Something has been gripping me lately.
I haven't really been able to figure out what exactly it is, but its been pulling my heart.
Today, i was laying in bed daydreaming. When i came back into focus, i saw something that's on my wall. The lyrics to How He Loves are posted right about my vanity. My eyes never grow tired of reading those lyrics. I love the imagery that comes along with, "the weight of His wind and mercy" and the goose bumps that follow quickly after reading, "And i realize just how beautiful You are and how great Your affections are for me".
This song helps me live.
It helps me get through horrible, cloudy& gloomy days.
So today as i was rereading the words i am oh-so familiar with, i realized something...and it almost hurt to realize this but at the same time i was glad to stumble over it.
I don't have enough God in my life.
That's a bold statement, i know. But its true. I just feel like as a senior in high school there are not a vast amount of ways to serve God. I'm not knocking my youth group or my home church at all, don't think that, i just feel melancholy.
So today i was in the car with my little sister and instead of listening to my newest mix CD with songs we know all the words to and ones we even have dances made up to for, i put on my mom's worship rehearsal CD. Then it hit me. Song after song the lyrics were screaming at me. Trying so hard to get my attention.
It doesn't matter where you are, how old you are or what you are doing. You can serve God anywhere.
Then i also came to the conclusion that we are humans need to take more responsibly for our actions. Not just the bad ones, the good ones too. The bible calls us to do everything as if we are doing it for the Lord, that includes high school activities as well as careers.
As i drove home the words "i am alive in Him and He is alive in me " floated through the car. Just as they almost left out the back window i said them over to myself.
Yes, as an 18 year old student in a town that's too small i might get the feeling that there is more out there for me to be doing, but that does not mean that God is any less great or any less magnificent.
Yes, i want to just pack up all my things and move to the East coast to start my new life, but that doesn't mean that when i move over there everything will change.
Right now, i'm here. I'm 18 and i'm still in school.
But also, right now i have the opportunity to serve God in any way possible.
So my challenge to you is that you think about your life, your actions and your ambition. Think about your plans and your desires.
Are they of God?
Are they serving God?
Great thoughts Em... and I really like that song too.
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