Rescue Me

What are you living for?

Is it school? A career? A sport? Your boyfriend or spouse? Money? Your kids? Starbucks coffee in the morning?

We see these picture perfect lives on television and in movies and we get lost in them, we put ourselves in their shoes. And when we walk away, whether you want to admit or not, we all strive to be like them. But what about your own story?

In all reality, are we going to get to take any of our worldly things with us when we die? No. The real answer is no. Even if you're not a Christian, all the things that you accumulate in this world will stay here when you go, and then someone else will have to take care of it all. 

Tomorrow is not promised, so why do we spend so much time worrying about it when we should be preparing for eternity?

Recently Matthew and I were blessed with a good amount of money. When I was driving to go deposit the check, right when I pulled into the bank, there was a woman with her child standing on the corner. She had a sign that said, "Mom with 2 children..." (That's all I could really read while driving.) I took it as a test. I felt like God was saying to me, "I blessed you with this money, now what are you willing to do with it?" When I pulled up to the bank, I knew what I had to do. So I deposited some and took some out for her. When I drove out, she was gone. I drove around for a while looking for her but I couldn't seem to spot her anywhere. I think it was still a test of where my heart was. And the money was not wasted.

I don't want my possessions to own me. I don't want to live for "things." I want to live for something that makes me grateful and thankful every single day that I wake up, no matter where I live. If I had to live in a car, I would want to strive to still be thankful because there's someone out there who has to sleep in the cold under a bridge. Or the men and women who are overseas who are afraid to sleep at all in fear for their lives every day, fighting for us to be able to have our warm beds in our warm houses. I know it sounds cliche' but please don't ever forget the reason for the season. Jesus. Be thankful for your life.

When you're really living for God it changes everything. It changes your values, your mindset, your priorities, it changes you. And it should.

So again I ask you, what are you living for? Is it something your soul can take with you when you die?


"Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver." -2 Corinthians 9:7


xoxo