Live Life

How do I feel about blogging? I'm not sure. I wish I could change the font choices because I feel the ones listed are too bloggerish, but other than that I think this is going to be a wonderful adventure. That's is what my life is -- an adventure. The best part is that it's not my adventure. I'm simply along for the glorious ride.  Lately, the Lord and I have been on a journey discovering (well me discovering and Him teaching) what it means to live life.  It has been awesome (which by the way, I only use the term awesome to describe the things of God, because let's face it, He is the only one who can make us truly stand in awe.  If things of this world or people in this world make you stand in awe by their own strength, well, this is completely judgmental and I'm sorry, but you need to get a life and experience the wonder of the Lord...I'm just sayin'...).  You may be thinking, "Laurlee, really? Live life? Everyone lives life." No, I mean really live life -- by faith.  The world is telling me I have to "do life" (that word do makes it feel more like a chore than an adventure) in a certain way, but you know what Jesus says, "...One thing you still lack; sell all that you possess and distribute it to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven; and COME, FOLLOW ME." Luke 18:22  Come and follow me, Jesus says. I used to think that that statement was not applicable to my life because Jesus is not physically on earth to follow any more, but boy, was I wrong. That statement is just as literal to me today as it was to Jesus then. I can choose to do life as the world tells me is appropriate for success -- undergrad, masters, a possible Ph.D, job, marriage, kids -- or I can choose to live life  by faith, following Jesus, on His adventure... "If it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served which were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD." Joshua 24:15  I'm not sure where my life will take me. There are plenty of place I can see myself going on this adventure -- some with degrees and some without any necessary -- but one thing I know for sure: I will choose to serve the Lord and live by faith. Will you join me on the journey? Take the adventure with me and Jesus? Lets rediscover what it means to live by faith! It will be awesome!
On HIS adventure <3
Laurlee


P.S. That's why my Mimi calls me and I just thought it sounded like the name of an adventurer :)