Free at last-with open hands. That is what God
is calling us to…Autonomy. Peace. Joy.
Love. Life. To live in the authentic abundancy of this world. To look past our
burdens. To look past defeat and failures. To look past sadness and pain. To
look only to one true God– The one who created all things. Before , now, and
after. All things work together for good. He is the ultimate sacrifice. Without
his love, we would be desolate….
Drifting and falling.
Seeking after things that fade away and allowing distractions to steal, kill,
and destroy. Why does the world call for independency? It seems to me that
wealthy nations claim to have it all. But they seem to be missing the most
important thing:
Community.
Love for each other.
Compassion.
Time.
Just the simple act of sitting
down with someone and giving them your full attention.
Without worrying about being somewhere
else…
Without worrying about schedules and phones. Or emails. Or facebook.
I wish
we had a mandatory timeout
every day. Where
everyone had to stop what they were doing and love on somebody. Encourage.
Uplift. Pray for. Sympathize. LISTEN. These past five months on the race, God
has been showing me what it means to sacrifice for others. TO sacrifice time
and wants. TO sacrifice space, comfort, annoyances. When these things are
surrendered, your heart gets changed. My heart has changed since the beginning.
Im not as selfish as I once was. Of course there is still work to be done. God
is not done with me and I have so much more to learn. Like how not only to listen to him, but to
ACT.
I’ve seen lately how alive the Bible becomes when you crave
it….how every scripture speaks and teaches. How God can use something that was
written thousands of years ago and transform my life in this day and age. It’s
crazy to me. How come I never took time to really pray into what God has for me
for the day? How come I’ve let complacency replace desire for truth? I hate
laziness. God has placed passion in each of us. We just have to fight for it.
Fight for our joy in hardship. Fight for ourselves in time of heartache and
healing. Fight for others when they can’t stand. Fight for the poor and
downtrodden. Everyone is enabled to fight. WE just have to petition before God.
“Praise the LORD, O my soul;…who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.” Psalm 103
Can you imagine how different life would be? If we just believed and lived out God’s truth. I want more of you God. More of your love. I want your eyes to see the
community around me. I want your words to encourage someone. Help me to push
away my own desires and fight for this world. I need you more than I did yesterday.
Everyday that is my prayer. That I will seek you more and follow you more than
yesterday.
