Stop putting on a show, just be in Him.

To live up to 'your full potential,' to find out 'who you really are,' to go out and actually 'make a difference' . . .
Are these really our goals, is this really what we are reaching for. It is so much simpler than this.
All we have to do is reach for Him. Its that simple. Dont have to go anywhere, dont have to have a picture perfect family, beautiful children, or even a family at all, dont have to have a career, dont even have to have a degree.
The only requirement is just a little faith. Simple faith and trust. We expect so much of ourselves and each other and we put that on Him. As if He will be judgmental as we are or even stand offish. It isnt even possible. His love is not only unconditional, it is also unavoidable. We cannot hide from it and we cannot somehow cause it to become null and void. Ever.
Be in him. Dont just go to church on Sundays. walk in His steps everyday. Dont read your Bible everyday, start living it. Even with the people that are different from you...whether they talk differently, live differently, or believe differently...LIVE it. When you see someone with nothing, instead of judging them and saying its their fault and they had to have made bad choices to get to this point, LIVE it. Dont pity people that have addictOiions LOVE them. Try walking in His steps just for a day and you will be blown away. And if we dont, someone else will. And do not be so proud to think that you are irreplaceable. We are all just a drop in the ocean. But IN Him a drop can create a tidal wave :)

insomnia

Looking for reality....searching to find....the peace and the joy that this soul craves....loving you so much more than any of this....wanting no distinction between where I end and YOU begin....You wash it all away until that is left is a reflection....thank you that this is not all....thank you for forgiveness....thank you for glimpses....thank you that sometimes when we try to reach out and help (feed, clothe, or share hope) someone, they are actually the ones reaching out to us.....thank you for bringing me to my knees, just when I think "i" got things right....thank you for the shadow of your wings....thank you for the dark before the dawn....thank you for the tears before Your joy....thank you for constance....thank you for the coziest security blanket of all time.

Thankful

Thankful for....
SNOW and below zero weather that makes you look around even harder for that person who needs a coat or a coffee or gloves or a hot meal or a hug.
FAMILY that has been away for ten years and amazing time of catch up with them.
MALS (median arcuate ligament syndrome) that forced me to change my lifestyle and diet and become more aware of the amazing bodies that God gave to us that we so often mistreat.
IBS that is a daily reminder of the fact that people suffer pain a thousand times worse than this all over the world.
FRIENDS that know all of your faults and weaknesses and mistakes and choose to love you anyway.
PAUL and DAVID and all of the failures that God loved, this tells me that maybe He won't give up on me either.
SORROW that teaches us how to hope.
SADNESS that He always turns into dancing.
MISUNDERSTANDINGS that if taken the time to work through will make a relationship stronger.
Mostly thankful for unconditional love.

Matthew 25:31-46

31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’

37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’

40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’

41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’

44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’

45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’

46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”