Significant Insignificance.
When will we learn? When we crash to the floor, when our lives come sinking down around us, when we look down at our feet and see the broken pieces of what we held so dear? When will we see that life is a sweet and beautiful adventure, a singular experience that only we, humanity get to enjoy? God didn't give the angels life, suffering, happiness, peace, joy or tears. He gave us this gift. Until we learn that is in fact what this beauty is, we wont be able to stop and see the things around us for what they are, gift from On High. Gifts of love bestowed by a Savior who loves you so much He died for you, and for me. Its a Heavenly bunch of roses delivered straight to your door from a God who wants nothing more than the singular love of her heart. How much more do we want to see?
Its hard to see sometimes. Louie Giglio preached a sermon titled Significant Insignificance, in which he spoke of the smallness of us and the vastness of God. I'm currently reading his book 'I am not, but I know I AM' in my quiet time. In this Louie speaks about recognizing your insignificance in the world, embracing it and turning around and recognizing that God, in His glorious infiniteness knows YOUR name and loves YOU more than anything else in His creation. Think about it. You are one person in a world that contains 6,637,596,918 as of August 2 at 4:30pm. One in 6,637,596,918. Feel small yet? You should. Your life, is a blip on the eternal timeline. Billions came before you, billions will come after you. You are ONE of 6,637,596,918. To use an expression of Matts, Its like an Ant trying to fathom Mount Rushmore. A grain of sand in the vastness of Mount Everest. A single snowflake on the continent of Antarctica. Small. Very VERY small. And yet, there was this guy named Jesus who came, who said, before the world was, I AM, who said, before you were born I held you in my hands and loved you. This guy, He came down from the paradise of Heaven and died for the sole purpose that YOU would know just HOW MUCH HE LOVES YOU. Women of the world, would you give your child up to be slain for another? I'm no mother yet, but I cannot even imagine giving up one of my baby brothers for ANYONE. Jeremy is 19 and Jordan is 13, I've been at their sides for the entirety of their lives, seen them fall on their face and watched them at the heights of their triumphs. I've seen two beautiful baby boys grow into handsome, strong, intelligent and Christ following men. I wouldn't give them up for the world, sure I want to smack them around every once in a while, but at the end of the day, I couldn't be more proud of them, both of them. To think that one day they will die makes me sick to my stomach. To imagine giving one of them to be killed for someone I don't know, I cant even imagine. God gave up His ONE and ONLY Son for you and I. For every one of the 6,637,596,918+ people on the planet. Past, present and future.
Is it hard to accept? Sure. Think about the implications. You and I are only 2 of the 6,637,596,918 that reside on the planet right now. I don't know about you, but I want my life to be bigger than that. I want to show the world the power that I have, the abilities that I have, the gifts that I have. I, like everyone else on the planet want my life to matter. To change things. I don't know about you, but I was born a rebel. I learned to walk before most kids got the hang of crawling, I learned to read shortly after I learned to talk, it was weird enough that my mom thought something was wrong with me. (She was right, but that's another post :-P) I began my life as a world shaker. I presently am part of several groups that are looking to transform the world. I'm active politically, I'm active in conservation efforts, I'm most active currently in the areas of Human rights, especially pertaining to Africa. The way I see it, I was blessed to come into the world healthy and into a gorgeous and financially well off family. Now its time for me to give back. Not everyone was as privileged as me. I went to private school, my schooling alone could have built 25 church's and 15 homes in Uganda, and I was only there for 4 years. God blessed me with so much, and His commission has called of me all that I have. When I get out of school you best believe this little girl and her camera are going to the most remote and dangerous parts of the world. Why? Because in the end, Its not for us, Its all for HIM. I have been called in my life to change things, to give a face to those who have no face, to be the voice where there is only silence. God has gifted me with an ability to write things that move peoples hearts, and to capture things with my camera that stir hearts and change perspectives. I recognize, as hard as it is that my life, in the grand scheme of the universe, matters very VERY little. God though, He BREATHED the universe into existence, the universe by its very nature is expanding in all directions zillions of miles per second, forever. Miles, yards, meters, these don't even cover pieces of the sky, astronomers have to use light years, that's who fast light travels in 365 Earth days, and even that doesn't even come close to measuring anything. All of this constant and neverending expansion and God BREATHED IT OUT OF HIS MOUTH! How HUGE does He have to be to look out and blow and that is the universe?! You and I are a speck in creation. Yet God has entrusted us with this Planet. A fragile balance that if thrown off, only by a speck would completely self destruct. And those 6,637,596,918+ people on the planet? They're our responsibility. God has given us what's called 'The Great commission' in which He calls us to go forth and spread His word. To love thy neighbor as you love yourself. To speak for those without a voice, to show that person who has no hope left that there is something so brilliant as God who in His infinite power came and said, 'To you, my child I give ALL My love.' And the only thing He asks in return for all of this? That we simply love Him. Look around you, look at all you have. Look at the trees, the birds, the sky, the sun, all were put into place so that you would use them. They are a gift from an omniscient, Omnipotent God who loves you above all that He has created.
What does that come down to? That you may be 1 of 6,637,596,918; but to the Guy who created EVERYTHING you are a face, a name, the most precious of treasures. Highly prized. Loved for all that you are, an not what you are not.....
