Living For God Right Here, Right Now

"Our calling is to please Him-- to wake up every morning saying, "Yes, Lord," then to live throughout the day to discover His questions."
I don't know about y'all but I think this is an absolutely genius statement. One that never crosses most people's minds. When Christians hear someone say they received a calling from God, they automatically think God told the person that they're gonna be a pastor of some sort or go on the mission field in some far away country. This quote is specifically talking about everyday callings. He calls us to maybe hold the door open for someone, or to ask someone if there is anything they need prayer for.
I do think that Christians in America as a whole have quenched the fire of God, burying it under all of our lives and our schedules and everything else. We've gotten so caught up in our schedules and being here at this time and there at that time that we've forgotten how Christ really lived His life. If we claim to be followers of Christ then we need to actually follow Christ! He lived as a nomad with no where to truly call home. He went from place to place, stopping to help each person in need. And you know what? He didn't just do it because he was God's son and that's what he's supposed to do; He did it because he felt compassion toward them! He loved each of them! Even the ones that he didn't spend much time with. It would pain Him if they were hurting and it should pain us too.
Just think about how different the world would be right now if our hearts broke for what Christ's heart broke for. God's love is so much greater than ours. If we showed just a tenth of the love that Jesus showed, our schools, our neighborhoods, and our cities would be different. And if we have people around the world with this same attitude to be like Christ then we could make a difference.
It is guaranteed that people will notice you if you live like Christ. Some people followed Jesus to hear him speak and teach and to be healed and some people followed him to try to prove him wrong or kill him. The same will happen to you. There will always be people watching you trying to trip you up.
Every time that something comes to mind that isn't something that would glorify God, we have to say no. For me a big struggle is gossiping. I know I'd get a lot of girls agreeing with me haha. If you have nothing to say to someone except gossip then you probably should just not talk at that moment. I've had to do that a lot lately. God puts people in your life for you to encourage them and for them to encourage you and for you both to have a mutual friendship that glorifies God and if that turns into anything that doesn't accomplish that then it's not how God planned for it to be.

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Well I started this blog because my friend basically forced me to. So for all you lovely people who stumble upon this absolutely beautiful work of art aka my blog, I thank you for taking a couple minutes out of your day to read the completely awesome blog of a young 17 year old girl who simply loves her Heavenly Father and wants to show you what He's shown me about Himself and His wonderful creations. I really don't know what else to say sooo hopefully I'll write again soon so y'all can bask in the greatness of Jesus!