Last night, my dearest friend Kristin Good celebrated her 18th birthday by having a worship night at her barn. We sat and sang songs. We praised the Lord. We thanked Him for the unending love He provides us with. We sat there and God was so present. I could feel Him moving in so many lives. After worshipping, some of Kristin's best friends went around and talked about how Kristin had impacted the lives of so many and how she will continue to do so. There are no words to describe how loving and compassionate and inspiring Kristin is. She makes everyone want to be a better person and she shares the Lord's love with everyone. It's so amazing and inspiring. But in the midst of this celebration, the Lord was doing so much more. The Lord was revealing Himself to me in the neatest way. The Lord had shown me through song that I get to dwell in His house for the rest of my life. At first, this was so overwhelming. But after thinking about it, if being in the Lord's house is anything like sitting in the barn with all my best friends and people that love Jesus is what my forever looks like, I am 110% okay with that. Just the thought of it now is so exciting and thrilling and amazing. I cannot wait for the day that I get to be reunited with my Daddy and that He just holds me in His arms. What will that even be like? Will I be speechless? Will I cry? Will I shout His holy name in joy? Spending forever with my Creator, oh how glorious that sounds. I've realized that I don't want anyone else that I know to miss out on this amazing opportunity to know and be loved by a God who forgives and redeems. You can't miss out on it! If anyone does, my heart breaks. Because what is better than spending forever with someone who loves you even when you fail? What is better than knowing that if you hate yourself, someone else loves you entirely for every quirk you have? What is better than knowing that at the end of the day, when you are broken, someone is going to redeem your heart and make you whole? Nothing is better than what God has to offer us. The way we live our lives is just a glimpse of what forever will be like when we dwell in the kingdom of the Most High God. I don't want my life to look like black and white, I want my life to be all white. I want people to know me and see my life as a picture of His everlasting love. I want to share the Lord with everyone. I want the Lord to use me for His glory. Nothing in my life will ever be done solely through my doing-it's all because of Him. The love that Kristin has for people is the love the Lord has for us. This is real love. This is genuine love. This is God's love. I want to share it. I want so many people to bask in the love that He has provided with us. I want people at the end of the day to let down their walls and enter into forever with me. I want everyone to know what paradise is like, and how we will all be there someday forever.
"This is but a picture, a mere glimpse of what I will be doing forever."
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