// It’s a new year!//

This year has started of well for me. And it’s not because of the money I have made, or even the friends I have made. This year has started off good for me for one reason and one reason alone. God is sovereign. God is Mighty. And God is and will continue to be my hope. I love the fact that I’ve been set free, free from my sinful past. My new years resolution wasn’t one of this world. Not to get in shape, make a new friend each day, or even get into a relationship. No, my mission this year… grow more in Christ. 

It’s easy to look at things in this world and say I want. I want this car, this house, this lifestyle. But the only bad thing about that, the downfall in all those things, is that they will fail you.

Happiness comes from God like light comes from the sun. It radiates brightly for the world to see. Joy is found in Him, happiness, pleasure, comfort… All found in Him. Why not pursue the source instead of the shadow? I want my days on this earth not to be measured in how much I have, but be measured in my love for the Lord. When I wake up on Sundays to lead kids in church. It’s not because I feel like I have to, but because God is doing a might work in my heart. And it’s easy to see that, it’s easy to see how much I’ve changed. And I’m eternally grateful for that.

So this year don’t set your mind on temporary pleasure. Set it on the source of all things. Jesus.

Love you guys. Have a good year.

// Boasting//

The Cross: A mighty picture of Gods love and pursuit of you, despite you. This love that was shown to us through Christ on the Cross should lead to an outpouring of love to everyone we meet everyday. For what greater love is there than that shown by Christ? Nothing compares, nothing can even come close. This world promises so much, and we get drawn into the lies of the culture that we live in, so far that we begin to lose sight of the greater picture. This beautiful work of art that God has created for us to enjoy and marval in but we have our faces so close to the art that we can’t see an inch past our faces… We are blinded by our insecurities, we struggle to move forward because we are too scared of what will happen. There is no need to be scared, no need to be frightful of what might happen because of one reason… God is sovereign. Who better to lead you down your path than the person who wrote out your script. So every day that I wake up I boast in the glory that is the Cross. I boast in my pain, and also in my triumph. I’ve turned my life over to Christ to make His name known, not my own. The same power that raised Christ from grave is at work in me. And I rest in that truth.

Lecrae says it best,

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// The Ultimate Love Story//

The shadow of the cross is heavy on my heart.

Your beauty so devine I don’t know where I can start.

I know I believe in your love, I believe in forever.

I don’t know when but I know we’ll be together.

Every day that I wake, I take in your glory.

The sun and the breeze, it all tells a great story.

A story of grace, a love thats never ending.

Your love is so strong you have my heart transcending. 

I’ve been bought with a price, and that price wasn’t cheap.

Jesus died on the cross, for a sinner like me. 

The Ultimate love story, the Lord came down to save.

My soul is at rest, my debt has been paid.

// Hope: A greater definition. //

It’s hard to keep up your hope in something when there is no hope to hold on to. Good thing my hope is in something greater then me. And in that I can take comfort, and that’s exactly what I am doing. “I still believe we can live forever, you and I we begin forever now. I still believe in us together, you and I we’re here together now. Together now.” I’ve been singing that part a lot as I jam out to Switchfoot in my car. I can relate to that, I can see why they would write that. Honestly since my hope is not in myself I believe I can live forever. Not on this earth, but in a greater place. I’m still going to hope, that’s just the person I am. I know that if things don’t go the way I want them to there’s nothing I can do to change that. We will see how things go, and se how my life progresses; I just know that in whatever I do I will take joy in you.

 -Jonathan Higgins

// What’s the big deal, bro?//

It’s easy to get angry over the little things. Everybody get’s upset over something small, some more than others. I struggle with that from time to time, I guess it’s just because the world doesn’t do what I want it to do. But that’s human nature, we all are selfish and often times rude to our fellow man. But even in that there is so much good in us, the capacity to do good things for the world and everyone around us is practically limitless. But one of the major things keeping us from doing so is our pride. Once we realize that we aren’t the point that’s when we can start to understand the beauty in showing love to others.

If you give someone the benefit of the doubt, if you give them the chance to do good things then chances are they will choose to. Of course it doesn’t always turn out that way. But everybody has the capacity to do good, I believe that. 

Life’s great, especially when your happy to be living it. Maybe I’m too optimistic, you can be the judge of that.

And maybe this made no sense, I wouldn’t be surprised considering it’s late and I tend to ramble and make no sense when I’m tired. Again, you be the judge of that.

So I guess what I’m saying is this: Get over yourself Mr. Grumpygills.

-Jonathan Higgins

// Just a little something.//

It’s been a while world, how are you?

I’ve been listening to Lecrae a lot lately. His music is amazing.

I’m excited for Mutemath next year. It will be my first concert of that type.

I’m trying to win a trip to Korea, it’s difficult. I would love to win it though, getting to go over seas and see a different culture would be amazing. Especially since it would be free.

Getting to carve pumpkins for the first time in my life this week. I’m excited!

I’m happy, very happy. Thank you for that. Your amazing.

// hey hey hey.//

I don’t post much.

I understand that. Usually I post if something bad is happening or if life isn’t good. But I’m happy. Really happy. So this has just slipped my mind, oh well.

Go Rangers!

-Jonathan Higgins