Thursday, January 28, 2010

Consider me gone

"If i'm not the one thing you can't stand to lose
If i'm not that arrow to the heart of you
If you don't get drunk on my kiss
If you think you can do better than this then i guess we're done
Let's not drag this on
Consider me gone"

-This is the difference between God and man. Even though He should be the one thing we can't stnad to lose. The arrow to the heart of us. The one thing we cant do better than. Or ever find another greater than. And the sad part is most people don't think of Him like this. They are to involved with their work, family, money, and life that they forget why they are here in the first place. And who put them here and gave them everything they have. Everything they put infront of Him. But yet He is still there for us, through everything. Even when we turn our backs on Him, ignore Him, slander Him or even crucify Him. He is there waiting for us to realize just how much we need Him! "'He will never leave nor forsake you." Or abandon you when things get rough. While other people will just get up and walk off leaving you with nothing. Or so they think. The whole time you have something, the only thing you will ever need, HIM! And when you realize that, it will change your life.

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Hope

hope - to place trust; rely.

Have you ever really though about the word hope? I haven't until today. Hope is such a strong word but we use it for the littlest things. Oh I hope it doesn't rain today, I hope we win our game, I hope that jacket is on sale. We misuse it more than we even imagine. Are we really putting our 'hope' into other people? Have you ever stopped and considered to put your 'hope' in God? To completely rely on Him? To embed all your trust in him? Most people don't think of it that way. He is the one that should consume all of our hope! He is the reason that it doesn't rain, or you won your game, or that jacket is still on sale. Have you ever stopped to thank him? No, because we normally don't think that way, when we really should. What about hopelessness? Have you ever lost hope? There is not one person that can say no. I know I have. I've lost hope in so many people. But if I ever thought about my hope being in God, would I have lost hope when it still went wrong? The answer, unfortunately is yes. But when I think about it now, there's a reason for Him doing what He did. No matter what it is! Albert Einstein once said " At any rate, I am convinced that He [God] does not play dice." And I cant even think of how to describe it better. We as Christians need to put our hope in Him and never lose it. Because if we do, we will most likely go to him for everything, not to other people or even the weather man....that could change the world! And more importantly the people in it.

"Where now is my hope? And who regards my hope?" Job 17:15

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Costless

Only one love is perfect. No, not Romeo and Juliet's or Rose and Jack's. Not Cinderella and Prince Charming's, not Allie and Noah's. Or even a husband and wife. Its between a father and his child. I'm not talking about just any father. That would be way more than one if that was the case. I'm talking about The Father. You know the one we all claim to know and listen to, but do we really follow? The One who is always there for us even when we turn our backs to Him. The One who gave us the world, and gave us life. He even gives us each and every little breath that we take. And most of them are taken for granted. He gave his life and His son's life for us. Which was crucially taken. He doesn't even force us to love him back. All He does is simply ask. And most of us think were better off without Him. Or that we know what is best for us and we want to do it on our own. When the truth is we have no clue as to what is best for us! He is the only one who can ever know. He created us. Put every single hair on our head. And knows exactly how many drops of blood are in each body. He gave more than we can ever know while only asking one thing in return, that we love him. But only asking, never forcing. That's what makes His love so perfect. Its costless.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Live and learn

Sometimes we have to live to learn. We have to be completely broken to become fixed. We have to break down to be able to surrender. We have to lose, to gain. But in the process of doing these, we find oursleves. We become vulnerable, and that's when our true colors show.

Monday, January 4, 2010

Dreams are reality

Death. Not a word anyone appreciates, but probably one of the most well known words on the planet. You know its coming, but you never known win. Its like a creeping shadow readying itself for the attack. It all feels surreal...like a dream, but more so a nightmare. My prayers were answered, no more pain. And I know you're in a much better place. As I've been told a hundred times. But it's not the death that gets me. It's the missing you part. The part that I won't see you in person again, or you won't be there to watch me turn 16. Or get my license, or graduate high school. You wont be there to call when I get engaged or walk me down the isle on my wedding day. Or see my kids be born. Its the little things they make me hurt inside. I've had so many thoughts running in my head all day long. Things I have thought about before, but never really thought I would have to deal with so abruptly and as soon as this. It's starting to feel sickening. I try to hide it but my mask is shattering into millions of tiny pieces. Each one by a memory of you. I don't want to forget, but at the moment I don't want to remember. People say they would rather feel pain than nothing at all. I disagree. I would rather be numb, free from all emotion. And then I think of having to move all the things out of my house, and into separate houses. Because I now have nowhere I call home. No home number. I don't want to go to sleep. But I don't want to be awake. Why can't I be dreaming?

Saturday, January 2, 2010

Truth from lies

I'm never alone. But sometimes... I feel like I'm invisible and mute. Like no one or anything notices I'm there, or cares. Like silence is my only friend. That my opinions shouldn't be voiced or heard. That my future is average. Nothing of tremendous importance. But That's not true. God cares. He sent His son, His only son to die on the cross. Something so much more excruciating than any murder committed today. A pain no human can even begin to comprehend. If He did that for me and you. Then my life is of great importance, and so is yours. I believe that He put us in motion from the time we were conceived. To change people lives. To glorify Him. And the devil is solely against that! He puts thoughts in our heads even when we think he is nowhere to be found. He doesn't want us to succeed. Or to give our worship to the only one deserving, God. We must know the truth from the lies.