The Great Adventure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVFPjIp6nkk

Anyone recognize this picture?! I do! I do! It was in 1992 and I was 6 years old! Granted, I didn't hear this song until I was around 9-10? BUT, I do remember how fun and exciting it sounded. I wasn't raised in a Christian home, but I do remember that this CD was given to me as a gift by a Christian couple. It was my first Christian song that I had ever been exposed to and I liked it! I remember dancing and singing to it in our living room in our home in Xenia. It pumped me up and although I didn't understand the lyrics, it still made me feel good inside. One part of the song that has always stuck out to me were these words:

"Let's follow our Leader
Into the glorious unknown
This is a life like no other
This is the great adventure..."

"Into the glorious unknown..." That part baffled me. I didn't know what he meant by that, but looking back at it now, I see the connection. Being in a home that didn't practice Christianity, I knew someone was watching over me. I wanted something different. Something or Someone to fill a void in my life. I heard the name "God", but didn't know who He was. I didn't know anything about His Son or what He had done for me and God knew that. With a humble and grateful heart, I see the connection now. I pictured myself alone and allowing bad things to happen to me while picturing God sending an Angel to stand behind me, comforting me from the beatings and words of disdain from an alcoholic mother who was doing the only thing she knew how to do (I'll save my testimony for the next blog). The point is, is that even though I knew life was hard, there was a voice inside telling me that it was going to be okay. God took me out of a bad situation and "into the glorious unknown." I don't care that I don't know what is going to happen tomorrow. The Bible says,

"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Matthew 6:34 

Not only do I take this verse literal, I take them all literal. I trust God with what He says and apply those words to my life. How glorious is it to know, that every single day is another opportunity for a great adventure with the Lord by your side? Let Him guide you on every decision you make. Let Him hold you when you feel afraid. Let Him be God. Enjoy every day with a smile on your face, a happy heart, and kind words flowing from your mouth. Don't give the devil the opportunity to bring up your past to which God has forgiven you for. Lift your head up, smile, and remind him that you are a Child of the One True King and that his fate is defeat because Christ lives. Remember, we only give the devil room if we allow him to wiggle into our thoughts and into our lives. Listen to the song above and dance and sing your hearts out! Why? Because He is alive and is working in your life and mine! Be happy! Forgive others! Forgive yourself! Help others! Live for Him! Good night, my brothers and sisters! May God bless each and every one of you!! XOXO