I believe God made me for a purpose, but He also made me fast, and when I run, I feel His pleasure.
I love this quote from Chariots of Fire.
Really makes me think what is it that I do that when I do it, I feel God's pleasure?
Off the top of my head, I can't really think of anything. I can feel my own pleasure, but is that the same difference? I believe God takes joy in our joy.
The only thing that I feel I can say I feel an intense otherworldly joy is by encouraging people. I love the SOS Encouragement Box. I believe one should exist for every class period at school. I love sending people encouragement through emails or even facebook messages. I feel a very frightening joy from that because while I do it, I know I do it because I feel a very profound sadness that I am trying to counter. The strong and confident don't need encouragement. THe weak, broken and struggling definitely do. It is necessary and I'm glad to do it. Eager.
This was really inspiring to me. I used to write people notes of encouragement way more often than I do now, and I stopped for the wrong reasons. I was reminded of one of my absolute favorite mini passages, 2 Corinthians 1:3-7. It's so special to me and I'm glad to be able to strive towards it again. Good to hear that someone else is, too! I love you so much, Felicia!
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