Jesus Your Love Has No Bounds

This week has been really weird for me ...
I felt very disconnected and I knew what was keeping me from full connection but I didn't do anything about it. I just kept fueling the fire for anything but Christ.
Yesterday I had a realization that Christ has to be number one, no matter what ever else is happening in my life if I neglect Jesus it will not be good for me.

I have been talking to a few of my closest friends who are struggling with relationships or lack there of. Sometimes it can feel like everyone is getting hitched, especially as we get up into our later college years. Society focuses so much on relationships and marriage it can be very discouraging. If you turn on a TV, go online, or flip through a magazine or newspaper you see many things trying to find you your "soul mate." Clever slogans and campaigns, "Wanna know if he's the one for you!?," "I found my soul mate on E-Harmony!!" "Meet local singles in your area today!" etc etc etc.

People focus so much on finding their "soul mate" that they forget to find themselves. I have spent time in my life attempting to find something that'll "complete" me on that physical human relationship level. Have we ever thought about the fact that we complete ourselves? That we are incredible people put on this earth by God to bring great joy to others... not just one other. A lot of times when you get into a relationship, or whatever it is, you focus only on that person -- you forget about others, yourself, God. Then you realize where you are and what has happened after you wake up... IF you wake up. Love is great and relationships can be fantastic, but they -- like everything else in this world, can be done the wrong way. It's a matter of finding you, and focusing on you and God. Not being self-centered, but being God centered. If you are God centered the rest will fall into place. It's about God, it's not about that person... when they say "His will be done" they aren't talking about John, or Jerome or Jenny's will -- they are talking about God's will.
Maybe God did intend some of us to be single forever and maybe that is okay. Maybe God did intend for some of us to find someone to marry and maybe that is okay too.

Maybe whether you eat, or drink, or marry, or stay single, or go workout at the SAC, or work on homework at the U-cup, or stay at home with your kids, or recycle a newspaper, or throw up from food poisoning ... maybe whatever you do, you should do EVERYTHING for the glory of God.

Amen.