There was a little girl that I met on the Greyhound bus from Redding to Los Angeles on my mini-vacation to Redding last week.
I didn't understand her name, but I understood her laugh! Her laugh was contagious and full of joy! We were playing a game on NickJr.com and there was a character running into a bird, and everytime her character would crash into a bird, she would bust out laughing!
She made me think:'IT CANNOT BE THIS EASY TO HAVE JOY.'
But, it is. What makes us laugh, makes us laugh and what makes us cry, makes us cry. Is it wrong to feel like we're running in circles: with people, emotions, relationships, or things?
Is God always hiding from us? Where is He?
He was in that little girl's laugh. She showed me up on years of days that I have been listening to sermon after sermon, this little girl showed me up. Does Jesus need a sermon to be known? Does he need a worship playlist? Does he need a really spiritual book or devotional? I am not ragging on these things, but what is greater is that he can show up however he wants to whoever he wants whenever he wants. Who is it to us for us to determine where he decides to put his Presence?
Now, this little girl is plundering a pathway for people to just believe again: to be merciful, to be kind, to experience God in a new way.
I think my lonliness has brought me out into a corner and now I am finally beginning to realize that God is with me.
The times where I didn't feel like moving forward because I didn't get to see the priceless memories that would have been made almost 10 years down the road with my precious cousin and best friend, Lance Corporal Faris Abbassi. If only he was still here.
I don't know why the Lord took my cousin so early, as you may have heard the good die young. And in fact, they do. But what pulls me closer to God during this uncertain time of Covid-19 is believing his promise in His Son. Believing that I will see my cousin again and in that day, I will have much rejoicing as I have the reward of my faith, Jesus.
If in fact Jesus is all we need in this life, we will understand that His promises will never fail us.
I'm turning over a new page in this life, beginning to see the beauty in every deatil, even a little girl laughing so sponstaneously at her game made me think there is a brighter tomorrow, filled with rays of hope, as soon as I get my focus off myself and allow Him to make my world like His in Heaven.
She left crying. I was disappointed too! I don't think she was crying to leave me, but to leave the computer. Little does she know her life is going to be filled with more memories, more laughs, and more fun. She was the little girl that changed my world.
She was the little girl that reminded me of the times I spent with my little sister in Indiana. These times hold so much value, if only I could have showed them as much of the Jesus I knew. He is the prized possession, and our magnificent obsession. He is our all-in-all.
Provided with hope, He will encourage us, intercede for us, and give us all we need to live this life filled with godliness and holiness. He is truly above it all.
Amen.
I didn't understand her name, but I understood her laugh! Her laugh was contagious and full of joy! We were playing a game on NickJr.com and there was a character running into a bird, and everytime her character would crash into a bird, she would bust out laughing!
She made me think:'IT CANNOT BE THIS EASY TO HAVE JOY.'
But, it is. What makes us laugh, makes us laugh and what makes us cry, makes us cry. Is it wrong to feel like we're running in circles: with people, emotions, relationships, or things?
Is God always hiding from us? Where is He?
He was in that little girl's laugh. She showed me up on years of days that I have been listening to sermon after sermon, this little girl showed me up. Does Jesus need a sermon to be known? Does he need a worship playlist? Does he need a really spiritual book or devotional? I am not ragging on these things, but what is greater is that he can show up however he wants to whoever he wants whenever he wants. Who is it to us for us to determine where he decides to put his Presence?
Now, this little girl is plundering a pathway for people to just believe again: to be merciful, to be kind, to experience God in a new way.
I think my lonliness has brought me out into a corner and now I am finally beginning to realize that God is with me.
The times where I didn't feel like moving forward because I didn't get to see the priceless memories that would have been made almost 10 years down the road with my precious cousin and best friend, Lance Corporal Faris Abbassi. If only he was still here.
I don't know why the Lord took my cousin so early, as you may have heard the good die young. And in fact, they do. But what pulls me closer to God during this uncertain time of Covid-19 is believing his promise in His Son. Believing that I will see my cousin again and in that day, I will have much rejoicing as I have the reward of my faith, Jesus.
If in fact Jesus is all we need in this life, we will understand that His promises will never fail us.
I'm turning over a new page in this life, beginning to see the beauty in every deatil, even a little girl laughing so sponstaneously at her game made me think there is a brighter tomorrow, filled with rays of hope, as soon as I get my focus off myself and allow Him to make my world like His in Heaven.
She left crying. I was disappointed too! I don't think she was crying to leave me, but to leave the computer. Little does she know her life is going to be filled with more memories, more laughs, and more fun. She was the little girl that changed my world.
She was the little girl that reminded me of the times I spent with my little sister in Indiana. These times hold so much value, if only I could have showed them as much of the Jesus I knew. He is the prized possession, and our magnificent obsession. He is our all-in-all.
Provided with hope, He will encourage us, intercede for us, and give us all we need to live this life filled with godliness and holiness. He is truly above it all.
Amen.
