My Jesus Journal

Live in Peace

"What Love Is This" Kari Jobe

You never change, you are the God you say you are;

When I'm afraid you calm and still my beating heart.

You stay the same, when hope is just a distant thought,

You take my pain and you lead me to the cross

What love is this, that you gave your life for me

And made a way for me to know you

And I confess you're always enough for me you're all I need

I look to you, I see the scars upon your hands.

And hold the truth, that when I can't you always can.

And standing here beneath the shadow of the cross.

I'm overwhelmed that I keep finding open arms.

What love is this that you gave your life for me

And made a way for me to know you

And I confess, you're always enough for me

You're all I need

Jesus in your suffering you were reaching, you thought of me

Jesus in your suffering you were reaching, you thought of me

What love is this, that you gave your life for me

And made a way for me to know you

And I confess, you're always enough for me

You're all I need

What love is this, that you gave your life for me

And made a way for me to know you

And I confess, you're always enough for me

Always enough for me

Always enough for me

This was the first song I ever heard of Kari Jobe's...and I instantly fell in love with her voice. Almost every song I sing in church is one of her's. So, since I am a huge fan, of course I listen to her albums while I'm in the car. I was driving down one of my borough's back roads the other day, listening to this song, and I was just looking around in awe. The sun was shining down through the trees, onto the road,and it just looked so beautiful...I had this moment where I felt completely peaceful. Whatever stress I had been feeling didn't seem to exist anymore. I didn't have a care in the world...here I was, driving, just admiring how beautiful God's creations are. While driving down this road I kind of thought to myself, 'This is so breathtaking and peaceful that I almost feel as if I am in heaven.' Now, I was admiring the beauty, but I was paying attention to the road, I always do, and I was going the speed limit. The thing about this back road is that there are several different turns. When I started to make my way around the one turn, I noticed a car speeding around the corner. They were half way in my lane, speeding towards me. Luckily, I had enough room to move out of their way, but my heart just about stopped.

I feel like whenever people get in a really bad accident then they want to change how they're living their lives, and they feel like they should change something about themselves, or something that they do. I've been working on a lot of different things with myself lately, but this moment, even though nothing bad ended up happening, really impacted me.

I was driving down this road so peacefully, and just like that I was almost involved in a car accident. The spot that I swerved into is one of the few spots on the road that actually allow you to pull off the road. In just a split second my life could have been a lot different. In just a second, our lives can change. I'm not saying this to worry you, I'm saying this to encourage you to live your life!

If you want to better yourself then what's holding you back? What are you waiting for? Are you waiting for something to happen before you improve yourself? Even if you just simply need to give more of your worries to God, why wait? Why, when people die, do we say rest in peace, but we don't say live in peace? That peaceful feeling that I felt while driving, THAT is how I want to feel every moment of my life. I don't want to spend time worrying, I don't want to spend time being upset, I want to be happy. I want to live every day knowing that God has a plan for me. I want to live every day like I may not get another. I want to live everyday like if the people around me weren't there tomorrow, then I wouldn't be upset that we ended on bad terms. I want the people I love to KNOW that I love them, by my actions, by what I say, everything. I want to realize all the amazing things I have before I complain. I want to hold my tongue before I say anything that can hurt the people around me.

We should all be making the most of the lives we have been given. Life is crazy, and we go through bad things, but it's still beautiful. Don't live in fear of the future; know that God is going to carry you, like he already has. Live in peace.

I know this is really short, but I still wanted to share this with y'all! Hope it was able to encourage you a little bit!