Its hard to see sometimes. Louie Giglio preached a sermon titled Significant Insignificance, in which he spoke of the smallness of us and the vastness of God. I'm currently reading his book 'I am not, but I know I AM' in my quiet time. In this Louie speaks about recognizing your insignificance in the world, embracing it and turning around and recognizing that God, in His glorious infiniteness knows YOUR name and loves YOU more than anything else in His creation. Think about it. You are one person in a world that contains 6,637,596,918 as of August 2 at 4:30pm. One in 6,637,596,918. Feel small yet? You should. Your life, is a blip on the eternal timeline. Billions came before you, billions will come after you. You are ONE of 6,637,596,918. To use an expression of Matts, Its like an Ant trying to fathom Mount Rushmore. A grain of sand in the vastness of Mount Everest. A single snowflake on the continent of Antarctica. Small. Very VERY small. And yet, there was this guy named Jesus who came, who said, before the world was, I AM, who said, before you were born I held you in my hands and loved you. This guy, He came down from the paradise of Heaven and died for the sole purpose that YOU would know just HOW MUCH HE LOVES YOU. Women of the world, would you give your child up to be slain for another? I'm no mother yet, but I cannot even imagine giving up one of my baby brothers for ANYONE. Jeremy is 19 and Jordan is 13, I've been at their sides for the entirety of their lives, seen them fall on their face and watched them at the heights of their triumphs. I've seen two beautiful baby boys grow into handsome, strong, intelligent and Christ following men. I wouldn't give them up for the world, sure I want to smack them around every once in a while, but at the end of the day, I couldn't be more proud of them, both of them. To think that one day they will die makes me sick to my stomach. To imagine giving one of them to be killed for someone I don't know, I cant even imagine. God gave up His ONE and ONLY Son for you and I. For every one of the 6,637,596,918+ people on the planet. Past, present and future.
Is it hard to accept? Sure. Think about the implications. You and I are only 2 of the 6,637,596,918 that reside on the planet right now. I don't know about you, but I want my life to be bigger than that. I want to show the world the power that I have, the abilities that I have, the gifts that I have. I, like everyone else on the planet want my life to matter. To change things. I don't know about you, but I was born a rebel. I learned to walk before most kids got the hang of crawling, I learned to read shortly after I learned to talk, it was weird enough that my mom thought something was wrong with me. (She was right, but that's another post :-P) I began my life as a world shaker. I presently am part of several groups that are looking to transform the world. I'm active politically, I'm active in conservation efforts, I'm most active currently in the areas of Human rights, especially pertaining to Africa. The way I see it, I was blessed to come into the world healthy and into a gorgeous and financially well off family. Now its time for me to give back. Not everyone was as privileged as me. I went to private school, my schooling alone could have built 25 church's and 15 homes in Uganda, and I was only there for 4 years. God blessed me with so much, and His commission has called of me all that I have. When I get out of school you best believe this little girl and her camera are going to the most remote and dangerous parts of the world. Why? Because in the end, Its not for us, Its all for HIM. I have been called in my life to change things, to give a face to those who have no face, to be the voice where there is only silence. God has gifted me with an ability to write things that move peoples hearts, and to capture things with my camera that stir hearts and change perspectives. I recognize, as hard as it is that my life, in the grand scheme of the universe, matters very VERY little. God though, He BREATHED the universe into existence, the universe by its very nature is expanding in all directions zillions of miles per second, forever. Miles, yards, meters, these don't even cover pieces of the sky, astronomers have to use light years, that's who fast light travels in 365 Earth days, and even that doesn't even come close to measuring anything. All of this constant and neverending expansion and God BREATHED IT OUT OF HIS MOUTH! How HUGE does He have to be to look out and blow and that is the universe?! You and I are a speck in creation. Yet God has entrusted us with this Planet. A fragile balance that if thrown off, only by a speck would completely self destruct. And those 6,637,596,918+ people on the planet? They're our responsibility. God has given us what's called 'The Great commission' in which He calls us to go forth and spread His word. To love thy neighbor as you love yourself. To speak for those without a voice, to show that person who has no hope left that there is something so brilliant as God who in His infinite power came and said, 'To you, my child I give ALL My love.' And the only thing He asks in return for all of this? That we simply love Him. Look around you, look at all you have. Look at the trees, the birds, the sky, the sun, all were put into place so that you would use them. They are a gift from an omniscient, Omnipotent God who loves you above all that He has created.
What does that come down to? That you may be 1 of 6,637,596,918; but to the Guy who created EVERYTHING you are a face, a name, the most precious of treasures. Highly prized. Loved for all that you are, an not what you are not.....
The cross before me the world behind
No turning back, raise the banner high
Its not for me, its all for You
Let the heavens shake and split the sky
Let the people clap their hands and cry
Its not for us, its all for You
Not to us, but to Your Name be the glory
Not to us, but to Your Name be the glory
Our hearts unfold before Your throne
The only place for those who know
Its not for us, Its all for You
Send Your holy fire on this offering
Let our worship burn for the world to see
Its not for us, its all for You
The earth is shaking, the mountains shouting
Its all for You
The waves are crashing, the sun is raging
Its all for You
The universe spinning and singing
Its all for You
The children dancing, dancing, dancing
Its all for You, its all for You
My all for You
Not to us, but to Your Name be the glory
My all for You
Not to us, but to Your Name be the glory
My all for You
Not to us, but to Your Name be the glory
No turning back, raise the banner high
Its not for me, its all for You
Let the heavens shake and split the sky
Let the people clap their hands and cry
Its not for us, its all for You
Not to us, but to Your Name be the glory
Not to us, but to Your Name be the glory
Our hearts unfold before Your throne
The only place for those who know
Its not for us, Its all for You
Send Your holy fire on this offering
Let our worship burn for the world to see
Its not for us, its all for You
The earth is shaking, the mountains shouting
Its all for You
The waves are crashing, the sun is raging
Its all for You
The universe spinning and singing
Its all for You
The children dancing, dancing, dancing
Its all for You, its all for You
My all for You
Not to us, but to Your Name be the glory
My all for You
Not to us, but to Your Name be the glory
My all for You
Not to us, but to Your Name be the glory
posted by Jamie | 3:26 PM
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Good grief.... You go girl!
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