Loving God when you don't feel like it.

I actually stole the title of this blog from Jeff Deyo's sermon today in chapel...but it really made me think...
I was talking to my friend one day about how a certain artist always repeated themselves over and over again and I didn't like them because of it. He was obviously joking but he's like, "Well, you're going to get bored in Heaven because all they sing is holy, holy, holy!" This never struck me as profound until today...how bored do we as Christians get if we get stuck in routine...praying, reading our Bible, going to church, repeat...it just seems like a continuous loop sometimes...but the problem with this is that God isn't a boring guy...He is exciting and always wanting to show us new things, but we have to be willing to let Him. God isn't willing to take you unless you're willing to go.

Forgiveness

My roommates and I were talking about our backgrounds today, trying to get to know each other and one of my roommates started talking about how she got saved. She said that she kissed someone else's boyfriend at a party and instead of getting mad and beating her up, she told her that in order to make it up to her, she'd have to come to church with her. What an awesome example of forgiveness. Instead of getting mad at her for doing something that was obviously wrong, she loved on this girl and cared about her well-being. This really made me think about how I would react to that kind of situation if I were in the girl's shoes finding out my boyfriend kissed another girl at a party. I honestly would be really mad at both of them for a long time and it would be hard for me to forgive them, especially the way this girl did. The last thing I would want to do was talk to her or him for that matter. But if a girl who was still in high school can show God's unconditional love to a girl who hurt her, why can't I?

Change...

Change is a difficult thing to cope with...but if there's one thing that I can find comfort in is the verse Phillipians 4:13,

"I can do all this through him who gives me strength."

...that's right, ALL things...not just what I think that I'm capable of...whether or not I feel insignificant, insecure, like I'm being ignored, not good enough, afraid of change or what will happen in 10 years, I am reminded that God is with me every step of the way and He will equip me to do what I'm called to do, whether or not I feel like I'm good enough...sometimes it's just the first step that needs to be taken, God will take care of the rest.