Albeit a small part, some of me dies whenever I finsih reading an excellent book. Wether it is a romance (Twilight) and adventure (Heinlen) or both (Ella Enchanted, The Wolf books, Tamora Pierce) some of me feels jealous of the characters. Even if all does not end hppily, at least important things occur! sometimes my life feels so dreary - adn then I remember! The reason I rejoice - the reason I keep going - the reason my life is as good as, nay, better! then the average book - Jesus! Now, this may sound like a sermon but it's totally true.
Last summer I went on a trip to Colorado. If you went on summit, you know what I'm talking about. The beautiful sunsets, the wonderful river next to our cabins, the hills that we only climbed one or two fences to get to, the "haunted forest" I found with one of my absolute best friends, the mountain we climbed, teh river everyone else rafted, and last but absolutely not least (forgive my cliche) the singing adn preaching we heard, those things are irreplacable. I must confess, this sounds like a perfect vacation. but wait! you haven't heard the half of it! Looking at the sky one night I realised something. It's hard to put into words, but hopefully you will get the gist of it. It's not that complicated... It's only a little confusing... But it's almost impossible to grasp. Hey, it took me almost 14 years to figure out. God (the creator, the being over all of us who pretty much rocks beyond imagining) made everything. EVERYTHING. and he has time, precious time, to spend with each adn every one of us. details? he knows them all. longings? he put them in your heart! friends? blessings from him. talents or skills? be a good steward, cause he's watching you! basically, this awesome God who is totally indescribably wonderfully perfect loves your neighbors. your classmates. your teachers. your boss. your siblings (yeah, I know that's tough). your parents. the clerk at Wal*Mart. that annoying driver taht cut you off? God loves him too. but the most important part is? He loves you. yes, you. the person reading this right now, saying "I'm not good enough" or "I don't need him" yes, you are. yes, you do.
That's what God showed me. yeah, you thought your vacation was fun.
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