Weird Moods.

Hey all,
So I am a girl (as I hope most of you have figured out right now) and as most girls I have mood swings/just weird moods in general (no offense to the girls that are not like that).Right now-it is just one of those moods that is really hard to explain! So I will not even try :)

Does this ever happen to you: You are talking to someone, trying to encourage them in the Lord, and all the sudden mid-sentence you start to REALLY listen to what you are saying? Then, you get done talking to the person and you go and sit and start to ponder whether or not you really believe what you are saying?

You see, I was talking to someone about what Christ tonight. About what it costs to be His disciple. About whether or not it is worth it.

I believe with all my heart that it IS WORTH IT! To be a CHILD OF THE KING...there is no greater HONOR! But I started to wonder if I was living as though I believed there is no greater honor than to serve my God.

As a result of that, I have been studying about what discipleship to Christ really is. What it should look like in my own personal life.

The Lord has been bringing this song to my mind a lot lately:

"Jesus is
The sweet, sweet love of my soul
Jesus is
The only thing making me whole
He's everything to me
All I desire to be
That's what Jesus is" (Jaci Velasquez)

Is Jesus the sweet sweet love of our souls? Is HE the ONLY thing making us whole? Is He EVERYTHING to us? Is He all we desire to be?


IS HE ENOUGH?

The whole thing about the cost of discipleship...Jesus never promised His children that it would be easy-BUT-He promised to be with us every single step of the way...

Is He worth it to you? Have you found your completion in HIM or are you still searching for it in other things (significant other, possessions, money, prestige)? Let me tell you from personal experience. Until you realize that Jesus Christ is the ONLY thing that will complete you-you will never find that completion you are so desperately longing/searching for. The thing is...it is YOUR choice "...Choose you this day whom you will serve..." (Joshua 24:15).

If you claim to be a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ then STAND UP and start to live it! Do you ever think what would happen to this world if we who call ourselves Christians began to LIVE each and every day in reckless abandonment and devotion for and to our God?

The things that our Lord endured FOR US on that cross and beyond imagination! And yet, HE DID IT. The almighty God DIED for you and I! He did not have to but out of His love for you and I He CHOSE to...That thought alone makes me want to live each and everyday in thankfulness for what He has done. To offer myself for His service as He offered His body as atonement for me...

Here is a quote that ,when I first read it, made me stop dead in my tracks. I actually have it hanging on my wall now. Take some time and ponder this last thought:

"Tell me in light of the cross, isn't it a scandal that you and I live today as we do?" - Alan Redpath. "

Christ died for us...the least we can do is live for Him! Something to think about...