Love = God

God is good. I am home from a week vacation from the bean. It's been awesome. We were on Lookout Mountain in GA and TN. It was beautiful and completely reminded me how big God is and how small we are.

I've seen a lot of things happen over the past week or so. God has revealed much to me about sacrificial love. He is never ending and has a plan and purpose for all things. I have been dumbfounded in the past 72 hours about what God has said to me about our callings and specifically what he has for each of us. It's so funny to think back to our childhood when we experienced things...

We think what we experience is normal and everyone has the same experiences. We grow up not knowing how we are different because we don't know the inner parts of other people. Fact is... we're so different, but more than that... we're unique. We're uniquely made and put together so intricately by a God who is more personal than we will ever fathom. A God who created a personal plan for each of us in a personal timing.

Think about how in this ginormous universe, God intimately knows each of us and is concerned for our well being. We say so quickly... God loves you, but that's not it. He does, but it's more than that... God is love. Love is God. When we truly understand what love is... we'll get a more accurate depiction of our God who died for his love. The only way we'll continue to grow in knowing more about this love and how to apply it is to read His plan... His word... His heart. We can't just sit here and expect God to download into us. We have to passionately pursue Him as He does us. Praise God His pursuit is not reliant on ours. When His word says "Wait...," it's not saying "don't do anything, let me do it for you," it's sayin' wait as in what a waiter does. "Aggressively serving" God wants us to aggressively serve until He otherwise commands. Now what that looks like for you individually depends on how close you are in fellowship with Him. I encourage and challenge you to thirst... so much your life depends on it.

God is planting within me a passion to help people understand this love. Now practically, I have no idea what this means or looks like... whether it means that I give up everything I have here and go elsewhere, or focus my attention on things other than my job, or move somewhere else, or just stay and do exactly what I've been doing. God only knows and because of that... I will ask what He wants of me today and today alone. Tomorrow, I'll ask about tomorrow. Each day is for itself. God's timing is immaculate and my worry for the future proves my lack of trust. My will is in His hands and by golly, that is all I need to know. I shall rest in His promises as I challenge you to do as well. Take all that you do to heart and do all with your heart. Love genuinely, but more importantly.... love freely.

Until later...

So Blessed

I have had some amazing things happen to me in the past 2 days. I won a 3 day, 2 night paid vacation at a 5 star hotel and resort in Orlando, FL. I had a massage and a facial. I have been given more freedom in my job and told how smoothly things are running. I am going on vacation beginning this Friday... meaning I will be a camp counselor for a week. I am so pumped and excited to get away.

I feel like this is going to be so refreshing. I am excited to meet new people, praise God, worship and learn more. I'm excited about the people I'm going to be hanging out and growing with over the week. Thanks goes out to the person who told me about this. Thank you and I look forward to hangin' out with you too.

Life is good. Tis all there is to it. It's stressful sometimes, but overall... pretty nice. *sigh*

Time

Apparently, we grow up. This is something we all know, however... it hits you like a ton of bricks time and time again. It's so odd when you realize everyone you graduated with in highschool is either married, engaged, pregnant, or already has a family. I think this is a stage every guy and/or girl goes through at some point in their twenties, unless they are in one of the above stated categories.

I did have more to say... however... not coming back to me at the moment.