Believe

I don't really have words to describe life right now.

It's really a continual process.

The Lord's presence seems more real and tangible to me

than it ever has before. I am thankful for this.

I want it to be this way forever except more every day.

More than two people have, in very nice ways, told

me lately that I am too hard on myself. That

maybe I challenge myself too much, that maybe

I should just stop, relax, and enjoy the blessings

or "fruit" for a while.

While I understand this, I can't swallow it.

I honestly don't want to ever be satisfied.

Not even for a moment.

I was sharing with a friend recently

that we live out of what we really believe not what we

know.

There are many truths in the Bible that I feel like

I know. But when these truths shift from my head to

my heart it will, it has to, change you.

What if you believed that God created the universe,

the oceans, mountains, animals, YOU with his own hands?

What if you believed that God created you because

he wanted a relationship with you?

What if you believed that because of sin God

sent his only son to die for you, in your place?

What if you believed that God forgives, gives new life,

and promises an eternal life in paradise?

And what if you believed that hell is a real place?

What if you believed that God meant everything

he said?

I don't know about you but the more I believe, the

more I realize how small I am and how BIG he is.

How low I am and how high he is.

How much I am loved and how much more I love him.

How short my time here is and how exciting my eternal life

will be.

How little things matter, and how much people DO matter.

How awful hell is and how many people desparately

need Jesus.

Only Jesus.

No, I definitely don't desire to settle into a comfortable

seat. I want to believe more tomorrow than I do today.