A land remains to be discovered

Today at church I weeped. I weeped for joy and awe at the land that still remains. Pastor Terry discussed Joshua 13 and how Joshua, yet old and accomplished, still had much to discover. Here he got to enter the land flowing with milk and honey after wandering in the desert for 40 years, but there was so much land still to take! It never ends..our lives on this earth. The day we stop dreaming, hoping, discovering, sharing, giving..well, then it’s the day we die. God has such treasures for us to discover and to share with others in our lives, and he never wants us to stop. We can never STOP sharing. This world is empty and hopeless! It needs Jesus. It needs hope! It needs love, and it’s aching for arms to be wrapped around it with GOD.

This is where my dear Tatum comes in. She was given to me as a gift, and it is my duty to invest in her. I also have so much to give back to others in the form of sharing His love that has been bestowed upon me. It’s hard to keep God’s Love a secret when it has been lavished upon me and CAN BE lavished upon them if just accepted. Also, as I invest in her, she shines the love of Jesus in her actions. And she does.

I love hearing her sing. She sings praises to the Lord in her music, and she doesn’t even fully understand (nor do we) how much HE loves her! Yet, she praises him. Isn’t that the childlike faith that Jesus talks about? She’s the first one to share her instrument in her church class. She’s the first one to give a hug if one is hurting. THIS IS HOW WE SHARE HIS LOVE! Aiyana and Taina (her gymnastic coaches) tell me that she is an old soul who observes and thinks. She has the heart of Jesus, and seeing this makes me realize that she is adding on to the land that still remains; the untouched land where Jesus can still reside.

Paul even discusses how we plant (others may water) but our job is to at least go around and plant seeds of Jesus love in other’s hearts.

Each and every day, I do feel that tension where I want to just let things sit, rest in my laurels,

and chill. Then the other side of me has to make sure I’m not quitting! I take the time to be extra kind to others, to share the Love of Christ, to invest in Tatum’s heart and on it goes. So, WE (Tatum and I) choose to keep climbing and striving, (but not in our strength but His) to discover new territory (friends, acquaintances) to share the love of Christ, to pray for them, to learn more about this lost world.