Thursday, May 13, 2010

Rejoicing in my Imperfection

I've really wanted to write this out for a while. One night as I was praying, I was SO grateful to God. That while I, we all, are imperfect He is perfect. Everything God is, He does, is just so perfect. As I go through the Bible, verse by verse, chapter by chapter, book by book, it just fits together. The Bible just works. It has a flow and consistency that I have never stopped to appreciate before. God knows we're weak that we're gonna fail. It's not like he's just waiting to punish us, but each time he points to the perfect solution/salvation in Christ. If He wanted to, he could have put an end to our pitiful existence at any point in history. Despite it all, He is sovereign over all and shows us that our imperfections cannot flaw HIS story. As much as I just wanna scream and cry out sometimes to God to fix my never-ending flaws, I sit hit here thanking Him. That because of all my imperfections and flaws I can worship a God so perfect and just constantly cling to Him day after day.

In this moment, I am so humbled by how utterly useless I am. I don't excel in anything. I do enough to get by at work, in relationships, in serving, sports, etc. I fall short in my words and my actions. But despite it all, I wanna do everything for my Lord. I hope that somehow through my imperfect walk that God you are walking with me, just doing Your awesome works. God, will you just lift me up so that I will not be a burden and a hindrance to people in their walk and coming before you. In my imperfect ways, I want to do everything I possibly can for You. I want to totally live and die for You. I'm all in.

I should just shut up sometimes and only use the Word of God. Because the author captures it far better than I ever could.

Psalms 115:1 ->Not to us, O LORD, not to us
but to your name be the glory,
because of your love and faithfulness.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Maybe I'm crazy...

But I get inspiration from crazy things sometimes. How to Train Your Dragon was awesome. But when the main character takes flight I began to think why does man want to fly? It's such a prevalent theme in movies: Avatar, Iron Man, the Matrix, the list goes on and on. Throughout history, it's been such a mystery and the whole world was watching when man first landed on the moon. But we are limited to the sky, to space.

I did some random googling and one person says that man wants to be in control. They want to fly because they want to break free from restraints and limitations. I know I'm not in control, but I want to fly too~

Isaiah 40: 30-31: Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

The Bible is one ridiculously amazing book. He knows our every thought and every emotion. He knows of man's desire to fly and He is the one who enables us to do so! God, I just wanna fly. Take me higher and higher. I'm not gonna walk through this life, I'm gonna soar because God wants me to.