Cierra Cordak

I think the biggest thing I’ve learned over the past few years of life is that God is a far better steward of my life than I am or ever could be: my own plans and strivings are worthless compared to His rest. I’ve learned that the only thing worth anything is the intimacy granted by the cross, the glory and beauty and presence of Christ. His presence and voice is all He wants me to know and stake my life on. I have realized that truly, I am nothing. And not in a bad way, and not that I don’t have value, but that I, although being nothing more than dust on my own, am valued and treasured and made much of when I make much of Christ. Although I am nothing on my own, I have everything in Him and have been glorified alongside Him. And because Christ has made much of me, I can see the many ways in which he has made much out of others that were also once no more than dirt. There is a divine beauty in seeing the glory that is yet to be revealed- the glory and transformation that He is still working. I have learned that He is never done with me. That there will always be more of Him to know and love and discover. That there will always be more of me that can look more like Him, and that I can rejoice in a lifetime of learning and growing. A lifetime of standing face to face with my own weakness and insufficiency and being more and more fully satisfied in Yahweh. That above all else, he really is Father and friend. Unfailingly faithful.