Paid For

I am a super picky eater, I have tried to change it tried to get over it but alas it’s who I am. When I go to a restaurant I always special order my food. I can never order anything right off of the menu. Occasionally they will mess up my order. When they mess up my order I am always nice, I am always respectful, and I send it back to get it fixed.

How many times have you ordered something, or bought something and didn’t get what you expected? How did it make you feel? Out of those times when you absolutely had your heart set on something and expectations sky high, how much worse would it have been coming down from that? That heartbroken feeling. Feeling dejected, disappointed, and disheartened.

I know this guy, who all he wants is what he paid for. For him it isn’t about monetary value or any kind of material thing. This man paid the ultimate price for what he wanted. He placed his self in the way of certain death for one reason. He was crucified and died on a cross to pay for sins that were not his. He paid a price you or I couldn’t afford, for things he did not do.

When you’re going about your life, and a time comes like it will where you don’t get what you expected, think about that. We all want what we paid for. I want my food to be right, you want that used car to be as good as you had hoped, and you want everything you get from Amazon to be what you paid for.

We need to be the people we were created to be. We weren’t created to conform we were created to be special to stand apart to be the light in an ever darkening world. As we’re lighting up our little corner let’s make sure that we do it all in God’s name. God wants our heart, he wants us to Love like he does, he wants us to do for others, he wants us to do it in his name not for our recognition, not for our glory, but for the glory of God who placed us here and breathed life into us.

I love you.