What if

What if everything didn't happen for a reason?
What if there was no God watching our every move from above?
What if our conscience didn't say anything when we screwed up?
What if we had to live life feeling hopeless, with no hope of finding forgiveness and redemption?
What if up meant down? Or right meant left?
What if being poor didn't mean you were scum?
What if the average rich person actually cared?
What if people didn't turn a deaf and bitter ear when someone tried to share Christ with them?
What if Ghandi wouldn't have said "I love your Christ, but not your Christians"?
What if Hitler hadn't been born? Or, what if something hadn't happened to make him so hateful?
What if I hadn't been born into a family who followed the gospel?
What if I had never realized that God is a friend, not an enemy?
What if God hadn't offered His only son as a sacrifice for the entire world?

Life has so many 'if's. It's hard to think about things as if they might have been different. I for one am glad that Christ saved humanity. Life would be so, empty if there was no hope. I know I have not always had this outlook on faith, but I sure thankful that I even have the chance to find a savior.

I heard a song on the radio this morning after I dropped Lindsey off at work @ 5:45. It's by the band Everlast and it's called What It's Like. I've never heard of the band, nor have I ever heard the song... but I'm thankful I just happened to turn on the radio as it came on. The song is designed to make people think, and it definitely achieved that with me. I encourage you to give it a listen.

My laptop is about to die, and I've got a dog curled up in my lap which makes me very reluctant to get up and go fetch my power cord... so I'll wrap this up for now.
Think today about where God has placed you in the world. What if He put there for an amazingly special purpose that only you can fulfill? I'd like to think that's the case for each and every person on earth... it's just a matter of whether or not we realize it before it's too late.