Ok, so the last couple of weeks have
honestly been pretty tough!! I have been letting the pressure get to
me of trying to get everything done, selling my condo, studying the
word, preparing for fundraisers and we have a big hair show coming up
with my work. It is a lot to do and I’m sure my world race teammates
can relate.
Also in the past couple weeks we have
been talking about Mark 12:30-31 “And you shall love the Lord your
God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind and
with all your strength. The second is this, you shall love your
neighbor as your self.” And about how you first have to love God
and have a relationship with Him, then you must have a healthy love
for yourself and then you are able to show that love to those around
you.
In church today it was “Compassion
Sunday” we have a lot of ways that you can sign up and help others
in the church or around town. Such as going down town and serving
our brothers and sisters who live on the streets or bringing in food
for Abba’s Pantry.
God works in amazing ways. While I am
freaking about things going on in my life and letting things get to
me and affect my attitude, God has been showing me that there are so
many people out there who have a lot more to freak out about. The
whole problem is I let ME get in the way. I stay focused on the
things in MY life and what I am going to do. Sometimes it is hard to
let things go and let God handle them but that is exactly what I am
going to have to do. While I am slowly learning this, because I am
stubborn and sometimes it takes me a while to let things go, I
realize that even while I am here, I need to be focused on others.
To not dwell so much on what I have to do and what hasn’t been done
yet and trust that Gods got it all under control. This is where my
passion is, telling others about the love of Christ and hoping that
in some way He will use me to bring others closer to Him. This is
our calling as Christians, a calling for everyday life!!
There is a song, not really a Christian
song but I like to hear it as a song to God. It’s “Bleeding Love”
This is the kind of love Jesus has for us and the kind of love we
should be showing others. There will be people out there who don’t
get it or even give me a hard time about it but “I don’t care what
they say I’m still in love with You” People who think my love for
God is crazy and me wanting to go on the world race crazy! They
wonder why I would give up a year of my life and sell all the things
I have worked for. All I can say is that once I really found God, or
God found me, I have this pull on my heart and soul to further His
Kingdom and just try to follow the path He has laid out for me.
This is video from the Basement an awesome ministry here in Birmingham geared toward youth. This the first place I thought about this song in this way. Now it’s like my theme.
