Never Lost

Last week was a hard week getting out of bed every morning, my body wanted more rest. It was a challenge every morning to drag myself out of bed because my boys will sleep until I get up, so if mama runs late, the whole family runs late.

I walked to the closet, stood there with blurry eyes and thought to myself…’Taco’ definitely a taco day…and I sure wish Chrystal Pistol my co-worker would call and ask if I wanted one, in fact…I had a feeling she would. Not ten seconds later, my phone rings and I knew it was her, and it was! I know, sounds crazy…but true. It added a little pep to my step knowing that taco would be waiting for me when I got to work and I actually felt blessed because I knew God had thrown me a little sunshine in the rain. BUT, my God has a sense of humor, and he uses it quite often to give me little reminders like today. I got my boys going, packed lunches even and headed off to work and JUST as I am pulling in the front gate my phone rings, it is Chrystal, she locked herself out of her car and if I was on my way could she hop in and get a ride to the dealership to get a key they were already making for her. How could I say no, afterall, she did bring my taco… Well, you see it was pouring rain and I didn’t mind at all because it is hard to want to be at work when the weather makes you want to curl up in your bed at home. It was then that I learned the REAL problem, our nice, hot, fresh tacos…were locked safely in her car too! And even though her brand new car had On-Star…she had not activated it! But it’s okay, because she had worked around it without having to tell her husband that she had locked herself, and both sets of keys, and our tacos…in her car…and that nice little extra feature that could have quickly saved her, hadn’t been activated.

That On-star is a handy thing, one call and they can unlock your car, bring you fuel, send help… just one call! Sounds a lot like my Jesus, always there, always ready to help…give you just that extra little push, console, heal, hold, help…all in one little call. Never-lost, just like that On-star, we may lose our way, but we are NEVER LOST from HIM. If you have ever used one of these devices, even when you take the wrong turn (which brings us back to Chrystal, because she didn’t think our On-star was right on a business trip to Conneticut…like she has been there so many times) she decided to take what she felt was the right way, and it took us off of the right path, but never failing, it tells us ‘recalculating’ and adjusts the route to get us back on track. Isn’t that just like God, we may stray, we may make wrong choices or bad decisions…but all we need to do is put ourselves back in his hands and he gets us back on the right track. Never Lost, never forgotten. One of the best things about that On-star is that even when you take the wrong turn, it just fixes it, it doesn’t tell you “what were you thinking” (that was my job), it doesn’t get mad at you or roll it’s eyes (again…my job J), it just tells you what to do to get back on track. Isn’t God the same, we can do some pretty crappy things to ourselves, to others, make really really bad decisions and if we call out to him, he will just stand there with his arms open welcoming us home… He loved us enough to send his son to die for our sins knowing full well that we would continue to sin… WOW, that is love!

Which brings me to another little gift, the most beautiful song I have ever heard, it has been on my mind since I heard it last week, I called Cathy right away and made her listen to it and she didn’t know it, I could just hear my Chachito and Vinnie playing it, I wanted it for my birthday! Absolutely beautiful song, just made my heart fill up with God’s love, which is what it is about. This morning God reminded me to share that song of his infinitie love with all my lovies that read my blog, so google it if you can and listen… and remember how much he loves you..and me too. The lyrics are below, the band is the David Crowder band (soon to be the Cha Diaz and Vinnie the man band newest song) I love it, and I know you will, it is brand new and let it open up your heart to feel all the love you deserve!

So moral of the story, activate your On-star (God), he’s free and you will never be lost! (and you won’t have to pay $45 to get your taco out either).

Peace in Him!

He Loves Us…David Crowder Band

He is jealous for me, Loves like a hurricane,
I am a tree, Bending beneath the weight of his wind and mercy.
When all of a sudden,
I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory,
And I realise just how beautiful You are,
And how great Your affections are for me.
And oh, how He loves us so,
Oh how He loves us,
How He loves us all
He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves.
Yeah, He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves.
And we are His portion and He is our prize,
Drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes,
If his grace is an ocean, we’re all sinking.
And heaven meets earth like an unforeseen kiss,
And my heart turns violently inside of my chest,
I don’t have time to maintain these regrets,
When I think about, the way…
He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves.
Yeah, He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves us,
Oh how He loves