Take some Time to Evaluate:

I think sometimes in our lives it's good to truly evaluate where we're at.

The other day I was watching a youtube video of an amazing concert that was performed by John Mark McMillan singing "How He Love Us". The story that he unfolds is absolutely tragic, but he then shares the impact that it had on the youth of the nation. It's incredible when you step back and really take in how God uses everything in the world to His overall advantage. He uses tragedy to soften our hearts, desperation to show and give his strength, devastation to bring us together. His power is unfathomable, and incomprehensible. To truly try and wrap our heads around His greater vision is impossible. It's best to sit back, live the way He commands, and watch Him work as if you were watching a painter paint. He is the master of artistry...After all, isn't every piece of artwork ever created only an image of the actual beauty that is already placed all around us? Joyce Meyer once said, "I've come to a place in my life where I would rather see God's ways than His miracles." Isn't that really how we should all be? We should all be longing to see His ways because when He demonstrates them we can act them out.

If you ever get the chance to watch or hear the live performance that this man put on, it will literally break your heart. I know that I sobbed like a little seven year old girl when I heard the heart wrenching story about his friend. However, here is the overall point of this post. I challenge you to take a minute, grab a piece of paper (or in my case 3 of them) and write out exactly what you would say to the people you love and know if you knew this was your last day on earth. After you do this really sit back, and pour over what you've written because if you aren't living this out every day of your life...Then you really aren't living. This applies to Christians and non-Christians alike. I think we can all agree that no matter what religious convictions you may have, love is a universal desire. Stop living like you're gonna live forever on this earth, and live like you were dying. That doesn't mean jump of buildings, but live with your heart open and flowing with never ending love.

I know for a fact that if I knew I was going to die to tomorrow, without a doubt, that I wouldn't care who was around me I would just want everyone I ever knew to know that I loved them, and what's more that Christ loves them even more than my tear soaked eyes can express. Anyone who wants to see what true love is about I challenge you to write this out, really consider it, and then live it. This is a challenge for myself as well. I don't live my life according to this nearly as much as I would like, but I'm starting to. It's time to take serious action America, let our generation be the one that TURNS THIS COUNTRY UPSIDE DOWN!

Love is a serious thing...Stop taking it for granted.