Imagine yourself being 30 years old.
Imagine tangled in a web of sin.
Imagine being a recovering alcoholic and pornography addict.
Imagine believing in God but living as though He doesn’t exist.
Imagine sitting on your couch and hearing the voice of the Lord say “I have chosen you. Before you were born I set you apart and have created you for this.”
Imagine finding out that “this” is leaving the comforts of America for a year and serving others.
Imagine trying to convince God that he made a mistake and obviously has the wrong guy.
Imagine God is faithful and wants to show you how.
Imagine realizing the purpose of your life is far bigger than the mistakes of your past.
Imagine letting go.
Imagine telling your friends and family that in the mist of your screwed up, self serving life you are selling nearly all of your belongings and following Jesus.
Imagine they call you crazy!
Imagine leaving your 13-year career behind and choosing the Lord’s plan because he said, “It is better.”
Imagine the feeling after hearing your friend tell you that you will never be able to support a family because you just quit your job.
Imagine being thousands of dollars in debt and having to raise over $16,000.
Imagine doing it!
Imagine that you have left all your family and friends and are living with 54 strangers.
Imagine being chosen to lead these strangers around the world.
Imagine a life of abandonment.
Imagine living simple.
Imagine living with the homeless, broken, hurt, lost, orphaned, and the sick.
Imagine caring for these people more than yourself.
Imagine looking into the eyes of a prostitute and telling her that she is loved.
Imagine the little girl, sitting in your lap, her head is infested with lice and you cuddle with her any way.
Imagine scooping rice into bowls for children who haven’t eaten in days.
Imagine walking through a refugee camp and looking at the children and empathizing with the hopeless and empty looks on their faces because as a child you felt this way too.
Imagine giving hugs to homeless men who just spent last night drinking lighter fluid to dull their pain.
Imagine spending your afternoon with little girls and little boys who live in a home so their mother’s won’t sell them into sex slavery.
Imagine realizing that the world no longer revolves around you.
Imagine facing your biggest fears head on.
Imagine totally relying on God for all of your needs.
Imagine sharing your darkest secrets with people you hardly know.
Imagine the freedom that comes when you don’t have to pretend anymore.
Imagine experiencing God’s love on a deeper level.
Imagine complete strangers sending you an email telling you that you have inspired them.
Imagine that all your past pains, hurts, and failures don’t matter anymore.
Imagine realizing that all the lies spoken into your life are erased.
Imagine realizing that you are forgiven.
Imagine sharing your complete testimony with people, and seeing it change their lives.
Imagine trading in your orphaned heart and embracing the love of The Father.
Imagine finding a new way to love people.
Imagine being told every single day how you can look more like Jesus.
Imagine learning what being a Son of God really looks like.
Imagine striving every day to see the world though the very eyes of God.
Imagine losing yourself and find out who you truly are.
Imagine the feeling when you find out that He was right and His plan is better!
Imagine this is real life because for me it is.
