I just need to take a few minutes to say how amazed at how God moves in our lives and restore relationships in His perfect timing... I'm just amazed!
God, you're so good to us, and we're so far from deserving anything! When we deserve nothing, You give us everything! Thank You so much for Your redeeming love and grace that surrounds us and shines in this world through our words and actions! We're Your vessels of honor... use us for Your glory!
All I can say is... I love YOU, Lord Jesus!
Thank You for romancing my heart and teaching me that my dependence is to be found in You, that You are foundation, life and everything to me, and that in You and in You alone I'm made complete!
When I felt like nothing, without a purpose in this world, You hit me with this:
'How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much more pleasing is your love than wine, and the fragrance of your perfume than any spice!' (Song of Salomon 4:10)
and
'For we are to God the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.' (2 Corinthians 2:15)
I'm Yours... continue to write my story!
... You're Creator and I'm what You've made.
Friday, January 14, 2011
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Welcome!
Welcome!: "I connected Blogger to my http://flavors.me page - http://flavors.me/helenpelipecki"
... You're Creator and I'm what You've made.
... You're Creator and I'm what You've made.
Welcome!
Welcome!: "I connected Blogger to my http://flavors.me page - http://flavors.me/helenpelipecki"
... You're Creator and I'm what You've made.
... You're Creator and I'm what You've made.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
He's writing my story!
I'm blessed in watching God has been doing with my life... He is writing my story and I've gladly placed the pen in His hands. He's giving me the peace to just sit back and enjoy the ride... and there's comfort and peace when I say it.
These past two years have been interesting to say, at least... processing all the losses - a beloved dog that passed away in my arms after fighting epilepsy so bravely, my fiance, my beloved dad/hero/best friend... right after that being sent to the mission field through coming to America, learning to live in a completely different culture and feel that as home, adjusting to this same culture and relationships here, arriving here as an orphan and being given a family through God that is stronger and closer to me than my own earthly family - all in all I can say that God keeps blowing my mind! I don't focus on the losses, but on what's God is going to do with my story - He's all around my days.
God is moving fast. His timing isn't our timing... there's a sense of urgency in my soul related to the things He's placing in my hands to do. On my own I could never be the leader He is calling me to be... it's through His strength and through Him only that I have taken up the tasks He is graciously placing on my path and will finish them bravely, beautifully for His glory - it's His promise... He'll complete the work He has started in me.
After years of fighting, struggling, trying to get the control of my life, I finally surrender and admit... the Lord has had the control and the hands on my life all the time - simple statement, but not to a former control freak like me.
God wins. I'm His. My life is not my own... and I couldn't be happier in saying that!
The lesson for today and these past few weeks is... there's freedom in surrender!
No more me... more of You and less of me, Lord Jesus.
You have my life in Your precious, sweet hands...You've had it all along, and I just was blind to that. Thank You for giving me clarity and allowing me to see Your work, Your grace displayed through all my steps.
I live for Your glory only, to be a reflection of You on this earth.
My eyes are set on the goal, on the prize of spending eternity in heaven forever worshiping You... for now, I enjoy the ride of knowing You and making You known!
It has been and will continue to be a marvelous adventure with my Life-Giver!
In all things, I just recognize... You're Creator and I'm what You've made.
These past two years have been interesting to say, at least... processing all the losses - a beloved dog that passed away in my arms after fighting epilepsy so bravely, my fiance, my beloved dad/hero/best friend... right after that being sent to the mission field through coming to America, learning to live in a completely different culture and feel that as home, adjusting to this same culture and relationships here, arriving here as an orphan and being given a family through God that is stronger and closer to me than my own earthly family - all in all I can say that God keeps blowing my mind! I don't focus on the losses, but on what's God is going to do with my story - He's all around my days.
God is moving fast. His timing isn't our timing... there's a sense of urgency in my soul related to the things He's placing in my hands to do. On my own I could never be the leader He is calling me to be... it's through His strength and through Him only that I have taken up the tasks He is graciously placing on my path and will finish them bravely, beautifully for His glory - it's His promise... He'll complete the work He has started in me.
After years of fighting, struggling, trying to get the control of my life, I finally surrender and admit... the Lord has had the control and the hands on my life all the time - simple statement, but not to a former control freak like me.
God wins. I'm His. My life is not my own... and I couldn't be happier in saying that!
The lesson for today and these past few weeks is... there's freedom in surrender!
