Needs

So I work in a Kindergarten class a couple of days a week and it's the most fun ever. If you haven't been around kids much, let me just tell you kindergarten is a really fun age. They're so funny and everything is new to them. Well this week in kindergarten we discussed wants and needs. This concept was not easy for them to grasp. You try convincing a five year old that a spider man castle is not completly neccessary! It's not easy but, when I thought about it I realized that even as teenagers and adults we often confuse the two but, I'm not here to tell you this world is materialistic. As true as that is I simply cannot preach to you on an area I struggle so much with. But here is where I'm going with this, tonight my youth group went caroling and I had so much fun and spent time with my awesome friends and when I got home I was reflecting on all this and listening to "Healing is in Your Hands" by Christy Nockels, and I became overwhelmed by my NEED to spend intimate, alone time with my Abba. As tears poured down my face I pulled out my prayer journal and just poured out my heart to my Father in heaven who just wanted to listen and surrond me and hold me up. I spend a lot of time with my Abba but, sometimes it's just out of routine or the fact that I feel like I have to but, tonight I NEEDED him to the point that my heart and soul ached for him and tears flooded the pages of my journal. We should want to spend time with God but, in reality it is a need. Just like the song says healing really is in his hands. He really really loves us and it was in those soul aching moments spent in prayer with him that I became overwhelmed all over again by him. I need him, I want him too but, I actually need him. Without him my heart aches. We all need to realize just how much we need him. He is wonderful and loving and beautiful. Don't let your need for him in your life go without being met:)