Solution.

I seem to have been thinking and talking about myself a lot this past month; about my drama, about my issues, about my world, about my future. Considering the fact that there are about 6 billion other people on this planet, I sure do use the word "I" an awful lot.

But it's funny how easy it is to become wrapped up in my own happiness. I understand now what God meant when he told us that the heart is deceitful above all things. We're created with a purpose, and that purpose is to make much of God. We're created to worship and bring fame to God's glory...in fact our joy will never reach its full potential unless that's our life ambition.

I fell into Satan's lie that a person can make me happy, that a relationship has the capacity to bring joy to my life. It took a lot of pain and a lot of God stripping idols from my life to get back to where I should be. I forgot why I'm here, why I'm alive. I have breath so I can sing to the Lord. I have feet so I can go into the world. I have hands so I can serve the needy.

There's a song by Hillsong United called "Solution" and it says, "It is not a human right to stare and not fight while broken nations dream." That song reminded me of what I had forgotten over the past few months. As a Christian, I have been called to bring glory to Christ's name by taking Him to the world, because He is the solution.

So I'm applying to spend next semester in Uganda. And I haven't been this excited about anything in a very, very long time :)