well, i love summer, SO much! I love just getting to hang out, relax, and be lazy with the people i love. However, this summer has been bittersweet. I love my family and friends from home, but I miss my friends at school, EVERYDAY! i can't go a day without thinking.."man, i wish jill and brittney lived here." I miss everyone at UMHB so much, and I cannot wait to get back! 22 days and counting down! :)
Anyways, one of my favorite things about summer is new music! All the country artists come out with the best songs in the summer! maybe that's not true, but in the summer i get the time to actually listen to lyrics.. which always makes a song better. My favorite song this summer, and possibly ever, is "Love Like Crazy" by Lee Brice. It's chorus just is so amazing, such good words to live by :)
"be a best friend, tell the truth, and overuse I love you.
Go to work, do your best, don't outsmart your common sense.
Never let your prayin' knees get lazy, and love like crazy."
but as I listen to it and reflect on my life.. I don't do half the things it says, here's what i thought about.
- be a best friend- well, I'd like to believe I'm pretty good at this one, you'd have to ask my friends... but when it comes down to it.. how many people would I drop everything for? This made me think about how I should be a best friend to everyone, and how i don't currently do that.
- Tell the truth- well.. we all make mistakes. and I'll be the first to admit that I've stretched the truth, I've told white lies, and I've flat out lied, and I've learned from every instance. However, its not a commonality in my life and I personally despise being lied to.. there isn't much worse of a feeling, so I try to keep lying out of my life.
- Overuse I love you- man, this one sounds so easy.. but it really hit me hard because I really don't overuse it. I figured out I need to tell my family and friends i love them everyday. I would hate to leave this earth with someone questioning whether or not i love them. besides, saying i love you to someone can brighten their whole day, so why not?
- Go to work, do your best- this one is a tough one for me. I do go to work.. but how often do I truly do my absolute best at work? I get lazy often and just neglect to put my all into everything I do. I try to find the easy way out. A verse popped into my head the first time i heard this part of the song: "whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men"- Colossians 3:23. Gosh, If I sat here and said I do exactly that, I would be the world's biggest liar, because often times, I do the complete opposite.
- don't outsmart your common sense- haha this one makes me laugh because i second guess myself all the time, and a lot of those times i end up looking like a fool. most of the time, i'm pretty level headed.. but i do have my blonde moments. :) anyways, this one just kind of tells me not to second guess my self and my feelings.
- never let your prayin' knees get lazy- gosh, I wish I could say I did this. I take the time to pray once or twice a day.. most of the time, but really I should be in prayer all the time, in every decision, but I really just get lazy and don't follow through. Prayer is the key to heaven, but faith unlocks the door.
- love like crazy- Like I said at the beginning of the summer, my desire is to love everyone, and to love everyone "like crazy." i want to show love to everyone I meet, even though i fail at doing so sometimes.
anyways, this song really inspires me, and makes me wanna do exactly what it says :) and I wanted to share that with y'all, in hopes that maybe it will inspire you too :) Now it's time for the Ranger's game!! :D
i love you :)
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