Casting Crowns - Thrive (Official Lyric Video)

This has quickly, almost over night, become one of my personal anthems.  When I hear it on the radio, I can't help but turn it up and sing at the top of my lungs.  It goes along with the book I spoke of a couple of blogs ago, Forever, by Paul David Tripp. 
God hasn't created us just to skimp by in life.  He has called us to thrive.  To grow, to seek him, to point others to him with our enthusiasm of our lives in him.  I am totally guilty.  I get lost in myself so much that I miss opportunities to show others the hope for which I live.  I miss sharing Jesus with people and the power of the cross.  I desire to be intentional in sharing the joy of the hope I have found in Christ Jesus.  During the past 6 months, God has been creating a life altering story in my life and part of that story is to see things-bad things, as blessings.  I pray that I remember this and that my God will continue to reveal himself in the hard times and that instead of staying in the darkness, I will choose to THRIVE.