The Word Crafter: "Each man's life touches so many other lives..."

Who Am I?

I am merely a teenage girl, trying to find her way in life. But if you look closer, you will see my fingers are stained with ink from the aimless doodles that cover every blank page and margin, and from the furious scribbling that fill the pages of my numerous notebooks. You will notice that I burst out singing at random times, am extremely absent-minded, and laugh way too easily. I read avidly, write fiercely, love passionately, and hate bitterly. The Bible is the source of my peace--and I am a sinner saved by the mercy of God's grace. I feel naked without my camera, and everywhere I look, I see possible snapshots that could have been taken. My pen is my weapon, my camera is my companion--and beauty is my inspiration. I am, as L. M. Montgomery put it, "an eternal slave to beauty". I spend most of my time gazing at the curtain that separates the natural from the supernatural—but at times, at times, the curtain is lifted. These moments I live for.

It's just been one of those days - a mish-mash day. (Try saying "mish-mash" five times fast ^_^) Some parts good, some parts bad, some parts in between.

Take sitting out in the sun for a few hours over lunch as an example. Now that's good. Really good.

Take watching It's A Wonderful Life with popcorn. Now that's good too.

It's A Wonderful Life is one of those "feel-good" movies. It's not exactly tense, or action-filled, but leaves you with this warm fuzzy feeling inside your stomach. Like this one line that Clarence (the angel) said...

Strange, isn't it? Each man's life touches so many other lives. When he isn't around he leaves an awful hole, doesn't he?

You know...you ever get that feeling that you don't matter? That no-one appreciates you?

The truth is...

You MATTER.

To your family, to your friends - but especially to God. You MATTER to Him.

God loved the world so much that He gave His one and only Son so that whoever believes in Him may not be lost, but have eternal life. John 3:16

He LOVES you, and He wants to know you, and He appreciates you more than you could ever know...Ahh. That's a kind of security that I couldn't do without. :-)

11 replies:

Hannah Nicole said...: Soooooooo true. Our God is a MARVELOUS and FABULOUS and WONDERFUL and AWESOME God.

Love,
--Hannah; April 20, 2010 at 6:13 PM
Anna Gray said...: Oh, you are SO RIGHT, Bekah! I feel that way ALL the time! I really did need this post today.....yep, I really was having one of those days.; April 20, 2010 at 6:25 PM
Amber Noella said...: Oh, I know what you mean! He's the greatest isn't He? :); April 20, 2010 at 7:30 PM
HIS daughter said...: Wow. So true! I really really needed this tonight! Thanks so much :)
Blessings!
katy; April 20, 2010 at 7:47 PM
Rachel Kimberly said...: A great reminder! And "It's a Wonderful Life" is one of my family's all-time favorite movies. We have a tradition of watching it on Christmas Eve, though any time is a good time. :); April 20, 2010 at 7:57 PM
BARBIE said...: Oh yes, God's love! Now that is the most wonderful, amazing and beautiful thing, isn't it! Loved this post!; April 20, 2010 at 9:19 PM
Anonymous said...: Love this post!! I haven't seen that movie before, I should check it out. :)

~kinsey; April 21, 2010 at 10:58 AM
[Lauren] said...: Thank you, Bekah. I really needed this today.; April 21, 2010 at 12:42 PM
Rachel @ Finding Joy said...: Thanks for the good reminder, Bekah.

God's love is amazing.

..Rachel..; April 21, 2010 at 2:47 PM
Näna said...: Hey, Bekah.

Check out my post for tomorrow...I got an award for ya.; April 21, 2010 at 6:14 PM
Rachel Danielle said...: How true, how many lives are touched by each life- be it in a good way, or a bad way. But isn't that exciting in a way? We can make an impact wherever we go!; April 21, 2010 at 7:49 PM