Night time is when my thoughts connect best. Something pieces my thoughts better at night, maybe the serenity or the stillness that night provides. Several times throughout the day I sat, trying to put my thoughts down, but was interrupted by the little voices asking to come color a picture, or help with school, or some chore that needed completion…and there went my lovely blog post. But tonight, I was able to finish my post—uncertain if anyone will be able to connect with what I’m saying…
God just wants your love. I looked at that sentence and questioned its validity. I’m one of those unlucky people who struggles with a serious illness—it’s called over-achieving. If you’re like me you know that sometimes being an over-achiever is not so great, because you constantly try and prove things to yourself by doing over what is expected. I realized this, amidst, trying to decide which nursing home to start volunteering at, which country to pick for my summer missions trip, and when to start volunteering at a nearby crisis pregnancy center. While, all of those things, are well and good, and have potentials to serve the Lord and reach out to others, I had somehow missed the point. I can try, all I want, to out-serve other people, track down every unbeliever until every last one has a tract, and solve world hunger, but if I miss the point of loving God, then it’s really all for loss. In myself, I have indeed missed the point. I’m not going to stop serving people and focus on just loving God. But I feel that while I am serving I have to strive harder to remember that God just wants my love...
You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength." Deut. 6:4-6
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