I want to challenge all of us to start taking those risks in life, to stop living in a place of dreaming for things that once were or things you long to happen but to step into each day with this quote in mind, that its not about just getting by in our lives, just breathing, but that its about experiencing those moments where it seems hard to understand the grace and love of God because both are so overwhelming. Its about saying yes to things that might seem crazy to us, but taking those risks because they really are the things that we will remember in our lives.
I know recently many of us have experienced such massive changes in our lives, this year will be marked with that moment that took our breath away, the moment I stepped onto the soil in Taiwan and thought to myself wow, I am home, and with that thought my breath was captured by the amazing goodness of our God, to allow me to live a dream that I have long desired... but I don't want that to be the only moment I have like that in this year, I want to have a series of these moments, because that is the incredible God we have, a God that never ceases, a God that loves surprises, a God that LOVES to give. It has looked differently for each of us, but what I challenge with you today is to live in today, to live in the now, EXPECTING for one of those moments, that they would become what is common, and not the opposite.
For those days that you feel alone, or the days where you desire more, or long for that next thing, STOP- breath ask God for one of those moments, because that is what we should be striving for, the future of the Kingdom, for God's kingdom, living in a way that is to glorify him. Living in a way that not only takes our own breath away, but gives life to those that need more of HIM in their lives whether that is encouragement, salvation, love, etc. He is enough, Christ is absolutely enough, He is.
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the number of moments that take our breath away." -Unknown
