I need you now

Maybe some of you have heard the song by the popular country group Lady Antebellum, "Need You Now." Yes, I know the song is about a lost lover and is the pinnacle of sappy songs of the broken hearted. I admit that at times I've cranked this song up when flipping through the radio stations, its an easy song to sing along to. Tonight I have one line of this song playing over and over again in my head. Its the line that says, "Its a quarter after one, I'm all alone and I need you now," and no, I am not thinking about the last guy I dated. There's only one person who I find myself calling out to at what is now a quarter til three and that is Jesus Christ.

Even when life is absolutely amazing, I come to points in my life where there is a desperate need, a hunger even, for the one true God, for the only person in my life who is perfect. Tonight, my cousin is spending the night with me and for the past several hours she and my sisters and I have been up solving the problems of the world. I think if we have come to any sort of conclusion it is that there is no one in this world (that we know of) who is perfect. I will be the first to stand up and say that I fall at the bottom of the list when ranking people of perfection. However, I find comfort in one solid fact. Jesus Christ came to earth and lived a perfect life.

Its seriously blowing my mind right now!!! Jesus lived on earth and He lived a perfect life! I struggle daily with temptation, with trying to live a life that is pleasing to God. I mean from not thinking judgemental thoughts to stopping myself from cheating on a test... whatever, sin is a constant struggle. But when I begin to think of all my imperfections I find solace in that I am made perfect through Jesus Christ. Because it was for all my imperfections that He died on that wooden cross two thousand years ago.... wow.

I am just humbled by God. Have you ever had those moments? Where you begin to pray because you know you so desperately need God, and then you end up just standing in awe of who He is? In Psalm 46:10 the Bible says "Be still and know I am God." I know this is a verse we hear quoted often. But just think about it. In the midst of everything we go through, God is not telling us to give up, to throw in the towel, He is not telling us to come begging, crawling on our knees. He simply says be still. Know that I am God. Realize who I am and what I am capable of doing. Whoa.