No more me... more of You and less of me, Lord Jesus.
You have my life in Your precious, sweet hands...You've had it all along, and I just was blind to that. Thank You for giving me clarity and allowing me to see Your work, Your grace displayed through all my steps.
I live for Your glory only, to be a reflection of You on this earth.
My eyes are set on the goal, on the prize of spending eternity in heaven forever worshiping You... for now, I enjoy the ride of knowing You and making You known!
It has been and will continue to be a marvelous adventure with my Life-Giver!
In all things, I just recognize... You're Creator and I'm what You've made.
Sunday, December 05, 2010
No more procrastination!
I'm letting go of the spirit of fear. I've been hiding under this spirit of self-pity and it's time to let go.
God has blessed me with gifts so that I could bless other people and praise His Name through every breathe of mine. He has given me a history filled with pain so that people could see His grace, His hope, His rescue, His restoration in it. I'm handing the pen to a God who writes our stories way better than ourselves, for His glory only!
NO MORE FEAR!
... You're Creator and I'm what You've made.
God has blessed me with gifts so that I could bless other people and praise His Name through every breathe of mine. He has given me a history filled with pain so that people could see His grace, His hope, His rescue, His restoration in it. I'm handing the pen to a God who writes our stories way better than ourselves, for His glory only!
NO MORE FEAR!
... You're Creator and I'm what You've made.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Letting go of a distorted notion of love!
Talking with a friend today I was led to think about God's grace. The truth that when I deserved nothing, He gave me everything has finally hit me, and became tangible in my life.
I've been in a long journey of finding beauty in myself through God. From abuse to relationships that led me to being hurt and made me feel like nothing to finding God and His real, tangible, refreshing, eternal love, the road has been tricky, but interesting. I have finally learned to let go of control, knowing that even the whole notion of control is nothing but an illusion. Control is in His hands. In letting go, I found God. In letting God, I found the love that is transforming my life - the way I see people, the world, myself. 'Letting go, letting God'... easy to say, hard to do... but what a freedom can be found in those simple words!
In this world, we are presented a distorted notion of love: we do everything to gain the person's attention, it's all our doing. We become people's pleasers - opposite notion to Colossians 3:23 - and nothing we do is ever enough. We are humans, in our flesh we fail. People will fail us at some point... that's life in a fallen world, in a fallen nature. God make us new creation, but we live in this tent called our flesh, still bound to our flaws until the day we die. He is still gracious in transforming us in our journey with Him, more and more according to His Son, but still... we fail and people will fail us at some point.
God's love is gracious, kind. Just go back to the description of real love presented in 1 Corinthians 13. The main difference between that distorted love presented to us by the world and God's love for us is... in the latter, it's all HIS doing. We are just receivers. There's nothing we can do to make Him love us more. NOTHING. That notion that blows my mind! He knows we will fail Him at some point then get back on track, but still... we all fail at some point. Through His infinite grace, He rescues us. Even His grace= undeserved favor. Accepting this transforming love is hard... it takes letting go of ourselves, of our old ways, dying to ourselves, allowing God to re-program, to install a new software in our minds, change our way of thinking - Romans 12:1. It's not easy... it's a process.
I'm going through that process right now, and falling more and more in love with this Lord and Savior! The more I receive and accept this love, the more I'm transformed and love people through the overflow of His perfect love for me. Once again... mind-blowing!
World's love - our doing, His love - His doing! I LOVE it! Oh, the sweet taste of the freedom found in His Spirit!
I pray these words bless you!
With all His love,
Helen =)
... You're Creator and I'm what You've made.
I've been in a long journey of finding beauty in myself through God. From abuse to relationships that led me to being hurt and made me feel like nothing to finding God and His real, tangible, refreshing, eternal love, the road has been tricky, but interesting. I have finally learned to let go of control, knowing that even the whole notion of control is nothing but an illusion. Control is in His hands. In letting go, I found God. In letting God, I found the love that is transforming my life - the way I see people, the world, myself. 'Letting go, letting God'... easy to say, hard to do... but what a freedom can be found in those simple words!
In this world, we are presented a distorted notion of love: we do everything to gain the person's attention, it's all our doing. We become people's pleasers - opposite notion to Colossians 3:23 - and nothing we do is ever enough. We are humans, in our flesh we fail. People will fail us at some point... that's life in a fallen world, in a fallen nature. God make us new creation, but we live in this tent called our flesh, still bound to our flaws until the day we die. He is still gracious in transforming us in our journey with Him, more and more according to His Son, but still... we fail and people will fail us at some point.
