Abundant Life

~ Sandi Staton

What does it mean to have abundant life . . .

Having lots of riches?

Traveling around the world?

Being a famous movie star?

It may mean that to some. But to me it means trusting in God. Knowing that He loves me and will always take care of me . . . no matter what.

Pushing seventy makes me realize just how scary and uncertain life is and how much more I must rely on God. How much more I must focus on taking care of my health. How much more I value the things that matter most in my life.

Published by Sandi Staton

So, I'm sitting here trying to figure out how to describe myself to you, and these are the words jumping up and down in my heart: I'm just a simple human being living in a complicated, messed-up world. I speak my mind. I love hard. My feelings run deep. When push comes to shove, I stand my ground. Sometimes I push back. Sometimes I walk away. I've surfed the crashing waves of life that threatened to destroy me only to make me stronger. I bear the scars of emotional rape, sadness, and depression. I've walked the golden streets of churches and religion only to be disappointed time and time again. And as a result, it's taken me seventy-five years to get where I'm sitting today; a sinner saved by grace through the blood of Jesus Christ. I fell at the cross. I repented of my sins, and Jesus saved and washed me clean. I still fall flat on my face. I still get dirty as a pig in a mudhole. And Jesus still picks me up, dries my tears, forgives me again and again, and continues walking close beside me. No one has ever loved me like that. And no one ever will.