"All girls really want is someone to want them back."
-One Tree Hill
I don't watch
"One Tree Hill"; nothing against the show, but I'm just not a fan. However, when I came across this quote while using the
facebook bumper sticker application, I was immediately drawn to it. Why? Because it's true, not just for girls, but for everyone.
I had an absolutely fabulous weekend with two of my closest friends [
Editor's Note: The names of the individuals and some locations have been omitted to protect the forgiven :)]. Awesome as this weekend was, it didn't necessarily start out that way. Friday evening, without getting too specific, was truly a battle. A fight between what we know and what we think we're missing. In an attempt to experience a part of life that the world says we [Christians] are missing out on, my friends and I found ourselves in places we just shouldn't have been, doing things we shouldn't have done.
I'm not sure what our goal was when we set out for the evening but our motives were certainly different than they had been in outings past. Not to say that we were wild and unruly. Nothing news-worthy or shocking.
Just out of character. Things that caused us to ask
what are we doing? and
why are we here?Disappointed that we got caught up for a moment in the world's lies and our attempt to be something we are not, we headed home. With heavy hearts, we closed our eyes and tried to go to sleep.
*The next morning...*
God's grace overwhelmed us as we were blessed with another chance to experience life and life more abundantly. The day was completely new and with the blessing of a new day came another opportunity to rediscover what life is all about. Our voyage of rediscovery lead us into joyous union with beautiful souls and brilliant spirits! We sang in the car, danced in the streets, and loved with all of our might! We felt alive!
"The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full."
-John 10:10
Our pleasantries continued on to Sunday where we reflected on the events of the weekend and praised God for
loving us enough to give us an infinite number of second chances.
Our experience on Friday night was wrought with feelings of dullness and death, closed off from fellowship that truly glorifies God. Saturday and Sunday were filled with the liveliness that comes from God's people sharing His goodness with believers and unbelievers alike, rejoicing in everything that He has given them!
I am so blessed to have had the experiences that I did this weekend as a reminder that a life lived saturated by the ways of this world is not living at all, but slowly dying, eternally searching for fulfillment while consuming empty things; a life lived enveloped in Christ's love is living life bursting at the seams!
I cannot speak for my friends, but I know that Friday night, I was looking for someone to love me back. I guess I forgot that God first loved me.
So if you ever feel lonely and unloved, just stop, count your blessings and rediscover all of the ways that
God loves you!
Blessed With a Life Truly Worth Living,Aisha"This Is Your Life"by Switchfoot"Yesterday is a wrinkle on your forehead
Yesterday is a promise that you’ve broken
.:
Pre-Chorus:.
Don’t close your eyes, don’t close your eyes
This is your life and today is all you’ve got now
Yeah, and today is all you’ll ever have
Don’t close your eyes
Don’t close your eyes
::CHORUS::This is your life, are you who you want to be?
This is your life, are you who you want to be
This is your life, is it everything you dreamed that it would be
When the world was younger and you had everything to lose?
Yesterday is a kid in the corner
Yesterday is dead and over
.:
Pre-Chorus:.
::CHORUS::
[
Bridge]
Don’t close your eyes
(repeat 3x)
This is your life are you who you want to be
(repeat)
::CHORUS::
And you had everything to lose?"
Comments (3)
God is so amazing! What an incredible Father He is to continually be with us, send His Son, and allow us to know salvation...freedom from sin! delieverance from the powers of this world! Life!!! I am glad that you and your friends noticed right away what you were allowing to catch your attention, and the compromise it was bringing. The Lord desires for us to bless Him, and He desires to bless us also! nothing of this world is better!
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great post! and i LOVE that switchfoot song
Hello Ms. Aisha,
You made your site so simple yet elegant but I see that you don’t write here much anymore!
I want to help people to really get to know Jehovah God, especially in these troubled times. I have an important message for everyone from the Bible: “I will send them great trouble—all the things they feared. For when I called, they did not answer. When I spoke, they did not listen. They deliberately sinned before my very eyes and chose to do what they know I despise.” (Isaiah 66:4) (New Living Translation)