Why Burn, Poor and Lonely...

And so this begins. As I approach this, I approach it with peace in my heart. You see, 4 days ago I went from being "in a relationship" to "happily engaged" to the most wonderful woman in the world. As you can imagine, there are many emotions that come with the excitement of getting engaged. But through it all there is one emotion I can clearly identify with a this time: peace. My heart is at peace. I know this is where God wants me to be right now and I know God has big things in store for me.

But with peace often comes complacency. And with complacency comes luke-warm living. And the fact of the matter is that I am a perpetrator of luke-warm living. Although that is not my heart's desire. In Matthew 5,  the Word of God says "No one lights a lamp and then outs it under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone will praise your Heavenly Father." Luke-warm living causes us to burn, poor and lonely. It causes us to cover the light that we have found in Jesus Christ. Our responsibility as followers of Christ is to shine bright, and shine proudly.

My heart is at peace. But I want to burn, rich and majestically. Not poor and lonely.

DBM