Joy

One thing yesterday that God reminded me of was how visible pure joy was. Yesterday I was beaming, with beautiful weather, awesome friends, a cool lil coffee shop, and people noticing how happy I was. I loved it...

First Blog

So recently, God has been really hammering in the fragileness of life, and how being a lukewarm christian, as described in the book Crazy Love, is just a slap in his face. I have never really known anyone that has died, but within the past 2 weeks, two decently close God loving men have died, and I don't know how to take it. I've been desensitized to death through this world we live in and it tears me up inside. I simply have let their deaths roll off my shoulders, and only when i talk about them I feel the sadness. Last weekend I also got into a terrible car accident, which I was not driving, but the airbags didnt come out and we could have easily been killed. How fragile life is, and yet how blessed are we that we are given this life! Sitting idly around, leaning upon your own cross is not what we were meant to do. Fasting over spring break, God kept telling me that I need to pick up my cross, and I know that He's right. We are the generation with the ability to travel and live in rugged situations, able to go to bars and show His light, and able to stand out when the flames of the old are dwindling. I talk a lot of game, but I am still not showing it, and I encourage you whoever if anyone reads this to encourage me. I have a lot of ideas...lets talk