God's love is gracious, kind. Just go back to the description of real love presented in 1 Corinthians 13. The main difference between that distorted love presented to us by the world and God's love for us is... in the latter, it's all HIS doing. We are just receivers. There's nothing we can do to make Him love us more. NOTHING. That notion that blows my mind! He knows we will fail Him at some point then get back on track, but still... we all fail at some point. Through His infinite grace, He rescues us. Even His grace= undeserved favor. Accepting this transforming love is hard... it takes letting go of ourselves, of our old ways, dying to ourselves, allowing God to re-program, to install a new software in our minds, change our way of thinking - Romans 12:1. It's not easy... it's a process.
I'm going through that process right now, and falling more and more in love with this Lord and Savior! The more I receive and accept this love, the more I'm transformed and love people through the overflow of His perfect love for me. Once again... mind-blowing!
World's love - our doing, His love - His doing! I LOVE it! Oh, the sweet taste of the freedom found in His Spirit!
I pray these words bless you!
With all His love,
Helen =)
... You're Creator and I'm what You've made.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
I'm engaged to Christ!
... You're Creator and I'm what You've made.
Hello, beautiful people!
It has taken me a while to finally be able to upload a picture or anything related to my baptism that happened last night at ECHO at North Metro Church, the ministry that has been church to me since I first arrived here in Georgia. I'm still blown away at what God did last night... the worship, the message Rob shared, the baptisms... the Holy Spirit was just SO present in that place!
The whole week I felt God preparing me for that moment of going under the water, attending my own funeral, to the death of my old self and to the new 'me' being born through Christ Jesus... and by going under that same water, I was being born as the bride of Christ, engaged to Him, openly longing for the coming of my Lord, Savior, Lover, Best Friend... my Husband! Everything in that place screamed eternity!
Surrounded by the beautiful 'cloud of witnesses', people who have been watching me walk with the Lord - and fail at times, too... I'm far from being perfect, I'm just clay being molded in the hands of a Heavenly Father - people that I have met in different paths, ministries, churches... all there, over 100 people standing side by side with me as my death was proclaimed and as I raised out of the waters being made new in Christ Jesus... publicly! To the people who were there... through your presence there, I was overwhelmed by the Lord's presence... and what I mentioned in the video of my testimony of knowing that His love, His Spirit of adoption is real... He has adopted me through each of you! To all of you, my sincere 'Thank you!'! I love you all beyond words!
To my Savior, my Groom, all I can say is that I'm falling more and more in love with you each day and that I'm anxiously waiting for Your coming!
For the Spirit and the Bride, His Church, say 'Come, Lord Jesus, come!'
I couldn't be happier of being Yours!
I'm finally complete!
Hello, beautiful people!
It has taken me a while to finally be able to upload a picture or anything related to my baptism that happened last night at ECHO at North Metro Church, the ministry that has been church to me since I first arrived here in Georgia. I'm still blown away at what God did last night... the worship, the message Rob shared, the baptisms... the Holy Spirit was just SO present in that place!
The whole week I felt God preparing me for that moment of going under the water, attending my own funeral, to the death of my old self and to the new 'me' being born through Christ Jesus... and by going under that same water, I was being born as the bride of Christ, engaged to Him, openly longing for the coming of my Lord, Savior, Lover, Best Friend... my Husband! Everything in that place screamed eternity!
Surrounded by the beautiful 'cloud of witnesses', people who have been watching me walk with the Lord - and fail at times, too... I'm far from being perfect, I'm just clay being molded in the hands of a Heavenly Father - people that I have met in different paths, ministries, churches... all there, over 100 people standing side by side with me as my death was proclaimed and as I raised out of the waters being made new in Christ Jesus... publicly! To the people who were there... through your presence there, I was overwhelmed by the Lord's presence... and what I mentioned in the video of my testimony of knowing that His love, His Spirit of adoption is real... He has adopted me through each of you! To all of you, my sincere 'Thank you!'! I love you all beyond words!
To my Savior, my Groom, all I can say is that I'm falling more and more in love with you each day and that I'm anxiously waiting for Your coming!
For the Spirit and the Bride, His Church, say 'Come, Lord Jesus, come!'
I couldn't be happier of being Yours!
I'm finally complete!
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