Moving

I've entered a new period of my life, a giving away of myself to the One who wants me. I took a step that may have been better to take earlier, but now it is done. I am to proceed forward, not looking back but hopefully maintaining prayer for those events that have not yet come to pass. It will be different, but as long as my eyes are focused on my Savior, all will go well.

I've said something before, and though I've thought otherwise at times, I want to reaffirm this thought: life is simple; we just make it complicated. Why is it simple? I mean, the daily, daunting prospects stampede around us, and we feel so lost and confused. Nothing seems simple, but truly, life is simple. The only thing we need to do is the right thing, and though we feel we aren't sure of "the right thing" at times, time will show what was the right thing, the plain thing that we deluded ourselves into thrusting aside. The right thing always exists. We only need to trust God and act. That's simple.

I am excited for the future and what our great God will do. Amen, no?

One Shot

"This Is Your Life" by Newsboys from In the Hands of God:

This is no the warm-up round
This is not a trial
It can't be repeated when your time is gone

This is not an infinite resource
Or the prelude to a starter course
You don't send it back if it gets done wrong

[Chorus:]
This is your life
Treat yourself right
Treat others right
Live like you know you should
This is life
Fight the good fight
Fight for what's right
Do what you know you should

Every living soul completes
A finite number of heartbeats
This is not the sum of what you're here for

Every breath you take will be exhaled
Every rising sun will fall
The measure of it all is what you live for

[Chorus]

You had a dream, but it got lost in a life of regret
The devil knows you get just one shot
You had a dream, are you still dreaming?
Or did you forget that heaven's calling for your best shot?

[Repeat Chorus 2x.]

This is but one of an album full of good songs, but it caused me to reflect--as all things should cause me to reflect--"Where am I at?" This song seems to be directed particularly to lost people, but the chorus got to me, in particular. If I am to treat others right, to treat them the way I wish to be treated, why do I pass up opportunities to expound our Christ, opportunities that have eternal consequences, not only for myself but for that person I fail to communicate with? The greatest and best way to treat someone right is to declare Christ crucified. They've only got one shot; we should provide them the best shot.

In the Hands of God is a superb album, by the way. I'm pleased with the original work as well as the perceived authenticity of the Newsboys'[s] joy and hope for the work of Christ and His gospel.

May our Father bless the work of the Newsboys to glorify Himself and to gather children back into the fold. May our Father give us the grace, the desire, and the excited ability to speak His Word, the sacrifice of the Lamb of God for the sins of this world. In His Name.