{"id":6885,"date":"2011-04-25T07:53:05","date_gmt":"2011-04-25T12:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/?p=6885"},"modified":"2011-04-25T07:53:05","modified_gmt":"2011-04-25T12:53:05","slug":"wiw-chosen-days-sleep-filled-nights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/2011\/20110425-6885.htm","title":{"rendered":"WiW: Chosen Days, Sleep-filled Nights"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

Kerry and Chris Shook were referring to family when they wrote the words: <\/p>\n

“But the truth is, just because you didn’t choose them, it doesn’t mean they weren’t chosen.”
\n~from Love at Last Sight<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Even if they were referring to family, the statement holds true in a variety of settings.<\/p>\n

“Just because you didn’t choose your coworkers, it doesn’t mean they weren’t chosen [by God].”<\/p>\n

“Just because you didn’t choose your location, it doesn’t mean your location wasn’t chosen [by God].”<\/p>\n

“Just because you didn’t choose this specific life course, it doesn’t mean this wasn’t chosen [by God].”<\/p>\n

The truth is, God is sovereign.<\/p>\n

And His sovereignty means that nothing is an accident.<\/p>\n

The people in my life are not an accident. The situations I deal with are not an accident. My energy level and when I wake up in the morning is not an accident. <\/p>\n

And this should give me great freedom. It should encourage me to embrace every terrifying, wonderful, difficult relationship and circumstance.<\/p>\n

It should lead me to surrender night-time dreams and live day-time ones:<\/p>\n

“I used to spend my nights dreaming about the life I wanted to live. Now I live my dreams, and I spend my nights sleeping.”
\n~Dan Ogden<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That’s what I want to do, starting now.<\/p>\n

I want to sleep nights (something I haven’t had the most success at lately)–and I want to LIVE my days.<\/p>\n

I want to truly live them. Not just get through them.<\/p>\n

If my days are appointed by the God of the universe, foreordained by His sovereign hand, then I want to live each one of those days, every foreordained moment to the fullest.<\/p>\n

I want to suck the marrow out of life, and rest at night knowing that I have made the most of the times God has given to me.<\/p>\n

Don’t forget to take a look at Barbara H’s<\/a> meme “The Week in Words”, where bloggers collect quotes they’ve read throughout the week. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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