Watch What You Say/Do

On Sunday, one of the members of the church was testifying about being humble when one of my younger brothers in Christ tapped me and said: "That's what you always talk about; being humble." I never realize I have been talking about it so much. I know over the past year the Lord has been dealing with me and I have been sharing my experiences with the Youth in my church so that they know they are not alone in their struggle(s). We have to be careful what we say and do in front of the people who are looking at us for an example of Christ. We have this game we play on our youth nights when service is done; it is kind of like Charades except you have to guess who in the church the person is. It's so frightening when you realize how closely the Youth watch us. I realize that they have to see a difference in us everyday....

Never Going Back to OK

I downloaded a new song last night by The Afters (LOVE THEM) after I had their song "Beautiful Love" play all day everyday. The song is called "Never Going Back to OK". All I can say is "Wow". The song is very catchy; it has an old school rock vibe to it that I love as well. What is so cool is the words, it makes you realize that the moment you accept Christ as your Savior; you change. You can't go back to being just "OK". Your whole world changes because you become a new person. Everything becomes amazing, new, spectacular. etc. because of that change. You don't just go through the motions, you start to press towards that mark in Jesus. Another song that comes to mind is "More Than Fine" by Switchfoot (Jon Foreman's voice is amazing). It's the same theme as well. You don't want to get by, to just make it: you want what's yours, your promise. You want the peace that only He can bring. And when you do; when you get a taste of what only Jesus can give you, you can never go back to just OK.