Thanks for your comments, for reading, and for your prayers. They are much appreciated. Thankyou so much.

I believe the overwhelming truth is that this life is not designed to be lived for the purposes of my own human longings and desires. I have come to understand, if only slightly now, that every morning is a new opportunity to wake to a life lived for Someone much larger than any personal dream I may have had or lived for in the past. Every day I want to live in full recognition of the Spirit of God living within me, guiding me, and directing me. I want to be fully attuned to what He has to say and where it is He wants me to go and what it is He wants me to do. I believe that this is what an awakening of one’s soul genuinely looks like. To be led by the Spirit throughout every moment of every day, to engage God without hesitation, and to listen to that still, small Voice speaking and moving within every follower of Christ.

Living faithfully, truly following Christ, and trusting His Spirit to guide me throughout my day, is what is most important. Nothing else compares, and nothing else will ever be able to wake my soul from rest. Following Christ will inevitably cause us to act and react to what it is He leads us to do. For some, they will have to change. For others, they will simply have to faithfully respond.

No one follows or listens to anyone for very long who only speaks or writes. People follow and listen to those who authencically and humbly act. The only way proper action can be developed or learned, I believe, is if we first surrender to living whole heartedly for the Lord, trusting Him to guide us, and longing for nothing more than to love Him and the people around us.

I think this is what it looks like for the soul to wake up, arise, go forth, and act according to what the Lord has called us to.

I don’t know exactly what it looks like for my soul to wake up. I am just beginning to understand what it means to genuinely follow Christ, and I honestly have no idea what the Lord will do with my life. But, I long to follow Him every day, to fully surrender to His path for my life, and to journey with Him forever. So, I start with today, with the present. I wake up in the morning, and I make sure to attempt to put aside my own desires and start traveling down the path I believe the Lord has set out for me.

What do you think? What do you think it means to truly live? For your soul to come alive?

Definitely some great food for thought. I wonder though, what you think it would look like if your “soul woke up?” What changes would you/should you make? Is change the appropriate reaction even? Is it change, or proactive reaction, that we should strive for?

You know- in our little town of Boone that reality of folks who have needs abounds…They show up in the clinic- and at first it’s hard to reach out and touch them- then you do, and realize that those layers of filth, teeth falling out, decayed, and possibly multiple piercings on nose, ears and tongue- are their comforter…not exactly a fluffy down comforter, but insulation from the experience of possibly sexual abuse by a father, or growing up ignored, or poverty and shame…
I’m praying that the Lord continues to use you to move others into action…