YOU are

too forgiving

too loving

too merciful

too graceful

too strong

too wonderful

too caring

too awesome

too patient

and I thank YOU.

Life is awesome.

God is good.  Like always.

I feel like I've woken up from a deep sleep.

A sleep of complacency.  And now it's time to do something.

The most you can do when you're asleep, is dream, with the occasional sleep-walk and sleep-talk, oh and the ever so rare, but hilarious sleep-fart/pee.  

While living in a dream for most of my life, I've sat idly, dreaming things would get done, dreaming things would change, dreaming things would be different.  But I'm through with dreaming.

I used to think that just playing church was good enough.  I used to think that thinking "someone else will do it" was good enough.  I used to think that "it'll happen sooner or later" was good enough.

Forget that.

Realizing just how much God gave for me and realizing that His motive for all that He does, is love, is my motivation

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Paul likens our life to "running a race".

And he tells us that we should run the race in such a manner that we will win the prize. 

The last time I checked, you cannot run a race if you are sleeping.  It's physically impossible.  You may dream you are running, but in reality, you are still there, doing nothing.  

So, my goal now is to run my heart out (<-- yes, lame figure of speech) for Him, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

I'm totally stoked to run in such a way that will bring God glory.

I'm completely satisfied in knowing that I will be running on His strength.

I'm absolutely speechless at His love* for me.

It's crazy.

*Romans 8:38-39