Yet another day to ...

Today.
Yet another day to fail.
Yet another day to focus on my reality.
..or is it another day, another chance, to DO something.

I am constantly, yet infrequently, inspired by this God that rules all things.
I am amazed by the beauty of the sun shining, and the relief of the clouds and wind.
I am amazed that I daily disregard others, yet I am shown consideration.
But I am most amazed that this God, THE God, loves me.

I am amazed, today, that he not only died for me, but he was mocked and spit upon, betrayed, and, well, I could go on and on...and he did it for me.

I wish I could say that I live in this amazement, but the sad truth is, that I rarely live in it.

Most days I wrap myself in a blanket woven of all of MY thoughts and troubles, like traffic, or the puppy messing up our carpet, or that our yard doesn't look as nice as the others on our street.. really, those are the things I worry about. Honestly, when on paper, these things look so rediculous. What about hunger, poverty, war, disease...what about all of these things? If it were okay to wrap yourself in troubles, these would be the 'acceptable' on the list. I'm afraid my list of troubles would be denied for consideration.

But the truth is, I don't want to wrap myself in any of these things. I want to wrap myself in this amazing grace. I want to live in it. To live in God's grace and Christs' sacrifice of life...in those rare moments I live there, I feel peace. I feel sunlight on my face, I feel this urge to fly. I feel an overwhelming sense of emotion and a desire to share it with every being I come in contact with.

Can you imagine what this world would be like if those of us who have accepted this so undeserved gift, really acted as if we didn't deserve it?! Can you imagine how much people would want this gift if we showed them what it was like to posess it?

So...let's LIVE in it!
Really, let's try.
It would be such an amazing experience!
We can show the world how much Jesus loves them by realizing it ourselves!!