He is Eternal Life

Today I was thinking about the song, "If We are the Body," by Casting Crowns. The second verse says, "A traveler is far away from home, He sheds his coat and quietly sinks into the back row, The weight of their judgmental glances, Tells him that his chances are better out on the road." The artists say that they got their inspiration from,

"And we know that we are children of God and that the world around us is under the power and control of the evil one. And we know that the son of God has come, and he has given us understanding so that we can know the true God. And now we are in God because we are in his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the only true God, and he is eternal life.
Dear children, keep away from anything that might take God's place in your hearts." 1 John 5:19-21 (NLT)

And I was thinking about this quote I heard once that says something like, "The worst day with Christ is better than the best day without Him." So I was thinking about how that is so true, and how I can have eternal life with Jesus Christ! Then I was thinking about when I was a little kid and my mom would always stay the night at her boyfriends house. My mom always left a snack on the table everyday for us when we got off the school bus after school. Whenever I asked her for money she always gave it to me, even if she didn't really have the money to give to me. When I asked to go stay the night at my friends houses, she always said yes. My friends would tell me that I was a lucky kid, and that my mom was really awesome because she gave me almost everything I asked for, and she always let me do whatever I wanted. I remember asking her to come to my sporting events though and she would be to tired to come, and she would tell me I'm sorry I can't make it but you can go hangout with "Billy Bob or Sue" or whoever you want to after the game. So I would say, "It's okay, thanks mom!" Then at night I would ask her if she was going to stay the night at home or not, and she would tell me, "Umm...no I don't think so not tonight, but here is some money to go rent a movie and you can go ahead and invite some friends over to watch movies and stay the night, and we will hang out tomorrow. I would just say, "Okay mom, thank you." It made me sad, but I never really showed it, I just always said Okay. All the materialistic things and everything I ever got, never really mattered, because all I ever truly wanted was my mom, not the things she gave me. I wanted her to stay at home, or come to my games! Sometimes I just feel like God is saying that to me. Like...Sometimes I get really busy and God asks me, "hey do you wanna go talk to that person over there and just tell them about me?" or "hey can we talk right now, I wanna talk?" or "hey you wanna read your bible right now, I got some really good things of truth in store for you? " Then I just end up saying, "Oh I'm sorry God, not right now, I am really tired, I'm too scared to talk to them, they will think I am weird, I'm really busy right now I have to finish my homework, I'm hanging out with my friends right now, but hey we will hangout later, I will talk to you later, and read my bible later, maybe next time I see them I will talk to them, is that okay?" I just picture God saying, "yeah Heather it's okay, I will just wait." I feel like God is just sitting there saying, "Heather you're my child, I love you, and I just want talk to you right now, and hang out with you right now." or "Heather "Billy Bob," needs someone to talk to about me right now, will you do that for me? Will you tell "Sue" who I am?" All of this just makes me think, man why am I so darn quiet, why am I so shy and why can't I just talk to someone about how my life has changed and is so awesome now having a relationship with Jesus Christ! No one should have to feel like they're chances are better out on the road, like the song says. Because like it says in 1 John, that the world is under the power and control of the evil one, and that the devil tells people that they are better out on the road. We as the body don't even try to stop that sometimes though! I don't like being so darn quiet. People need to know about the free gift of eternal life with Jesus Christ and how will someone hear about it, if we don't tell them? That is the thought of the day for me, and I love my mommy, I was just thinking about how God just wants to spend time with us. Goodnight! God Bless!
Heather