Bridges
Bridges
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It's funny how every day we take for granted something that can have such a huge impact on our lives once it's gone. Lives have been lost (thank God it happened so late at night, otherwise many more lives would have been lost.) Traffic is worse than ever, and it will take months in order for it to get any better (Rome this bridge wasn't built in a day.)
I drove past it a few days ago, and it's so strange to see the gaping hole where the bridge once was. I started to think to myself, "how does this happen?"
How does a bridge just fall, taking lives and our comfort in an instant? How did it get to the point of disrepair (or why was it not strong enough) that a swollen river was able to take a huge portion of the bridge? I noticed that it's the same in our lives. How can we be doing fine, living life, helping others, being successful, and doing a million other (apparently) healthy activities, and suddenly have it destroyed by the first storm that comes our way?
We stop repairing the cracks.
The wear and tear of this life starts creating cracks in our lives, but we're too busy to fix them. When other people start noticing them, we assure them that "there's nothing to worry about, it's no big deal."
But sooner or later, it'll be a big deal. You won't be able to hide the cracks anymore.
We've got to do something different. We can't let our lives/heart/relationships/work/school get into this situation. We need to take a step back every now and then examine our lives, and ask the Master Builder to fill in the cracks, both seen and unseen.
"The Spirit of the Lord is with me. He has anointed me to tell the Good News to the poor. He has sent me to announce forgiveness to the prisoners of sin and the restoring of sight to the blind, to forgive those who have been shattered by sin," -- Luke 4:18
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An Untitled Psalm
God is good,
God is love,
Patient,
Powerful,
God is here.
When I wake, I want more of You;
Your words are richer than any exquisite delight,
Your loving whispers more precious than any treasure.
When I rest, I still want more of You;
Show me Your face,
Speak to me once more.
I never tire of hearing Your voice,
For it gives me new life.
Teach me, oh God,
How to follow You better;
When I fall,
Pick me up again.
You are faithful like the stars,
Always You are there.
Never will I understand Your infinity.
The Planter
Ezekiel 17:22-24 (The Message)
22-24 "'God, the Master, says, I personally will take a shoot from the top of the towering cedar, a cutting from the crown of the tree, and plant it on a high and towering mountain, on the high mountain of Israel. It will grow, putting out branches and fruit—a majestic cedar. Birds of every sort and kind will live under it. They'll build nests in the shade of its branches. All the trees of the field will recognize that I, God, made the great tree small and the small tree great, made the green tree turn dry and the dry tree sprout green branches. I, God, said it—and I did it.'"
I was doing my devotional at Vanguardia today, and I was just talking to God, and telling Him and I didn't understand His plan. God took me from Canada, for whatever reason, to Bucerias. He then had me live there for almost 6 years exactly, only to send me to Tepic to a 100% Spanish school for Christian leaders.
WHY? Why God, why did you send me here? I mean, I know You have a plan, but still, this makes no sense. Why am I seperated from my family? Why do I need to go to this Spanish school when there are so many good English ones? Why?
Don't get me wrong God, I trust You 100%, because of You, my life has a purpose far greater than I could have ever imagined. Because of You, I've experience a quality of life that many people spend their entire lives searching for. And I am SO thankful for it! Actually, just let me stop for a second to say thanks again, I really am glad You're here with me. But still, what's up with this? Why Tepic? Why Mexico? Why me? I just don't understand.
So after this one-sided dialogue, I let God speak to me. I randomly opened my Bible to Ezekiel 17, and the first part starts out pretty intense, and weird. It talks about this big eagle, and this tip of a cedar that turns into a vine. Not quite what I was looking for!! But then I got to verse 22. It took me a second to get past the image of a giant eagle breaking off the top of a pine tree (I don't know why, but when it said cedar, I read pine,) but then I got it.
Ohhhhh.
So, you took me from that comfy tree (let's call it Canada. Or Bucerias. Or home. Or family.) But You say you have a purpose? Well, that's better I guess. You want to use me as a refuge for people who have no where to go? You want me to give shade to people weary from being in the desert? I guess I can do that, it actually sounds really rewarding. But I have to be here? I couldn't do that in Canada? That doesn't make quite as much sense, but you're The Planter, not me. I'm just the small shoot, I'm not the Planter who has a perfect spot for me, so I guess trusting You makes a lot more sense than not trusting You.
Thank you God, I really hope to hear from You soon, I think I could get used to hearing from You everyday.
Heading out soon!
I'm heading off to Tepic in less than 72 hours! I'm nervous, scared, excited - but mostly excited. I'll be up there for 9 months, learning about God, and how to serve HIM! I'll still be on my blog, but probably not as much as I used to be, however I will try to blog about my day to day life more than I have been.
In other news, I like taking apart keyboards!! One Way by ~lazermoose on deviantART
Pray for me, keep talking to me, email me! I love emails 
Love,
Zac