Gods Presence...

I don't want to be anywhere but here in your presence! God your Joy surrounds us and your Peace is with in us. Where else would we feel content then in your presence. I don't want to feel anything but this standing in awe of you! You are truly an awesome God! You are so big and do great things through us and in your kingdom. We are here to Serve and Love on others! This is the greatest thing in life. Through us loving Jesus Christ himself we Love others also! Love is the greatest thing in life and we experience it through God's presence! God your presence is working through our hearts! You are preparing our hearts so we can do good for your kingdom! Psalm 27:4 "...live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life..." Be in God's presence forever!

 Just like the analogy of a sailboat. We need to get to Christ and we get there by the wind of the Holy Spirit. We need to unfurl the sails of our life and allow the Holy Spirit to work in our lives so we draw closer to God. Move closer to the likeness of Lord himself. Sometimes we do not unfurl the sails as much as we need to thinking we can do it ourselves. The wind is needed to move just like the Holy Spirit is needed to grow closer to Christ himself..

Grow more intimate with Christ! Nourish the tree of our life. The fruit will then grow and mature. We grow in our life with Christ when we focus in on the Word of God.

Imagine what it is like in Gods presence and then to stay there! How amazing... why would we want anything else to fulfill? Let alone what else could fulfill? All we need is Christ in our lives for us to feel content! How do we then think other things can fill that void? Nothing else can fulfill! We as humans cannot realize this... and yet we allow Satan lie to us... trying to fill that void with everything else.. lets try to not be so selfish and just go with Jesus Christ from the start! Yet even though the crap happens.. it is hard to believe but God's presence is still there even in the lowest times.. (good to know we are never alone or by ourselves) in those lowest points where the mountains need to be moved there is still hope and faith! It is through those hard times that God uses us the most! We get so low that we finally notice who God is and why he loves us still... even though we feel we ran away or tried to avoid Him. Psalm 34:19 "The righteous person faces many troubles, but the Lord comes to the rescue each time" His Presence is always there!!

Those times where it feels where is this road going to end... he is still there! I like to see it as a road trip! We take a car ride and sometimes we get to the destination right away. Other times there may be a detour to get there but you still get there, but it is in that detour that maybe it took a little longer but somehow we still needed to take the more scenic route to get to point b. There are times where we get completely lost.... yet we ask others for help so we can get back on track (and that is a thanks to God because He provides that person) Sometimes we just do not even know what the destination is but we get in the car and go through experiences to find a destination (adventurous). Although there are so many routes God is still always there and redirects our lives through the Holy Spirit! Thank you God for that! Psalm 140:13 "Surely righteous people are praising your name; the godly will live in your presence." Live in God's presence! He is always there!

Also getting into the car do we shove Jesus in the trunk and just avoid him or put Him in the backseat to just see how we are doing (but of course we do not like to listen to backseat drivers!) Or maybe we allow him to sit in the passenger seat but what we NEED to do is just hand over the keys get out of the driver seat and let Jesus drive and be in control!! Jesus is the best ultimate driver of our lives and he know how to lead us in our life experiences! When he takes us on our adventures He know the route to get there! He also maybe takes us through some detours to go through the random experiences! He know the route better than anyone! Of course God can't just be the GPS either he need to be the driver because the GPS just guides and yes God guides our lives but better yet he could just control and be there for your whole life! God's presence is always there! Jehovah Shammah (He is always there!) Lets depend on Him to guide and help us to grow closer and stronger in our faith!! God thank you for always being there! There is no greater joy than to be living in God's presence!!

Be the Change...

Everyday life goes by and there is so much that happens. Some days people feel it is the worst day and other days people feel it is the best day! Why are there good days and bad days?? We should always have a good day! Even if something goes wrong we should not allow it to ruin the whole day. If we wait till the next day to start out fresh then the rest of the bad day is going to be horrible. We should start out fresh every hour, minute, second, or just every moment!! If we all did this I feel people would interact with each other with better attitudes!! Everyday goes by and then it is a new day. We should not have crappy days in our lives.

How can we make our days better?!? I feel that it is natural that your day gets made when you make someone else's day! I do not know if that is just me but of the times when you did something for someone else, did your day go that much better? There is joy in helping others!  I think we all need to become more loving like Jesus Christ and become humble servants of His kingdom! "Finally, all of you should be of one mind. Sympathize with each other. Love each other as brothers and sisters. Be tenderhearted, and keep a humble attitude" 1 Peter 3:8  God has even called us to love other and have humble attitudes. Our lives need to be the evidence of God's truth. In today's society I feel that we live in a selfish world where we all think it is all about us and what we want. That is not what it is to be like though, we  should be caring about everyone else and their needs. We should be asking ourselves the question "What can I do to help someone today?" instead we ask "What do I need now?"

I think we can make a change in this world. All we need to do is humble ourselves and be content with who we are and what we have. God called us to be His humble servants and that is what we should do. We should be more interested in the lives of others around us and not just our own. "When you do things, do not let selfishness or pride be you guide. Instead, be humble and give more honor to others that yourself. Do not be interested only in your own life, but, be interested in the lives of others." Philippians 2:3-4

The lives of others around us is so important to invest in. sometimes all people need is a hello or a smile and there day goes that much better! Life is to fragile to just walk by another person and go on just caring about your own life. The selfishness needs to stop and more caring needs to start! Lets start sharing the love and happiness towards each other!