Make It Real

By: The Jets

Tonight it's been a year
we met each other here
Here I am all alone
as thoughts of you go on

Hear me cryin' out to you
you said, "Never, never would I leave"
Here's a tear from me to you
and maybe it will make you hear me

chorus:
I loved you
You didn't feel the same
Though we're apart
You're in my heart
Give me one more chance to
Make it real

In a dream you are here
You smile and hold me near
And in my heart I'll pretend
that you are here again

Hear me cryin' out to you
You said, "Never, never would I leave"
Here's a tear from me to you
and maybe it will make you hear me

chorus

Give me one more chance to
Make it real 

I was sitting in sg today and thinking about what it means to humble yourself before God. Well actually I understand what that means but how do you do it, how does it happen?

If someone were to ask me, "I want to humbly go before God, How do I do it?" I'm not sure how I would reply. Well, I guess the harder question is, how do you humbly go before God without turning your back on Him and becoming bitter? It's easy to tell someone to get rid of their pride, surrender yourself to Him and trust in Him in everything you do. But how do you do that? It's not something you can just magically do. Many times I've seen people "humbly" go before God about some situation and then results dont' turn out as they hoped and then they become bitter.

I try to be humble but I know there are many times when I'm not. I'll admit, it's often tempting to give up on God and to give into yourself. It's so easy to just trust in yourself and your own abilities but many times I've faced situations where there wasn't anything I could do but pray.

So I guess being humble before God requires a lot of trial and error. We have to admit that we'll often fail and continue to seek his grace to move forward.

For those who don’t know I’ve been at home with the parents for the past 3 months. The longest stretch of time I’ve been at home since I left for university.
Anyways, because of my dad’s health situation, my mom has had to take charge of everything. I can just sense how much of a burden this is for her so I hope me being around for the past 3 months has lifted some of that burden. It’s especially hectic since we’re moving to a new apartment. So much packing and unpacking to do, something my mom would have had to do by herself if I wasn’t around.  (we did hire movers for the bulk of the moving). I’m not writing this to talk about me but to talk about the feeling of being taken care of. I constantly have to tell my mom “don’t worry, I’ve got this covered”. I have to reason with her so that she stops thinking about whatever she is worried about.

Just imagine if you had to take on burden after burden, physical and mental, but then suddenly hear someone tell you “don’t worry, I’ve got your back”. It’s so reassuring, comforting. One less task to run, one less bill to pay, one less thing to move, one less thing to think about. Maybe sometimes we take for granted the everyday help that we get from friends or co-workers. I hope we can all appreciate the help we get. Society tells us it’s great to be independent, but honestly, there’s nothing wrong with having dependency on friends. I mean that’s what friends are for, right? (to help) Over the years I’ve learned that real friends ask each other for help. I used to feel that it would be a burden on my friend if I asked him for help, now I feel a little offended (maybe disappointed?) if someone didn’t ask me for help when I could’ve helped. It’s a shame that we live in a world where we are looked down upon when we reveal weakness and need. Of course, let’s also remember that life is about giving and receiving :)

On another note, we feel relief and comfort when a friend’s got our back but how many of us feel that same reassuring feeling when God tells us he’s got our back?
Do you have the same feeling? Only you can discern whether it’s actually the same feeling. Many things in my life I’ve had to lift up to Him to take care of and I can honestly say sometimes I feel the burden lifted and other times I don’t. It takes faith and trust. Unfortunately, some burdens we chose not to let go and we decide to carry the unnecessary burden.

“Shaq’s got your back”...it’s a comcast commercial? It’s a funny commercial where we see Shaq helping out families with their cable TV problems and at the end they say “Shaq’s got your back” in a funny action way.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBnCinw8y3o