Can You Say, "Amazing Love"?

Life is a whirlwind for sure. And one thing that I've come to accept is the beauty of it. Especially when I have someone as incredible as Jesus Christ on my side.
Recently I've had a lot of good times, and a lot of "realizations". I'm trying more so lately to give God my best. To really try and encounter Him, to grow and know Him the way He desires me to. God showed me that, contrary to what I've always thought, my purpose is to know God. To really know Him. I always thought that each of us had a sole purpose, that was uniquely ours. A purpose to do something. To change the world in some way. To be able to be remembered. But guess what! We do all have a purpose, yes. But that purpose is to know God. That's all He requires of us. That's all He desires from us.
He is such a great, indescribable God, that by knowing Him we can't help but improve our person. And when we do that which we were created to do; know God.

Seek Him, talk to Him, read His love letter to us, sit quietly in His presence.

When we get to that point, the other things will come about through Him. Then it truly is all for His glory. And we can honestly take no part of the glory. The only glory we can accept is the glory of knowing the One true, Holy, Incredible God.

Am I making sense?
We can do nothing; to do is not our purpose. To put it another way, it's not our job. Our job is to know God. To really know Him. Isn't that incredibly relieving..and yet also humbling, and almost unbelievable.

One other thought that recently slapped me in the face in an incredible fashion: Yahweh loves us. He loves me. He loves me more than I can ever even imagine imagining. His grace and His love goes so beyond what I've ever even dreamed of. No matter what He loves me. No matter where I am, no matter what I've done. No matter what you've done. No matter where you are. Can you get that through your head? I know that sometimes I can better than other times. But it's such a huge deal.

The Star Breather Loves us. and He wants us to know Him.

Original.

My God's enough
to heal the broken.
Though life is tough
He'll see you through.
Don't close your eyes
He's holding you.
you're in paradise.

When the words don't come, it's okay to be quiet. Just listen, don't turn and run. He is here with you

My God's enough
to heal the broken.
Though life is tough
He'll see you through.
Don't close your eyes
He's holding you.
you're in paradise.

When life is hard. His hands are soft. Just run to him, into His arms. He knows your problems. And He'll make a way. He'll be there for you.

My God's enough
to heal the broken.
Though life is tough
He'll see you through.
Don't close your eyes
He's hold you.
you're in paradise.

The Sound of Your Name.

all credit to Air1 and Above the Golden State ;)

I Will Fear No Evil, For You Are With Me.

And even though I feel so loney
like I have never been before
You never said it would be easy
but You said You'd lead me through the storm
He Will Carry Me - Mark Shults

What an awesome phrase. Life is not easy. And if you're living you know that. ;) Sometimes I can find myself (and I'm sure you all can relate) so burdened and discouraged about life's uneasyness. Not only do we lose people, but we get hurt, we fall down, we fail, and sometimes it rains. So what's the point? Where's the silver-lining?

Jesus.

I know that may sound so..heard before. But it rings true each and every time. God tells us countless time's in His word to not be afraid. Not only that, but He promises to never ever leave us.(Check out Joshua 1, Exodus 14:13, Hebrews 13:5) What difference does that make? Ohh, I'm so glad you asked.
God, Jesus, is the star breather. He is the creator of the universe. He formed every single little teeny cell inside of your elaborate body. He is the Alpha and Omega (beginning and ending); and He's the king of kings. I could go on and on about all the things God is (basically He's indescribeable) but one of the most awesome things He did was to die for us. He died on a cross for everyone of our sins. Then, He rose again and conqurered the grave! He actually defeated death. Once you accept Him, the star breathing savior, He makes us one of His own. He lives in us.
So are we making sense yet? I know, it may seem like a lot to take in..Jesus is definitely that amazing. But I'm just saying that because we are God's children, He's on our side. Forever and always. And He tells us time and time again to not be afraid, and to not be discouraged because He's got our back. The star breathing savior has our backs. And I personally am trying everyday to remind myself of that and to hold fast to Him no matter what this crazy life decides to throw at me. :)

The same power that conquered the grave lives in me, lives in me. Your love that rescued the earth lives in me, lives in me.

lots of love everybody :)

Not a Blogger

So I've finally figured out I'm not really a blogger. (I'm sure many of you could have shared that obvious fact with myself a long time ago) It's actually kinda funny; sometimes I spend hours trying to think of how to say what I'm feeling. How to write it, how to share it with someone else in a real, honest, tangible way. (to be honest, I do have what I like to call *blurps* when everything just seems to flow in a goregous, shareable way; but for those I give credit to God ;]) And then I can turn on the radio or itunes and hear a song that says it all: right there, bam! Then I'm in awe. And I post the lyrics, play the song endlessly, and tell everyone how amazing it was. lol. (think I'm a music freak?)
I long to aid in the fueling of people's fire. I long to encourage and strengthen those who are fallen. I long to share the unspeakable love of Jesus in a way that someone can truly understand how unspeakable it really is. Yet my words always seem to come when I don't intend them.
But maybe that's a gift, maybe that's the way it's supposed to be.

