http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MI76zIAe1g
Hey guys and gals, this past week has been a downer because I realized that my summer is coming to a close as I will be starting my first year in college next week. Even though it should be an exciting feeling to be off to college, I still can't help but think about what I have done throughout the short summer months..or should I say what I haven't done. This summer was a crucial one because it was to be a time of preparation for the difficult road ahead. What I didn't realize is that without God, all my preparations, plans, and goals are in vain...To put it simply: its a complete waste. And that's exactly what I did... I put my desires; everything I had planned before God...It was like I totally forgot about Him until Sunday or T.N.P. (Thursday Night Prayer) came around.. I knew something was missing. I continued to sin and do what God would not approve of...slowly I forgot about reading The Word, praying, worshipping...everything that made me a born-again Christian. That was until I went to bed Monday night and a song called "All Along" by Remedy Drive came to play on my sleeping playlist...(yes...thats right...I have a sleeping playlist.) I listened to the lyrics deeply and started to rethink all the decisions I had made throughout my summer vacation and how I was even able to lay in my bed alive...Grace of God was the answer I came up with. One of the phrases in the song says, " I finally found what I could never see before, You've always been the one that I was looking for" Immediately after I heard that phrase, I felt the sudden urge to look around my room..What did I see? Sure enough, I saw the Bible sitting right next to my Ipod. This song really triggered me to open my eyes and see what a fool I've been for being blind to God...I knew He was there...somewhere around me...and yet I still falter..I still disobey...Don't make that mistake..always know that He is there and He holds your heart..not your desires and materialistic possessions of the world that will very soon whither away leaving nothing but God. And if you can't realize then that God is the answer...then...something wrong witchu!
Thanks for reading/listening:)
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Hey Bro.
ReplyDeleteGod Bless you. I know how it feels to walk away and return to God.. What kind of love has He lavished upon us that we be called children of God.. The amazing thing is that He Loves US.. we who are such utter failures.. who keep turning away from him.. but He chose to send His son to make a way for us while we were yet sinners.. and if we confess our sins to Jesus HE is just and faithful to cleanse us from all our righteousness...
Here's the cool part Jonathan... When we come back to Him.. He takes our failures and shortcomings and uses the very same things to the glory of His name.. That's how Great is the God whom we serve... He brings success through failure and beauty through brokenness.
Stay strong in the Lord.. Fast, Pray and read the word.. praying for you..
God Bless.
Sam