while i was walking to class in the cold winter air today, i became so aware of my every breath. in and out with every step it came, fogging up the air in front of me, clearing as i breathed in, and the rhythm repeated. it was all i could focus on as i walked. it reminded me that i am ALIVE. i love that winter does that. and in awe, i let that fact sink in for a while. i carry LIFE within this frame! what a gift. what a crazy wonderful thing to be a living being! i am ALIVE. but so much more than that, i am truly living on the inside, too, because Jesus is there. i know, deep in my bones, in my soul, and in my heart, what it means to be truly alive because of Him... life in freedom, life wrapped in love and goodness of the only One who can fill to the top.
but i was also reminded of the stinging truth that i can't say the same about my classmate maybe, or that girl down the hall, or perhaps my professor. friends, we have been given life, and life with purpose. we are intentionally made, and we can't let life slip through our fingers without spreading true life!
it is my prayer today, and every day, that we would never forget that we are alive, with purpose... that we would never forget that there are people all around us who don't know this true life because they don't know Jesus. that God would instill within us urgency and drive and perspective and deep love for the people around us. and that out of a love that's deepest desire is to see them truly ALIVE, we would act.
this life is a beautiful gift, but it's short. i hope that the next time you find yourself outside and you see your breath in the cold winter air, you think of what a gift life is. let it remind you not to waste the day, the hour, the minute that has been given! because it will be gone. may we never forget!
but i was also reminded of the stinging truth that i can't say the same about my classmate maybe, or that girl down the hall, or perhaps my professor. friends, we have been given life, and life with purpose. we are intentionally made, and we can't let life slip through our fingers without spreading true life!
it is my prayer today, and every day, that we would never forget that we are alive, with purpose... that we would never forget that there are people all around us who don't know this true life because they don't know Jesus. that God would instill within us urgency and drive and perspective and deep love for the people around us. and that out of a love that's deepest desire is to see them truly ALIVE, we would act.
this life is a beautiful gift, but it's short. i hope that the next time you find yourself outside and you see your breath in the cold winter air, you think of what a gift life is. let it remind you not to waste the day, the hour, the minute that has been given! because it will be gone. may we never forget!
your life is like the morning fog--it's here a little while, then it's gone.
james 4:14
james 4:14
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