds, but when God is faithful, our lives will be fruitful. Each season of our lives He is constantly surfacing and molding us to be more like Him. 

Remember that God meets you where you are at. Not where you have been, not where you are going, but right where you are. He takes all of our experiences and uses them to better ourselves. We are not products of our pasts. He uses nothing in vain. 

 Our faith is like a muscle. We have to be at constant work on a daily basis in our lives. It takes work, and consistence. I'm a raw person. I am raw about how life is but I'm also very real. Life is hard. We all struggle. But I want to better myself. I want to get healing and work through all of that in my life. I am more of a whole person then I have ever been. Friends tell me I am someone who will walk with you, not just talk about it. Be more like Jesus! Wear that perfume that just radiant's Him. 

 God will wake you and wreck you to see the diamond He has made you to be. You will shine from that pressure and walk out in faith. God is good! God delights in every detail. We need to rebuke the lies the enemy has told us and resurface. Praise Him!! 

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