Well I'm back again... still quite excited about the semester and with a few more realizations about my life. (I know you're really excited.) When you love God and seek him whole heartedly than loving people will just happen. God will fill you with love and energy and willingness to pour out HIS love on everyone you come across. In an effort to be completely honest, I must tell you that I am not always the most committed person when it comes to reading my Bible and intentionally spending time alone with God everyday. However, for the past two weeks I have been very intentional in seeking out God and looking for times to read my Bible, pray, and simply spend time in the presence of my magnificent God. Because of this I have been a much happier and more pleasant person. This is another one of those things that I know will happen, I've done it before, I've seen the results, but I am so often caught up in the busyness of my life that I simply don't do it. And that is just stupid. Really really stupid. I am so greatful (I realize this is wrong) to my God, my beautiful precious Savior who continues to pursue me even when I am doing nothing to show my love. My hope and prayer is that I will never forget that my God is great, my God is big, and my God is love. I pray that I will be able to live these things out and show them to everyone around me through the strength that God gives me.
I have been very encouraged by the life of a dear friend of mine who past away yesterday. Christian Schmidt was an amazing man of God who lived his life for God until the very end. He praised our God through pain and suffering he used every bit of energy given to him to spread the good news of a precious Savior. He fought the good fight and is now praising God without hindrance, without pain, He is happier than ever worshiping our brilliant Creator. How willing am I to live this same kind of life to spend myself, every last ounce of energy I have, to bring good news to a hurting world?
MY GOD IS SO GOOD I DO NOT EVEN HAVE THE WORDS TO EXPRESS MY LOVE!