The Reckless Pursuit

This past week I have been reminded of how often God shows up in my life and I may not be acknowledging him in a way that he deserves. The devotionals for this week seemed to be focused around sacrificing ourselves and focusing on pursuing christ by laying down our own life to surrender ourselves to his goodness. I so often find myself holding back from potentially amazing conversations because someone might look at me differently for sharing about my faith and not coming across "cool" or "normal" enough. But in another devotional I am doing, it talked about craving reading the bible and talking about Jesus like a big bowl of chocolates. We crave that and know that it will make us feel good while satisfying our cravings. What if talking about God and getting into his word was like this for us. Like it didn't feel like such a sacrifice but instead it made us feel good. What if denying ourselves and taking up our cross, as it says in Mark 8, didn't feel like such a sacrifice but instead a privilege?! How beautiful could that be!