Choosing Blessings

I love listening to music. Whether I am getting ready for school in the mornings or driving around town in my car, I have to have music playing. I honestly believe music is one of the many ways God speaks to me and reveals things to me.

The other day, I had my ipod on shuffle and there was one song that I kept playing over and over. It was in this very moment that God began revealing so much to me.

"Let it be said of us that we lived to be a blessing for life."

This one particular part of the song kept sticking out to me. Let it be said of us that we lived to be a blessing for life. This one little sentence in this one song revealed so much to me. This got me thinking. What does it look like for me to live life in such a way that I am living to be a blessing to others? What am I doing in my everyday life that blesses people? Am I blessing people in such a way that makes them want to learn more about Jesus? Am I blessing people to make Jesus famous or to build myself up? There were just so many questions that began to flood my mind. What would it look like if I became aware of all the people around me and became intentional about blessing them? This could be as simple as paying someone's parking meter at the Colvin Center just so they won't get a ticket, or it could simply be showing random acts of kindness to a complete stranger.

"This day, You set life, You set death right before us. This day, every blessing and curse is a choice now and we will choose to be a blessing for life."

That is the other part of the song that really stuck out to me. God places opportunities in front of us every single day. And it is up to us to choose what to do with those opportunities. We can either pour blessings out to people or not. It is our choice. And from this day forward, I am choosing to be a blessing to others.

"...His love was not cautious, but extravagant. He didn't love in order to get something from us, but to give everything of himself to us. Love like that." -Ephesians 5:2

Jesus lived to be a blessing to others. He showed His love to every single person--not just his friends, but even to the people who hated him. He didn't show love to others to get anything in return. He gave everything of himself to love others and be a blessing to them. I want to love like Jesus loved. And for me, that starts off with me learning how to be a blessing to others, whether they are my friends or not. God, change my heart and teach me how to be a blessing to others.

"So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I'm bankrupt without love." -1 Corinthians 13:3

"Let it be said of us that our legacy is blessing for life."