My life in 3D!

Hey guys :)
So Molly has encouraged me to attempt a more normal blog post. Haha, who knew that such a friend as she would encourage me to be normal? (just kiddinggg ;) So here's whats been going on in my life as of late.
I've pretty much been booked solid. lol. I was actually thinking about it today and I really have been like super busy every day for the past month or so. And I love it. You all probably know me well enough to know that I thrive on being busy. A few of the weeks though, between going to my grandparents, and going to friends houses (for fun and work!) I didn't sleep in the same bed two nights in a row. I was actually getting a taste of being on the road. It wasn't too shabby. ;) So my main source of business has been National Day of Prayer. Just in case there's any confusion; God basically dropped the "cooridnator" position of our church's National Day of Prayer event this year in my lap. And it's really been a blessing. I'm so excited to be a part of something that was started by someone whom I miss and love a lot..But I'm also excited about it because it's such a great thing. Gathering local Christians to pray for our country. I firmly believe that God hears us whenever we pray (and even when we don't) and our prayers change His heart. I also firmly believe that our country needs mega prayer! So this was definitely something God had for me.
I'm pretty sure He confirmed it to me in an awesome way as well:
So I was going through a tough time one night, and I just begged for God to drop something in my lap. And He did--Psalm 33. It's amazing. I suggest you all read it. And a few days later my band played for youth group. I was planning on sharing this Psalm with my youth group, but when I got there my youth leader quickly asked if we could possibly go with the theme to close the night. The theme was going along with the movie Amazing Grace (awesome movie, i suggest you all watch it. lol) So I immediately thought, "ah man, this psalm doesn't apply at all..God give me something else!" The night continued, and I vainly attempted to try and find something else in the Psalm's that I thought would apply more; nothing was coming. So I sighed like an oblivious human and after the movie our band got up. And no matter what I did, I couldn't shake the feeling of needing to share this psalm..So I took the plunge! And let me tell you: God is so smart! haha. For real, this Psalm 33 applied so much more than I could have ever imagined. I practically started crying as I read it. In my heart I was screaming, "God you're too good. You are really too good."
Fast forward to not too long ago..I had expressed my interest to my youth leader early in the year of wanting to be involved with NDP. But no one had stepped up yet; and my youth leader happily suggested that I step up. (=O YIKES!) haha. So I prayed about it, and before I could even really reply, God did. And I was the one. But then I found out that, get this, the theme verse for The National Day of Prayer this year is (hold your breath) Psalm 33:22 "Let Your mercy, O LORD, be upon us, just as we hope in You."
So yeah, basically there's no plausible doubt in my mind that I'm not where God wants me. And so many people have stepped up and told me they're willing to help, which is so stellar. I'm really stoked about what God's going to do in Haslett Park, Ft. Plain on May 7th, 2009
(yeah, that wasn't a plug or anything..)

Lots of love everybody :)

♫

Isn't it funny how certain songs become the theme songs for certain periods in your life? Okay, so I guess it's possible that this sort of thing only happens with me; but I doubt it. It's like when I hear a song by Mae *a great band my sister-in-law introduced me to* I automatically feel like I'm in the summer of 2007. And it makes me think of all the excitement of friends, family, and new additions to the family. It brings a smile to my face, and makes me crave summer's heat :)
Then there's the Comatose CD. More specifically the song Say Goodbye. Which brings me way back to June or so of 2006. (okay, so way back is a relative term) It makes me think of friends that now live far away, and all the struggles I brought upon myself in the next few months.
It's such a strange/cool thing for me to think about how by just listening to a song I can be almost transported to another time in my life. If you didn't know this about me, I struggle a lot with change. A lot. haha. But maybe God's given me a love for music to help me with that. I mean, I guess that can kind of be a stretch. But I always try to listen to music that honors Him. And I know that He can really speak to me, and comfort me though music. So when He made me, He knew that I would love music and that He would use that in a huge way in my life..
It's so comforting to know that God is always with me, and knows what's going on in my life. And in those times when He happens to provide me with a song, it's just that much better!