Don't get me wrong, knowledge is good.

A relationship is more than Knowing a name,

or history,

or the characteristics of that person.

A relationship is more than Knowing little facts,

or bonus trivia.

or even what they do at every moment of the day.

it's found in the love you have for that person.

it's found in the love you show that person.

it's found in the loving actions you show others 

... on the behalf of that person.

So as believers of Jesus Christ, 

who claim to pursue a relationship with the Lord

Why do we insist on searching for every answer, 

or base our relationship with Him, 

off our knowledge of Him...

when what he wants us to do more than anything is...

LOVE.

"By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."

John 13:35

Turning Over a New Leaf...

Definition: to make a radical change for the better in one's way of living or doing.


I am
Turning over 
a new
leaf.


For a moment I thought: What kind of leaf do I want to turn? An Oak? Magnolia? Some sort of shrub leaf? Does a blade of grass count as a leaf? I soon found out, though, that the saying "to turn over a new leaf" originated from the leaf of a paper book...not the leaf of a living tree. (don't judge me.) 


Regardless, school starts soon for me. It's a new semester. MY LAST SEMESTER! And, I want to turn over a new leaf. I want to finish strong. I want to invest some quality time with the people God's put around me. I want to invest some quality time with the Lord himself. I need to save money, and become financially responsible for my life. I need to turn a new leaf.


I want to put the past behind me. I want to forget my mistakes. And I want to be free from the burden those mistakes carry. I want to forgive and know that I have been forgiven. I want to have confidence in the things I am doing in my life, and the places the Lord is leading me in my life...again. I want to turn a new leaf.


 "Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God."

~Hebrews 12:1-2 

Done. That's all I need to read. I'm sure this leaf won't be easy, and who's to say it will actually work, but for the sake of my life, and God's Kingdom...it needs to be turned.