As I speak of often, I am always so on fire when I come home from youth group. It is times just like these where my thoughts are flowing even faster than usual.
So to say the least, I am beyond excited for this year. It is going to be filled with my favorite thing, Jesus.
I so often forget what I am here to do. With modern day and this quickly moving culture, I loose sight of what comes above all- the man upstairs. He makes my life possible. He lets me breathe. He lets the sun rise. He lets me wake up every day. He gives me friends and family and a home and food and just life. The Lord gives me life.
Without him, I am merely just another human being. This, by the way, is among my biggest fears: to just be another body. I cannot be just another person. I want to be something, to be someone, to do something big.
So as I sit here with my head racing and my fingers flying across the keyboard, I am here to tell you a few things.
Love the Lord. Above all else, love him. Everything else will fall in place if you give Him all your love.
Love others. We, as Christians, were put on this earth to make disciples. To spread the good news- that we are saved because of the Lord. Because of Him, we are forgiven. Jesus loved people who he did not even know. He was known for loving people.
Love yourself. As cheesy as it sounds, and despite how overused it is, you are perfect. You were made with a vision in the Lord's head. You were not an accident. The people in your life, they are there for a reason. Where you live, it is for a reason. God chose all those things just for you.
Love this world. Everyone has a story. Everyone struggles. Everyone experiences love and loss. This world has a lot of negativity in it, but this is not our home. This is simply a stopping place. We did not start here and we will not end here. Out final destination is with our father. He is waiting for us. So treat the world a little better than it treats you, because it is merely a check point and a test for us.
Be the person who forgives when they aren't sorry. The one who smiles over the one who doesn't smile back. Go after what you love. Don't fit in.
Life is good because God is good.
Grace
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