sticky notes.

today i heard a phrase that was sticky note worthy. you know, sticky notes. the things you write down important things on. ever since my freshman year, my cork board above my desk ends up looking like inspiring words threw up on it...spreading to the surrounding wall, staying up by using tape.

it's nice to look up from the computer from time to time and see things that stood out to me and became engrained into my soul at one point or another. usually a quote from someone i like, something a friend would say, a poem, a verse from the bible, or just a thought i may have.

today i went to church. i was going somewhere i was totally judging before i even walked into the door. mega churches. you know the type. the ones where everyone carries around their coffee and there is a lot more flannel than you'd ever think to see in your life. the mood was set just right by the lighting, fabric covering the walls, and the flannel. the worship leader was david crowder-esque but from the moment he began singing 'your love is strong' by jon foreman followed by steve fee's rendition of 'jesus paid it all' i knew i had found something i liked.

the message was decent and i think i agreed with most everything that the pastor said. but this guy leading worship was just incredible. pretty much the passion of tim scroggs except for singing to God and being an instrument for others to follow.

the most prevalent thing that i remember hearing from the whole service is:

"if it's true, then it changes everything."

this phrase has been looping over and over again in my brain ever since i heard it. it's all i could think about while driving back to Wingate today. i cried for a long time because my heart was just content and overwhelmed at the same time by it.

if God is true, then God changes everything.

God changes everything about me, about my future, about my world, about my love, about my situations, about my everything. i should be so engulfed with God in my heart, mind, soul, and body that the only thing that pours out of me is God. God changes everything about me. i know that God does. i literally feel a pull in my heart as i sit here typing these words.

God is infinite. God is marvelous.

God makes everything perfect and whole and real.

God makes me clean and bright and worthy of love.

God creates. God builds up. God gives.

God restores and redeems. God resurrects.

God is everything, God is in everything.

if it's true, then it changes everything.

it is sticky note worthy.