Friday, April 15, 2011
"Every hour I need You..."
Music, music, music.. I just love it.
It changes our emotions. It encourages us, makes us laugh, or cry, or worship. Many CDs or songs remind me of particular times in my life... like the Eric Church CD and many trips to Willis Knighton South. Sometimes music gives us peace and joy, where we can just sing with all the windows down in perfect weather. Lately, music has seemed so much more meaningful to me when I know exactly who I'm singing to. Like the worship leader at Refuge reminded us to not just sing the words but sing the words from our hearts.. thinking about each word and who we are singing to. I mean singing to the Creator of the universe. That's amazing... who made everything down to the intricate 228 muscles in the HEAD of caterpillar. Can you believe that?! Obviously God has a purpose for everything, from the little creatures I see around LSU's lakes...
It changes our emotions. It encourages us, makes us laugh, or cry, or worship. Many CDs or songs remind me of particular times in my life... like the Eric Church CD and many trips to Willis Knighton South. Sometimes music gives us peace and joy, where we can just sing with all the windows down in perfect weather. Lately, music has seemed so much more meaningful to me when I know exactly who I'm singing to. Like the worship leader at Refuge reminded us to not just sing the words but sing the words from our hearts.. thinking about each word and who we are singing to. I mean singing to the Creator of the universe. That's amazing... who made everything down to the intricate 228 muscles in the HEAD of caterpillar. Can you believe that?! Obviously God has a purpose for everything, from the little creatures I see around LSU's lakes...
To our lives that involves all of our past mistakes and our future. Being in college, the future is always on the minds of every student.. where we will work, will we graduate on time, who will we marry, much less what am I going to pack for Spring break. In making future plans, it is easy to get lost and discouraged... I believe and have heard from many sermons that discouragement is one thing that is our biggest downfall. When we are discouraged, it is hard to believe that God has a bigger purpose, and when we think how could I do this?? From realizing how easily discouragement can slip up, I am learning everyday to lean on Him. I have found it to be the biggest encouragement and realizing that the song "Lord, I need You" says "Every hour I need You"--- it's so true. Whether you are struggling with writing a paper or an out of control addiction, God is always there and ready to comfort you with open arms. So lean on Him.. every hour or more ;)
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Fuzzy Wuzzy Wittle Caterpillar
A caterpillar is always changing & always growing to become, just by its looks, bigger and better. This week I have had two caterpillar encounters. One kept crawling my way on a bench outside the quad and being the weird critter lover that I am I just thought it was really cute. It made me think of the life the catepillar. It is hatched from an egg, and its first food source is the egg membrane. This week I have learned the need that like the caterpillar God put us here to feed off of His love and His word. It's cool to think that the caterpillar is always living for something more, something better. After its 3 week little adventure, the little guy cocoons to become what it was always made to be: God's creation. Like every christian, we are put on this earth for reason and purpose to become God's little butterfly.
Btw, my second encounter was startling when a cute little catepillar curled up on my foot in the library, He must have been a book worm ;) - bahaha yes, i am corny, and it will never change.
Btw, my second encounter was startling when a cute little catepillar curled up on my foot in the library, He must have been a book worm ;) - bahaha yes, i am corny, and it will never change.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Abundance of Amazement
Love mercy and
Walk Humbly with your God."
Micah 6:8
Wow. (I have found myself saying this often about the things God has done for me lately.. ) I become joyfully amazed at the miracles and even the littlest reminders that God is with me. Finally, I have found the next chapter of what it means to live for the God I love. I mean if ya say Im crazy, thats okay God didn't make me to be normal. He made me and you to love, love, love and live as His example. I have a have a new passion in me, and really it's wonderful. On April 5, 2011 my new blog follower ( & my best friend) and I cried, laughed, prayed, and stood speechless at the wonderful things God did just yesterday.. how every little thing seemed to have a purpose because we have a purpose. God truly showed me that He is there in every moment and also gave me an abundance of blessings for example best friends, christian examples, and a loving family. Well yea, all I can say is I'm amazed, thankful, and in love with the Creator.
Monday, April 4, 2011
My weekend of awakening.
how was your weekend?
everyone asks. wow. one or two short complete sentences to describe this new passion God put in my heart and many others hearts (about 10,000 college students.) Well that is hard to explain, but with God's help that can be done. before this weekend, I knew I was and am a christian, but after this weekend, I have a new sense of what it means to be absolutely living for one thing: God. I have come to find this life is short, this life means nothing without Him, and that my every joy should come from Him. I have found that this life is truly not about me and thats hard to actually wrap my mind around. I have found that it really doesn't matter what people think because if you are still alive and breathing that means God has a purpose for YOU, His purpose for you not the social norms. He is not just keeping you around to dilly dally, or to live it for yourself. As Francis Chan put so sweetly "you should be thankful for each breath because they are all from God", and they are a simple reminder from God that "You are here to shine me, and I have a plan for you." So this is what I feel that God has for all of us to shine His light and to kindly share his goodness with others. It is a new journey for us each and everyday to take up the cross, and we all know at times we will fail, but the need is not get discouraged but remember his grace and mercy are something we cannot fathom... aka don't sweat your mistakes just keep living for Him. Keep spreading His love, kindness, humbleness, and joy for Him.
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. 12 I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live. 13 That each of them may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil—this is the gift of God. 14 I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that people will fear him.
- Ecclesiastes 3:11-14
everyone asks. wow. one or two short complete sentences to describe this new passion God put in my heart and many others hearts (about 10,000 college students.) Well that is hard to explain, but with God's help that can be done. before this weekend, I knew I was and am a christian, but after this weekend, I have a new sense of what it means to be absolutely living for one thing: God. I have come to find this life is short, this life means nothing without Him, and that my every joy should come from Him. I have found that this life is truly not about me and thats hard to actually wrap my mind around. I have found that it really doesn't matter what people think because if you are still alive and breathing that means God has a purpose for YOU, His purpose for you not the social norms. He is not just keeping you around to dilly dally, or to live it for yourself. As Francis Chan put so sweetly "you should be thankful for each breath because they are all from God", and they are a simple reminder from God that "You are here to shine me, and I have a plan for you." So this is what I feel that God has for all of us to shine His light and to kindly share his goodness with others. It is a new journey for us each and everyday to take up the cross, and we all know at times we will fail, but the need is not get discouraged but remember his grace and mercy are something we cannot fathom... aka don't sweat your mistakes just keep living for Him. Keep spreading His love, kindness, humbleness, and joy for Him.
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. 12 I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live. 13 That each of them may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil—this is the gift of God. 14 I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that people will fear him.
- Ecclesiastes 3:11-14
delight in His glory and grace
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