Let's get together.. with God.

There is no one like our God.
Many things have yet to come,
and many things have yet to be done
in this city.

God is good, and God is alive. Can you feel him? Maybe you can't so much, because you are buried in commitments and schoolwork and stressors. Maybe you are living in a way that stifles the Holy Spirit, that puts out the fire that is sometimes burning in your heart. Life has become dull, and is quickly falling away; right now you're just trying to get through this step of your life so that you can finally get on to the next one.

well, Stop.

God is calling your name every day; can you hear Him?... Are you listening? Right now, I ask you to lift your cares up to the Lord. Find time to spend with Him, and I'm not talking two minutes for a quick prayer, but a chunk of time to actually lift up to Him. Call on Him, and He will answer. Talk to Him, read His Word. Pursue the Lord the way that you would like.. no, love.. to pursue the one that you will be married* to for the rest of your life. So, you can't really make time.. You've got a lot to do this week.... Really?... You know as well as I that what every you need to do will still get done. That's what you'll say when you're favorite TV show comes on, or your best friend comes over for a bit.

Well, make God your best friend. Make time for Him. Let Him give you joy; open yourself up to the beauty that can come of this relationship. Devote your time to making it last.

In Christ,
Lauren


*The truth is, we make such an idol of marriage, such an idol of "love". I am certainly guilty of that, hands down. But, God didn't put us on this earth to be married, but to glorify Him. If marriage is what He brings to our life as a way to glorify Him, then it happens. But until then, why are we thinking about it?