Pain

Out of anything in the world the thing that hurts me most is people that don't know that Jesus loves them. The Lord has blessed me so much and given me true joy but there are people who don't even care. There are people who hear that Jesus loves them but they don't understand and they think that their life is just fine the way it is. To me, that's crazy. It isn't that I don't respect people or the choices they make it's just that I feel like I know the secret to true happiness but people don't care. I can't really blame them because sometimes life just straight up sucks and is hard but it's like that whether you're a christian or not so wouldn't you rather still have the love in your heart that comes from the Lord?

A good friend of mine let me borrow a MercyMe cd and one of the songs says "we were meant to shine not just survive." There are so many people in this world who are living just to survive day by day, moment by moment. But if all you are doing is trying to survive that isn't true living. You were blessed with a life so why don't you use it to bring about goodness and love? Each moment is an opportunity. An opportunity to do some good in this world that has gone bad. If each person looks at their life as a gift and each moment as an opportunity imagine how much more beautiful the world would be.

God never changes. He is always there and He will and has always loved you. I wish everyone would just embrace that love and run with it. Never let anything compromise that gift. Hold on to the Lord for dear life because He is the only one who cares about you so much that He died for you. God, yeah the same dude that created the whole universe, He loves you. He was so perfect that when we made the choice of imperfection He couldn't hang out with us anymore. That hurt Him so bad and each minute that we spend running from Him it hurts Him just as much. He desired to be with us so bad that he came to earth and humbled Himself in human form to see what it was like. He knew that the world was dark and he chose to shine his light upon it. He made the sacrifice of death to make us able to be with him. That's crazy! Homeboy loves us but we just throw him to the curb all the time and foolishly chase after things other than him that make us happy for a little while but in the end just leave us empty. Can't you see that we are idiots for ever looking for satisfaction in anything other than the Lord? That's why we are His sheep. Sheep are idiots and walk straight off the edge of mountains. But the Lord is our shepherd. Let Him lead you to love and grace. Let Him show you true joy and happiness.

Father save us. Save us from ourselves and save us from the darkness of this world. Lord you are all I'm living for. This pain that I'm feeling is nothing compared to the pain that you feel every time one of your children chooses the world over you. My heart is aching Lord and you are the only one who can sooth it. Bring peace into my soul, Lord, for it yearns for you. Save me from myself for I know that I cannot save myself. Lead me down the path of righteousness so that my words of salvation will not be empty. Thank you for carrying the weight of the world so that I don't have to. Show me that your yoke is easy and your burden is light. I'm trusting in you, Lord. Please save us.