Joy

today has been an amazing - a brilliant day. God has touched my life. i've finally acknowledged Him today, the way i should be acknowledging Him everyday. He just dropped his grace right into my lap.

the feeling i have today - this joyous warmth in my heart, a bursting happiness i cant contain - which admittedly has simmered down to a quiet contentment - makes me feel pity for those who dont have this in their lives.

find God! please find God! stop ignoring the signs. He's trying so hard to make you see Him as a necessity in your life. i dont want you to be left alone - i want to sing of salvation with you, hold your hand and cry for the joy of the Lord.

im sort of curious. theres this skit ive seen about God always being there, always fighting for us that is performed to Lifehouse's song Everything. every time i see it or even hear the song i get goosebumps. i mean, the hairs on my arm literally stand up.

So click here - take a quick detour to YouTube and check this out (mainly because i'm not tech savvy enough to embed a video right now).

my curiosity really has nothing to do with Christians and their response to this - but the response of non-Christians. does it do anything? because i can watch this a million and one times and it hits me

every.

single.

time.

started a new book today. real crazy thing - but that's beside the point. i came across this line, "Why else do we struggle to go on living, no matter how compromised, no matter how harmed? [..] Still, we want desperately to live." - The Hours.

and for the first time ever in a long time i had a reply that wasnt sarcastic, cynical or utterly depressing. because you know why we want to desperately live in this world that sometimes can be the most difficult place to tolerate?

because we have a purpose. we are here for Him. because of Him. in spite of ourselves. in spite of Satan.

we are here - we are here living our Christian lives, fighting the Christian cause, winning the hearts of friends and family.

thank you Lord for giving us this deed on earth. without you we would have NO direction. we would be wanderers, lost without a cause. blinded by our ignorance and struck down by sin. but through your grace we have been saved.