My life is not my own (Jeremiah 10:23). I might get this tattooed on my arm. I know it’s the way to live and I have to choose to embrace it daily. When I look at the life of Jesus He shows me exactly how to do it and He did it with excellence. Seriously, if we should be trying to keep up with anybody or be envious of anyone it should be Jesus. I mean really even when He was at a party, He had to stop his fun and perform a miracle just to keep the party going!
Let me not pretend like this is easy though, it’s not. It is especially challenging considering I live smack dab in a culture that is self-consumed, self-indulged and just downright selfish. I mean for the first 24 years of my life I lived like the culture more than like a “true” follower of Jesus. On Saturday, I was at the bar or the club and Sunday I was in church singing Holy, Holy, Holy. My list goes on but I’ll spare ya’ll the details. When my mind was truly transformed I just wanted to do better. I didn’t have to change but I wanted my life to be a living example of Christ not culture. I purposefully work to stay humble because I know that no one sin is greater than the next; my former days of drunkenness are no better than my occasional going 45 mph in the 40 mph zone! My spirit keeps me conscious of the little speck that can try to form in my eye!
Going against the grind is not easy all the time but things of substance never come easy, right? But the rewards are always great. My 17 hours of labor that led to a c-section was all worth it to get my sweet Nadia to our world. Some days I allow the enemy’s arrows marked selfishness to pierce my thoughts and yes, for a moment I entertain them but it always produces an angry & bitter me.
So I plead with you all to seek not only to get but to give. Give when it doesn’t seem right, give when it doesn’t feel like the right time, give when you want be stingy, give when you are scared, give…well, hopefully you get my point! It will come back to you in immeasurable blessings in this life and our ‘real’ life to come!
In every season there is a reason. Find it, embrace it, and flourish.
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