Refreshed. Relaxed. Calm. Convicted.
One word doesn’t fit, yet all describe my post-vacation state of being.
Nudges from the spirit, ignored… for the sake of “vacation”… with the excuse of needing a break.
As if God takes breaks from loving, seeing, forgiving, providing.
“Homeless
With Kids
Anything helps”
Read his sign.
Yet despite even a second chance, nothing did I give.
Or the daily opportunities, moment by moment that I missed.
Chances to shine, where instead I covered the Light.
And I see the beauty in the verse that speaks the harsh truth:
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, (Romans 3:23)
Even more gorgeous, the truth that soon follows:
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 6:23)
And that truth continues to convict yet renews my heart to pray this song:
Sometimes I think, what will people say of me
When I’m only just a memory
When I’m home where my soul belongs
Was I love, when no one else would show up
Was I Jesus to the least of those,
Was my worship more than a songI want to live like that
And give it all I have
So that everything I say and do points to you
If love is who I am, then this is where I’ll stand
Recklessly abandoned, never holding back
I want to live like thatAm I proof that You are who You say You are
That grace can really change a heart, Do I live like your love is truePeople pass and even if they don’t know my name
Is there evidence that I’ve changed
When they see me, do they see you?I want to show the world the love you gave for me
I’m longing for the world to know the glory of the KingI want to live like that
And give it all I have
So that everything I say and do points to you
If love is who I am, then this is where I’ll stand
Recklessly abandoned, never holding back
I want to live like that (“Live Like That” by Sidewalk Prophets)
And while I can’t go back and change what’s been done.
I can look forward, open heart, open hands, open mouth, saying:
I want to live like THAT.
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