Everything

Every once in a while I get a reminder about the things in life that are actually important. I spend a lot of time on some really good things: friends, school, coffee, music, etc. I feel that they make my life enjoyable, and also often draw me into God. But they are not God. I have found that I can even spend time reading my Bible, talking about God, and singing praise songs, and be intellectually thinking about Jesus without entering in emotionally and spiritually. It is good to be reminded that good things are not the best thing. It is good to realize that intellect is only one part of knowing God. It is good to be reminded of my smallness and God's bigness. It is good to be shown that I am wrong. Truth is good. I really hope that my own thoughts and personality and biases don't get in the way of me being open to God showing me truth. I hope that I can be humble and make Him my everything. Here is a song that is wonderful:

Everything

God in my living
There in my breathing
God in my waking
God in my sleeping

God in my resting
There in my working
God in my thinking
God in my speaking

Be my everything
Be my everything
Be my everything
Be my everything

God in my hoping
There in my dreaming
God in my watching
God in my waiting

God in my laughing
There in my weeping
God in my hurting
God in my healing

Be my everything
Be my everything
Be my everything
Be my everything

Christ in me
Christ in me
Christ in me the hope of glory
You are everything

You are everything
You are everything
You are everything
You are everything


- Tim Hughes

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"The most difficult lie I have ever contended with is that life is a story about me."

Donald Miller - Blue Like Jazz