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I remember the moment like it was yesterday: sitting there in a selection interview for a campus leadership council during my undergrad years, these questions, among others, came: “What is your favorite thing? And why?”. Almost without a second of reserve, I replied “a book”. I’ve always loved words–the spoken word, writing, communication in varied formats, but that wasn’t the ‘why’ behind my answer. Instead, as I went on to explain, a book was my favorite thing because within the pages of a book there are no limitations. With any given book, you can be transported anywhere and experience anything, things which otherwise might always remain too distant to reach or too costly to obtain. A book, however, brings close those things and opens those worlds to all who dare to journey within its pages. My final answer went something like that and–after all these years–it’s still my favorite thing.
But nowadays it’s not just any book, but the Book, the Bible, the living Word of God, that’s my favorite. The original Source of all truth, light, beauty, success, power, love, and every other great thing one could long after, are contained–and accessible–within its pages. This Book truly offers the promise of a new life to anyone who will dare to take it at face value and believe it! It has the power within it to transport you from every hard, cold, dark, uninspiring place that exists into the most glorious, joy-filled days of heaven on earth.
If there was ever anything worth claiming as my favorite thing, the Word of God is it! How about you?
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Here we are…another year, another decade!, and with them both, I believe, comes another level. I’ve been thinking about that more and more lately. Thinking about how no matter where we find ourselves at this very moment in time, there is always another level. New years, new beginnings, fresh starts so to speak, usually inspire a push for becoming better, and we should take advantage of that inspiration for sure. But when the excitement of the “newness” wears off, like it eventually does with a new car or a new pair of shoes, and if I can bring myself to say it, even a fabulous handbag (smile), then we must go deeper to sustain our reach to the next level.
God is that sustenance. Because it’s the Lord Who takes us to every new level we enjoy. He is the One Who can truly take us to new levels of love after a devastating heartbreak and new levels of forgiveness after betrayal and new levels of success after already amazing accomplishment and new levels of healing after sickness and new levels of grace after falling really short of the mark.
So if you were wondering, yes, another level is here for you. No matter what you’ve done or where you are in life’s pathway, there is another level awaiting your arrival. Knowing that is a deep comfort that keeps me hopeful, motivated and reaching forward—come what may.
All things truly are possible with God—including your next level.
P.S. Let me know what new level(s) you’re going for right now.
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