Young, Dumb and In Love.

I've already bragged about this guy once, but let me tell you about him once more.

mat kearney's new cd is most excellent. He's such a poet with a guitar. I've had a crush on him since junior high.

There is something different about his third and latest album. It is infused with this vibrant energy and just ooooozes love. I did some digging and low and behold I found out that he just got married. love that. His songs reflect this new life with His love.

One of his song's is called Young, Dumb and In Love. I listened to it, and then listened to it again. and as I kept on pressing repeat I thought...this is the song of our generation. And when I say generation, I'm not just talking about the teens and 20s. I'm talking about the young and the old returning to Jesus.

To be Young is to live like a child. It is to be poor in spirit. "Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." What does that even mean?

You see when you live a life not only aware, but actively responding to this idea that EVEN on my best day it is only by the grace of God. I can pray for the sick and see them recover. I can have outrageous moments in the glory...I can get a raise, make a friend, etc. But when you realize that it is all by the grace of God, you living knowing that you have NOTHING to lose AND everything to gain.

When you live young and poor, you live with a declaration of DEPENDENCE. I can do nothing apart from the power, authority and love of the Holy Spirit.

I hope this next one doesn't offend anyone, but when you are literally IN the Love of Jesus you just act dumb sometimes. And I mean that in the best possible way. Those of you who have been in love know that sometimes you do really dumb things. all to be with that person. You just have to be with them. You almost become consumed. You talk, eat, breathe, think, everything about this person..which results in some crazy and wild things. Being in love with Jesus is no different. I don't go up to someone and share the love of Jesus because I feel obligated. I do so as a response to His all consuming love wrecking my life. And when I say wreck, I mean that as in the best thing that ever happened to me. I was on the bus and I heard the Lord give me a word for someone I was sitting next to. And for a quick second, i thought nooo way I'm not talking to her. She'll think I'm crazy...And then I realized, how can I not pour out the contagious love that has filled my life. Who am I to not share some lovin. You know, when you get prompted to respond to God's love...in whatever way that looks like. It is important to remember that if not you, then who?

In Love:

I don't dance around, shout, cry, laugh, jump, sit, lay, etc. in worship for God's love. I do it as a response to His love. I've shared this before, but I can honestly say that for the first time in my life, I'm in love with Love. The very nature of God is love. I live for those encounters where you walk in one way and you leave another. It is the kindness of the Lord that leads people to repentance.

There were these old, lifeless habits that I used to have that left me lonely and even more desperate. But ss I began to experience the Love of God daily, that old wine so to speak (literally and figuratively) just was old news to me. As you enter into the presence of God you are changed. renewed. restored.

I think we as body have misrepresented the love of God. There are lists of what to do and what not to do. Some legitimate. But eventually a list of rules gets dusty and loses it pristine, shimmering appearance. And then all you are left with is a moldy list. But when you live everyday to encounter and experience Jesus, you're never the same. You realize how ALIVE everything is. you become awakened to the rhythms of GRACE and freedom!

you shout and dance around because you can't contain this love. you have to do something.

if you're still working out this whole Jesus thing, or maybe you're dried up and left feeling like this whole Christianity thing is for the birds. I just encourage you to ask the Father to show you His love. Get alone with him, and just ask. And His very word says He will come to you. His love never fails. It won't fail you. All you have to do is ask. You'll be awakened to His sweet mercies.

Live in love with Love.