Simple Conversations

Here's the deal. We all have those life changing moments. Usually they are nothing too significant. You might see something, a sign, a commercial, or one simple word. It could even be something you hear on the radio or a casual remark. However it comes, it changes you for good.

There are times when these little gems show up in my, and I'm basically jumping up and down inside because I'm so excited! Other times I can hardly stand it. A big part of this is probably because whatever I hear or see totally related to what I'm currently experiencing in my life.

Here's my story...or at least one of them...

I was talking to a friend the other day. He was telling me about a retreat he had recently been to. At a retreat, the speaker was talking about the passage in Revelation that is written to the church in Laodicea, "...I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm - neither hot nor cold - I am about to spit you out of my mouth..." (Revelation 3:15-16). When my friend told me that, it hit me like a rock. Boom. God knew what he was doing with that one.

Hearing about being hot or cold was just what my heart was looking for...It flipped a switch in my brain. Wow! Sometimes I settle to ride the waves and not make the waves. It's not that I have to be disrupt things and go crazy; I want to make waves with the incomparable love God pours all over me!

I choose to be on fire for God.

It is a choice to be hot or cold. Make up your mind! I am choosing to be hot, because the benefits of hot greatly outweigh those of being cold.

So be on the look out for those little gems. They will change your life if you let them. God is looking out for you when you least expect it. Don't we have the best Dad of all time!? I'm going to say YES. I'm so glad He sends people into my life to straighten me out sometimes. How sweet it is to be loved by the Creator of the Universe.

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WRAP UP from the SUMMER

I was able to finish up Hillside Intensive in PA. That was a blast. I am confident that was, is, and will be a launching pad for the rest of my life! I find it crazy and wonderful that God carefully orchestrates each of our lives so we can have the opportunity to use the gifts He has given us to serve Him. That is humbling for sure. Think about that for a second....The God of the universe knows you and has known you since before you were even a thought.