This was written by Micah, it inspired me, and therefore I would like to share it. <3>


sitting in the cup inspires me to write =) i just had an interesting convo with a friend about Father and the work He's doing and the way people live their lives. End thoughts were some that came to mind, ones of Heaven and Hell and if people believe in these two places and where they would like to end up and if they believe and know which they will end up in.

So.....how are we living our lives? Coming to college i've realized that either a person will completely immerse themselves and grow in Father, or they will be kinda there and slowly slip away. Living life on my own has brought so many changes and choices that i never knew i'd have to make. one of them was how i was who i was going to become and what i was doing to actually get there. and college is great cause you can do virtually whatever you want! you can eat at taco mayo at three in the morning and get coffee every hour to help you stay awake thru class! the things you love are suddenly at your fingertips and you can have as much as you want whenever you want and the parents arent there to stiffle your elation of joy with the things you love! the things you choose to love.

I'm becoming who i was made to be. I'm an individual that loves things that I love. I'm unique. I choose to love Father. And love Him more than just the oh yea let me take out my Bible today, I mean a deep desperate and loyal love! One that you would give to your bestest friend! The one that brings you joy in beautiful things and the hand that wipes away your tears during your darkest times. To live loyal means to actually spend time with the one you are so loyal to. To want them. To seek them and yearn for that time together. And to be loyal when you are not together where your focus of them is not so clear.

If we are to live for Father we have to remember the end. That how we live now will affect us then. 1 Corinthians 3:9-15 says "For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, you are God's building. According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I have laid the foundation and another build on it. But let each one take heed how he builds on it. For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if anyone builds on this foudation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, each one's work will become clear; for the Day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one's work, of what sort it is. If anyone's work which he has built on it endures, he will receive a reward. If anyone's work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire."

So if we are living for Father then what we build up will be gold, silver, and precious stones, and those things will last, they will be our rewards in Heaven, but if we live a life that is not for Father we will be building up useless materials for our house, wood, hay, and fire that will burn when tested in the fire. And wewill suffer great loss for our life was nothing, compared to everything that it could have been.

Our lives can be filled so greatly! And yet we wont grasp ahold and say okay in this disloyal world i will choose to be completely loyal to one thing. One person. Father. And as we look to the end we realize that our lives are being purified to be like Him and our house is being built up from a solid foundation with firm walls. Heaven is not the end goal, disciipleship, living for the One that saves us is.