I'm not artistic...in any sense of the word. I've been told I'm creative though. I think that's a load too, but I guess I'll take the compliment. The past couple weeks I've been thinking a lot about the decorations I want to have in my room at school and in my "creative genius" I came up with the idea of letters. Well my first set of letters, or my DFTBA letters as I refer to them, turned into a bit of a disaster...my hand isn't as steady as it used to be and my paisley stenciling looks...well pitiful. I still haven't decided if I'm going to re-do them yet. My second set of letters though hold a bit more of importance. They are my LOVE letters. While they're still in the process of being done, they're turning into basically what I was hoping for. On each letter, I have different verses about the concept of 'love'. The verses range from Romans 8:38-39, where it talks about how nothing can seperate us from the love of God, to 2 John 1:6 "And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love." I'm hoping that every time I look at these letters I remember to love the people around me. When I say love, I mean like LOVE...not just tolerate. I feel like I don't love as much as I should. According to Jesus, that's the second greatest commandment, to love your neighbor as yourself. That's a concept I'm still working on...keep in mind I'm under construction...so pardon my dust.
On a side note, I love hymns. Chris Rice has a CD of hymns that he added his own personal touch to and in Chris Rice fashion, they're wonderful. One that I seem to listen to a lot is the Old Rugged Cross. Each verse brings its own sense of hope for me. Without that cross I have no hope. I deserve death and complete separation from God. Its reasons like this that I am so thankful for the cross. Jesus Christ died my death so my sins could be pardoned. Knowing the horrible things that I've done and knowing the inevitable sins of my future....I've never been more thankful for that cross where he bled and died to take away my sins....
