Beautifully Flawed.

So I decided I hadn't spent real time with God in a while... so I lit some candles and turned off the lights and lay on the floor.

I have been so humbled lately. God does so much for me and sometimes all I can do is complain and ask for more. I have more than what I need. Much more. I have been blessed with an amazing team, and recently a car to drive and a house to live in. I've been blessed with a beautiful church family and an amazing opportunity to serve Him. Why would I want anything else? I can't believe how much my life has changed since I've been here. I already feel as though God has done so much for me, yet I know He's going to do so much more.

I have really been asking God to show me how to understand His love, and He's opened my eyes in such a way I never imagined. I am, for the first time in my life, really feeling loved by God. I have been able to truly love those around me, knowing that if I can't love the people around me, then how can I claim to love God? People are God... he lives in us. By hating others I hate God. It's such a beautiful thing. Love is not a feeling. Love is a choice. An action. Love is creation. Love is the Cross. Love is everything in between.

Love just is.

We are a flawed people, and God knew when He created man that most of humanity at one point or another would turn against Him. He created us anyway because He desired to be loved in return. He took the biggest risk, knowing what people would do to him. I can't say I would have done the same. The least I can do is try my hardest, every single day, to love the way He loves me.

That's all He asks, really.