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| Scripture of the Day
But those who drink the water I give will never be thirsty again. It becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within them, giving them eternal life. John 4:14 NLT
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| Psalm 139
We all tend to get down on ourselves. We all tend to say some nasty things about ourselves. We sometimes loathe of how we are, of how we act, of how we look, of how we sound. We try to find everything that is wrong with us, our imperfections. And we feed into the negativity of the world around us. 'The world tells me this, so I need to believe it.' But let me tell you, the world does not matter.
How many times do you think people think of you? You walk by a stranger on the street, they look at you, you may share some words: "hi, how are you?", and with that, they're gone. You'll never see them again. That stranger only thought of you once. But God, his thoughts of you are wonderful. Unlike that stranger, God thinks about you 24/7. You're with a friend, you're hanging just chilling. You and your friend are having a great time. Then it's time to go. You friend forgets about you for maybe a few minutes, a few hours, until they see you again. During those minutes that your friend forgot about you, God remembered you. Those minutes that your parents forgot about you because they had something to do, God remembered you. Those hours that people were making fun of you, God spent those hours thinking about you and LOVING you. I mean, it's impossible to think of someone 24/7. Your mind wanders. As hard as you try to think of a specific person for each second, each minute, each hour, it's impossible. But God, he thinks of you each second, each minute, each hour. You think I'm making this up? Check it out in the Bible. "How precious to me are Your thoughts, oh God. How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand." Psalm 139:17-18
He knows when you're sleeping, he knows the dreams that you're having. He knows when you're awake, he knows how many steps you take within a day, he knows how many breaths you take, he even knows the number of hairs upon your head. You say to yourself, "Who cares if he knows the number of hairs on my head?" Think about it, who would sit down and count your hairs? No one, that's who. But God will. He wanted to because he loves you that much that he'll take a bit of time and count your hairs. It may sound foolish, it may sound weird, but it's the truth. God loves to be with you, he watches you with a watchful eye because he's so excited to spend time with you!
He loves you. He truly, truly does. He pays close attention to you when no one else is. Remember that!
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| Scripture of the Day
There are "friends" who destroy each other, but a real friend sticks closer than a brother.
~ Proverbs 18:24, NLT
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| Scripture of the Day
A friend is always loyal, and a brother is born to help in time of need.
~ Proverbs 17:17, NLT
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| So I haven't been reading my bible in like, a week. Why? Pure laziness. I know I disappointed God. And I've noticed something. When I'm not into God as much, I start to sin. Oh, don't get me wrong, I sin daily. As hard as I try not to, I fail miserably. But yet, God's grace is always consuming me and willing to give me a second chance. But I was noticing something while I wasn't spending as much time with God. I was falling back into old sins. This has been a very, very hard week. I'm under a lot of stress, the one year anniversary of my Nana's death was on Wednesday of last week, and our community lost a teenager two days ago. I talked to him a lot for a period of time, but we grew apart. But when I heard about his death yesterday, I cried. It was then that I knew that I needed Jesus. My thought was this: "I don't want to go to anyone except to Jesus. I want Him to comfort me. He's the real comforter." It was a great feeling, because I haven't felt that way in a long time. Tonight, I became homesick. I wanted Jesus. All of Him. I wanted him to consume me and I wanted to feel his presence.
I said a long time ago that I wanted to fall in love with Jesus. And slowly, I can honestly say I am. It's an amazing feeling. I've LOVED Jesus, but I was never IN love with Him. I want to be head over heels, so in love with my SAVIOR. And I'm starting to. I feel it. And it's such a great, great feeling. I'm excited in what He has in store for me :)
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