Bomb DOT Com

This is the first day that I haven't thought about how many days until I go to Thailand. Well, until this moment I haven't thought about it. It is so close.


We have to prepare a devotional that we're giving to the team on the trip. Paul, my pastor, suggested that we think about what God has been teaching us and go from there. I haven't thought about this devotional until today, when Meagan, a friend going on the trip with me, mentioned it to me.


Last February, I decided to go on this Thailand trip with my friend, Jenna. She wasn't able to go, but we made a decision that we were going to try and do crazy things for God. I feel like I did that in 2012. I was in N. Ireland for a month. God brought the right amount of money to get me fully funded for that in the nick of time. The Thailand trip got moved from November to January. God knew that I needed to be done with college before I left; it's all his perfect timing.


I sat and listened this morning to a wise woman speaking about how we know the Bible to be true. A lot of my perspective on this has come from knowing that it was inspired by God. But she had us look at it from a different angle. She was saying that it all comes back to Jesus.

I don't know about you, but I LOVE talking about Jesus. Last year, around this time, Jesus became so real to me. Not that he hadn't been before, but it just changed. He wasn't just God's son, he is God, that put aside "his garments of glory, for the clothes of a baby (lyrics by Dana Kirkland)." I love that imagery. Jesus, the God of the Universe. The Creator of all things. The Son of God. The King of Kings. The Lord of Lords. Immanuel. My precious Jesus, set aside his Kingship for a few years, just to be with us on earth. It just gives me the chills every time I think about it. But I digress.

To me, that's what it should always come back to...Jesus. He is our source. He is our Savior. Jesus is different than all of the world. He makes the gospel and everything about it unique, beautiful and relate-able. Every day, we need to come back to Jesus. It says in His word that his mercies are new every morning. But we have to choose to follow him. That's why it says, "pick up your cross and follow me." Jesus said that. If he said it, then I'm doin it, no matter what. Jesus is the bomb dot com!!