Living

Living is the experience of being alive.

Picture a life of living.  You give generously to others…not just material means…but time, love, prayers, thanksgiving.  You use your talent and gifts to serve and share in God’s love.  You live your life every day in a manner enabling others to see Jesus.

Living is listening to great musicians of the past and present.  You learn about living as you listen to the lyrics of your favorite songs.  You know you are living when David Gilmour’s High Hopes plays in the background as you write a piece on living.

Living is knowing peace amidst circumstance.  It is the unfathomable peace of Jesus.  As you stop searching for worldly peace, you bask in the peace of the living God.  Only then will you know what it truly means to live.

Living is overcoming the fears holding you back.  Envision an escape to the mountains where you pray for freedom from fear.  You live as you walk alone in the woods, as you sleep alone in the darkness of the wilderness.  Only then do you conquer your fear and truly live.

Then, there is the ultimate living in the holy spirit.  The holy spirit is like a hidden gem within the frame of your body.  You know others have it, you search for it, but it escapes you. You vow to walk in the Lord and then it moves. When it moves, it resembles butterflies in your stomach with your first love, but only better.

You are living when you know the powerful spirit of God.  God did not give us a spirit that makes us afraid but a spirit of power and love, a spirit of peace and joy, a giving spirit.  When your dry bones come alive, that my friend is living.

Jeanette Lytle