Day Two What's up What's Up

“Hey unloving, I will love you.”
And this is what I had to say today to our kids:
“So let me get this straight…God did all of this…on his own? Nobody helped him? No!? That’s crazy talk. He has to be pretty powerful to do that, huh? Can any of you do that...I don’t think so. Last night, at fire circle, we talked about a director being the one who calls the shots for a movie or for a play. He is the guy who tells people when to come in and he is the one who yells, “ACTION.” If there weren’t someone to tell people when to come in and when to say their line, do you think that things would work out like they should? No, because they have no direction. They do not know where to go. God is our director. He created all things and everything in this earth. He knew exactly how to make things. He made everything at just the right point and in a specific way for a reason. He knows what is best for all of us and which way to put us into direction. God knows all about each and everyone of you. Did you know that he even knows how many hairs are on your head? That’s a pretty cool thing. And because he knows us so well, he wants us to follow his way because he does have a life for us to follow.”
Funny how what we teach the kids is also so hard for us. Funny how God has this life in his hands. Funny how God did so much to perfect this world, this earth, just so we could even graze it with our presence. Did God need us here? Nope, but he wanted us here. Did he need any wildlife here? Nope, but that’s what he wanted. He could have created this earth so nothing would ever survive, but every little thing he did was to keep us all alive. He built this earth so that we may live, so that he might have a relationship with us. And could he have let all of us die and suffer…yes…but did he? No. He wanted us so bad. He wanted a relationship so bad that he let his own son die in our place. Who are we to say that God has no rule over our lives? Who are we to say that we are bigger than him? Who are we to say, yeah, I can take this on my own…we are nothing compared to God. He is the biggest and greatest and we must only become smaller and smaller. He did this all for us. He does not need us at all. He could get along just fine without us. Yet, we still act like we are all that. We still act like we got all of this. We still act like we are so much bigger and that he will never be able to go on. Reality check, we’re not. Quit trying to do this thing on your own. When he says, “Go,” then go. It is time for us to get over ourselves and to just submit. God is in control and he has everything in the palm of his hands, so we just need to do it. We can trust him, he obviously wants us here or he wouldn’t have done all the things that he has done to keep us here. He loved us first.
And lastly, I have started to understand Jesus more since I have been here. As I was working today, the song “Some Will Seek Forgiveness” came on and I saw a great vision of Jesus Christ. As I was listening to it, I thought of all these things that we put on ourselves. All these names, all these labels, all these things that we think that we are, but the truth of it is, we are something completely different in his eyes. We do not have to be the person we hate so much. He wants to guide us, he wants to lead us, and he wants to fill us up with his love. He wants to fill us up with all the things that we find ourselves inadequate in and wants that to change our lives. In Him, we are beautiful. In Him, we got this. In Him, we are so much more than without him.