A Masterpiece

I found this video through a friend of mine and I absolutley love it! It is a video that made me smile. I highly reccomend you check it out.

The Home He Dreams Of

The trees sway in rhythmic patterns, the wind swishes by, the clouds gather to create a beautiful backdrop, and then the sun slowly comes up and completes the gorgeous scene. It is all so intricate and beautiful. When I see the scene laid out before me I am in such awe. God is just so good. All this beauty is here for us. Funny thing is, even with all the beauty of the world, God doesn't want to live there. There is only one place where God wants to live. That one place is your heart. When I first read about this in Max Lucado's book, God Thinks You're Wonderful, I thought it was so cute. Then I thought about it some more. I realized my heart is nothing like nature. My heart contains sin and pain and wounds. How could God want that? He not only wants it, He desires it. He wants it as his home. In my pondering and praying I've come to realize a very obvious fact, God is not like us. He sees more than your or I see. He sees the beauty in us that we cannot see ourselves. He wants to be with us, remove all the dust of sin, and help us realize our beauty. God could live anywhere He desired yet there is only one place where He wants to live and that is in your heart.

A Little Light? I Don't Think So

Have you ever hear the song "This Little Light Of Mine"? It goes "this little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine". Well I hear a little bit of it today and it struck me as odd. We all have the light of God inside of us. It shines brightly for all to see. However I wouldn't call it a little light. I think that the light you and I have inside of us is like a bonfire. I think that we are the ones who turn it into a little light.

Good Friends Are Like Band-Aids

Recently I have come to realize something --good friends are like band-aids. Before this will make sense, I have to back track. We know that in order to get to know someone, you have to make yourself vulnerable. Actually, both parties have to make themselves vulnerable if the relationship is going to become anymore than a surface level cordial friendship. In order for this to happen you have to remove the coverings that carefully disguise and hide the most tender parts of your soul. When you decide to reveal those tender parts of your being, you place a great amount of trust in that person. You trust that they will protect your open wounds and sores and not pile dirt into them. You hope that they will help you and not hurt you. When you find a good friend that's exactly what they do. If they're really good, they'll protect you. They'll be like a band-aid to your wounds --sticking with you, trying to make it better, and trying to keep out anything that could hurt you. I believe that is why we become anxious when things are not right between us and someone we are close to; we are afraid that they will rip the band-aid off and leave us hurting and vulnerable. A good friend wouldn't do that because good friends are like band-aids, not the doctor who pries them off.