A different perspective...

Well, first off...it's been wayyy too long since my last post (I guess nothing exciting has really happened to me lately). As you may know, this week I'm up in Michigan with my dad and stepmom visiting for a few days before heading over to Chicago to see one of my best friends. My dad built a house up here in Jerome, MI about 2 years ago and since my first visit this past summer, I've been wanting to come again. It's funny though...I want to come to relax and just get away from everything and although I love spending time with my dad and stepmom I get a kick out of their reaction and behavior when I tell them that I want to come up (and even once I get here). My stepmom is always wanting to find new, fun things to do in Michigan when I come and my dad wants to do stuff...he just doesn't know what. He's like a little kid on Christmas morning...waiting for me to wake up and come out of my bedroom so we can "play" (whatever that means :) Anyways, I know they just want to show me the best of Michigan and really enjoy myself but its always funny how excited they get with me just coming up here. Yesterday we went 4-wheeling through the property and as we were getting stuck in all the brush, I just kept laughing to myself. Here we are, my dad is wanting to have a fun 4-wheeling experience and is getting a little confused/frustrated because the path wasn't cleared in advance for us, and all I can do is relate it to what its like when you first become a christian or when you know someone that has just become a Christian. You get so hungry for the Lord and just want to know more about him...you're energized all the time and just like my dad waits expectantly for me to wake up, we can't wait to share Christ with others...we want others to be just as excited about Christ as we are. We want the path to be cleared in advance for them so they can see how much fun it is! However, sometimes that excitement fades (just like it does for my dad once I've been here a few days or when I get too sleepy/grumpy to want to do anything). So why is that? As we've been driving around these past few days and I've been looking at all the beautiful snowy hills, I just keep asking God to revive me and fill me with that excitement for him that I once had! I know people that have lived in the north with all the frigid winters and all the snow get tired of it real quick and think it's no big deal when we act like a bunch of freaks as soon as we see snow, but sometimes its like that for us as Christians...we get used to our life...we become content, yet the bible clearly says "how long will you simple ones love your simple ways?" So...I'e been asking God to help make me discontent with being content...revive me, change me, help me to yearn for him...to be excited about/for him again and to be to others about him, just like my dad gets when he knows I'm coming to Michigan! God, in this time here...revive me, change me, and help me from this point on to get excited about you, your works and the path ahead of me!