If…then

In logic, a conditional is a compound statement formed by combining two sentences (or facts) using the words "if ... then."   A conditional can also be called an implication.

If God is real…then 

WHAT?

What is the implication of the very existence of God in your life?  If you were able to open your eyes every morning and place your bare feet on the cold hard floor with certainty in your heart that God was as real as your morning breath, how would that change your life?  The bible says that Faith is the belief in that which we cannot see, but what if you were able to take faith to the next step?  What IF you opened your mind to the reality that you are dirt that has been kissed by heaven, a handiwork woven by the divine himself in your mother's womb?  How would that impact your story?  Maybe it would become your story.

When I was little just 5 or 6 years old I would tell everyone I met about Jesus.  I would tell them of his great love.  How he welcomes the little children to his lap offering a loving embrace.  I would proclaim the importance of salvation and urge all of them to join me in following His ways.  My mom literally couldn't keep a bible in our house because I would give them all away.  I distinctly remember one of these interactions with a little boy that lived next door to us.  Our little chubby child hands holding each other swinging on my backyard play-set  hearts open and spirit willing.  

How life has gotten in the way.  How satan's lies and whispers have stopped my open heart and willing spirit.  Louder and louder I hear, WHO ARE YOU?  So much that those lies have drowned out the message of love and welcoming embrace found in Jesus. Somewhere along the way satan tricked me into believing that I needed to hide and most importantly I needed to take my message of Jesus with me.  WHO ARE YOU?  

I will tell you.  I am a sinner.  I am broken.  I fail often and I fail BIG.  When I stumble I flat out fall.  Collide.  Collapse.  

But that is the shadow.  That is the lie.  The very broken nature of this gorgeous earth we all share.  The truth is that through the craziest plan ever I am chosen.  I am redeemed.  I am beautiful.  I am perfectly whole.  I am welcomed.  I am embraced. I am God's personal messenger.  I am the selected method to share that salvation.  

Why is that so scary to say?  How hard it seems to do the very thing that I was made to do.  Love God, Love others.  Receive, Share.  Gather, give.  Tonight I encourage all of you to challenge your beliefs to really see if this God thing is something?  If God is real nothing will ever be the same.