The Great Taker of Things

Sometimes I feel like this is exactly how we view God. Like as soon as we want to have God do something in our lives, He sends the Holy Spirit to come snatch up all the things that we want in our lives, and takes all of our hopes and dreams and then we're just gonna be left with Us and God. Which as good little Christians, we will tell ourselves that we are fine with that, but deep down we aren't really. Cause what is left of ME if you take all of my hopes, dreams, and desires. To answer, probably not a lot, at least not a lot that you want to be involved with anyways.

But God is not The Great Taker of Things, He's the giver of all things. You need hope, love, joy, some peace maybe. He's constantly pouring out all of these things. Not like He's a giant vending machine, send up a prayer and a gift comes down. You don't have to do anything really to have Him shower you with these things. These are all Bi products of Him loving you and being your Daddy. Your Daddy loves you, and wants to shower you with praise and with Gifts. He absolutely LOVES it when you come and talk to Him, spend time with Him, and out of spending time with the creator of these Gifts, they just flow out from Him, and onto you. You can't help but having Joy, Peace, Love, and Hope whenever you have a genuine relationship with Him.

Its the same as when you spend time with someone who has Genuine Love for you. That Love transmits over to you, making you feel better about yourself, pulling you out of the gutter. As I grow in my Relationship with Christ, I learn either from Him, or from those who also listen to Him in my life, that living genuinely and positively impacts you and those around you in ways you can't even imagine.

So go out and love someone, Love yourself, Love your Creator, and out of your love for Him, Live your Life.