In one breath, people can say life is what you make of it. Hold on and pray for a good ride. They can tell you it's going to be all okay in the end because that's the way it's supposed to turn out. I have a rather fond (or unfond... is that a word? Hmmm...) memory of my friend going 90 mph down a gravel road when we were in high school. Fun times on the gravel hills? Not so much, y'all. To understand where I'm coming from, you need to know that I almost killed myself turning my car into a roller coaster my Sophomore year of high school. Thank God for making me stop and put my seat belt on that day. Without it, I wouldn't be here blogging for you! (And how you are absolutely enthralled with me, I'm sure!)
Anyway, you know the 411! So, here we are, going 90 mph down this road and I'm clinging on for dear life. Sitting in the backseat, bawling like the mature 16-year-old I was and all I could scream was "Stop! Stop it! Why are you doing this?!" She had control of that situation. She knew what she was doing. She was even laughing about it.
What the inquisitive reader needs to know now is my friend was slightly disturbed. Whatever she could do to get attention, by gosh she was going to do it. Not that I'm all that different. If you've met me, my laugh alone will tell you that I ALWAYS draw attention to myself. Tee hee hee... Wow. Back to the story.
The irony of the entire story is that we were on our way to CHURCH. This was a Sunday morning. And you know what she had the gall to say to me as she took MY life into her hands? "God won't let anything happen to us. We're going to church! We can do whatever we want!"
That's the purpose of this story, kids. It's removing God from our choices and being selfish in our endeavors. I could have died that day because Nemo (name is of course creatively changed to protect privacy) thought she could do whatever she wanted. God doesn't want that for us! He wants to work WITHIN us to produce outward results. I think sometimes we forget that in the hustle and bustle of things. We forget that our purpose on this planet is to serve him and to share this absolutely amazing, incredible, undescribable, boundless love.
How many times do we think to ourselves "Well, I'm a Christian. God will protect me. It's okay for me to do this?" How many times do we catch ourselves straying because we're replacing God's will for our own? I like the phrase "Let Go and Let God." It's interesting to think how much of an uphill battle that is for us today. To be able to truly let go? It's a whole new dynamic of trust that some of us are incredibly scared to take. But I want any random person who's reading this right now to know that you aren't alone. As someone who had to work for that trust, I KNOW how scary it is. But it's most definitely worth it in the end.
So next time you're cruising along the gravel road of life, please remember that your life is not your own to take. It must always be placed in God's hands and treated as a precious gift. Don't hurt your body, don't put yourself down because God wants you to be built up! He wants you to grow and thrive and learn what it truly means to be his son or daughter. I'm only beginning to understand what that call is exactly and I can only hope and pray that you have begun that journey as well. If not, you know where to find me!
Thought-provoking for the day:
Proverbs 8:17 - I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me.
Anyway, you know the 411! So, here we are, going 90 mph down this road and I'm clinging on for dear life. Sitting in the backseat, bawling like the mature 16-year-old I was and all I could scream was "Stop! Stop it! Why are you doing this?!" She had control of that situation. She knew what she was doing. She was even laughing about it.
What the inquisitive reader needs to know now is my friend was slightly disturbed. Whatever she could do to get attention, by gosh she was going to do it. Not that I'm all that different. If you've met me, my laugh alone will tell you that I ALWAYS draw attention to myself. Tee hee hee... Wow. Back to the story.
The irony of the entire story is that we were on our way to CHURCH. This was a Sunday morning. And you know what she had the gall to say to me as she took MY life into her hands? "God won't let anything happen to us. We're going to church! We can do whatever we want!"
That's the purpose of this story, kids. It's removing God from our choices and being selfish in our endeavors. I could have died that day because Nemo (name is of course creatively changed to protect privacy) thought she could do whatever she wanted. God doesn't want that for us! He wants to work WITHIN us to produce outward results. I think sometimes we forget that in the hustle and bustle of things. We forget that our purpose on this planet is to serve him and to share this absolutely amazing, incredible, undescribable, boundless love.
How many times do we think to ourselves "Well, I'm a Christian. God will protect me. It's okay for me to do this?" How many times do we catch ourselves straying because we're replacing God's will for our own? I like the phrase "Let Go and Let God." It's interesting to think how much of an uphill battle that is for us today. To be able to truly let go? It's a whole new dynamic of trust that some of us are incredibly scared to take. But I want any random person who's reading this right now to know that you aren't alone. As someone who had to work for that trust, I KNOW how scary it is. But it's most definitely worth it in the end.
So next time you're cruising along the gravel road of life, please remember that your life is not your own to take. It must always be placed in God's hands and treated as a precious gift. Don't hurt your body, don't put yourself down because God wants you to be built up! He wants you to grow and thrive and learn what it truly means to be his son or daughter. I'm only beginning to understand what that call is exactly and I can only hope and pray that you have begun that journey as well. If not, you know where to find me!
Thought-provoking for the day:
Proverbs 8:17 - I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me.
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