Illuminate

My wife and I heard a song a couple of days ago and it made me really think. The song is called "Mirror" by lil Wayne. Once again I am not a supporter of lil Wayne or his music, but I think looking at the lyrics of the music gives us a glimpse of our culture and of ourselves. Here is an excerpt from the first verse. You looking at me but I'm looking through you I see the blood in your eyes I see the love in disguise I see the pain hidden in your pride I see you're not satisfied And I don't see nobody else I see myself I'm looking at the Mirror on the wall, here we are again We all have moments we truly look at ourselves, even the most popular and so called successful people look at themselves. He was looking past his outward appearance and what he has done and he was looking at what I call our true self. His true self is not satisfied, hides his pain with pride, doesn't really love truly, and really is not pleased with who he is.  I think if...

When I was a kid, I loved to play hide and go seek with my friends and family. It was inevitable that someone would hide in the craziest place. I remember one time someone hid underneath the stage at church! Lets just say it took awhile to find them. The joy of playing the game was finding that person. It usually took time, patience, and some diligence.  Yesterday I was praying for the church. As I was praying a word came to my heart and spirit and that word was seek. The word seek means to attempt to find something or ask for something from someone.  All throughout scripture the word seek is found. In Matthew 7:7 it says. " Ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find; knock and the door will be open to you. " (NIV) God desires that we seek Him. Unlike in the game of hide and go seek he is not hiding from us to somehow frustrate us, even though it may feel like that sometimes. He wants us to seek him because he wants us to show him our desire for h...