"to have found God and to still pursue Him is the soul's paradox of love."
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it's quite late but my heart is full and I can't contain it. oh what He has done! I must write these words to you. please hear me out. please hear my words, and know they are true.
I walk along, feeling the hot sunshine hit me and my heart feels as though it will dance out of my chest. I smile to myself and look up at the blue sky knowing He loves me. I can feel it. I can almost touch it, it's so real. I put my headphones on and turn on one of my favorite songs. the melody ringing in my ears, I can feel Him drawing me even closer. my heart can't help but worship for I know this is what He has done. gosh, I feel like my souls been awakened. something I've never experienced and I wish everyone else could too! we say we want to run this race. but when we reach a hill we get tired, we want to sit back and rest. or try to find an easier way to reach the prize. we lose the determination to win through all the hills and valleys the race covers. living is about the here and now. not yesterday and tomorrow. it's about being aware of His presence with you. about realizing that every breath is a miracle. every heartbeat is a gift. its about being unashamed. listening to a song and feeling it in your soul and dancing however you dance like...."no ones watching". it's about living in the joy you have right now and not worrying about if it's still going to be there tomorrow. taking every moment as it is. living is realizing the power you have to change the world. you heard me! you can change the world. you know how? because everything is a domino affect. you have an affect on one person, and they have an affect on someone else and it just keeps going. maybe it's hard to grasp this concept. take this away, how you treat someone or even interact with someone for just a few moments can do far more than you realize. make every little moment you come in contact with people to be something that will stand out to them. be human sunshine. you know how you feel when you stand facing the sun and you just close your eyes and feel it? it's amazing isn't it? try to be that for people. make it you're life to spread every smile you can, every kind, encouraging and supportive word you get a chance to. forget about who's watching, about how you feel or what they did or said to you while you were serving them their food or whatever it might be. just live to give its so worth it. living is feeling that overwhelming rush of His love flood your heart. it's standing in His presence and feeling His greatness. its realizing how small you are, but how big you are to God. and how much God wants to walk hand in hand with you. it's dancing in the light of His love. it's knowing it's storming outside but you're safe and warm cozy under His wings. it's living carefree as a child, giving Him all your worries 'cause, after all, you're not in control of anything. and He is a far better pilot than we could ever be. so why not smile and laugh? dance and sing. and worship and praise Him with our whole heart? oh come on, come on and dance and laugh with me. let's run faster on these uphills. and in the valleys lets look for all the flowers along the way. come chase His heart, His life with me. come on, let your soul and heart be free. dive into His love. you'll come out new. it will wash right through you and you'll come out revived. you'll feel the freedom. the release of the weight. let those burdens, whatever is weighing you down fall off your shoulders and tumble down the mountain. Jesus died so you wouldn't have to carry these burdens. don't let His death be in vain. friends, we focus too much on the valleys and hills. when we're in. a valley we wish to be on a mountain top forgetting the climb. every mountain has a top, an ending. so if you feel like you're climbing right now and you're not sure you're going to make it because it feels like you'll never reach the end: the top. maybe you're climb is rugged, and steep. and years long. you climb, lose your grip and fall back. you feel like your climbing the same spot over and over. there's sharp edges that cut deep and you're not sure if it will ever stop bleeding. they don't heal properly and they get infected, and the wound gets worse. maybe you have to cross oceans and like me, you're not a good swimmer and you start to sink. maybe you hit walls that seem impossible to climb over. oh but we are not ones without aid, without our Saviors promises of help along the race. He gives strength to endure, to get through and over every obstacle. He is the balm in gilead. He isn't just the source of healing, He is the healing. every hill has a peak. and an ending. through the cross, the great sacrifice and blood of Jesus, you don't have to carry all this weight. you can run this race light hearted. as it is said in Isaiah 40 verse 31, "but they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint." you can live as though you're soaring as an eagle. you no longer have to be weary! you no longer have to feel faint. He has renewed your strength! He has mounted you up on wings as eagles.
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