If you’re honest, what matters most to you?

Getting ahead? Getting stuff? Getting your way?

Being liked? Being included? Being recognized and respected?

Maybe in the haze of school and sports, family and friends, music and media, you haven’t figured out yet what matters most to you.

But researchers say that this new generation wants to make a difference for good.

Jesus says “Start here. Listen in. Love God with everything in you, and that love will pour out to the people around you. From there, what matters most will emerge. You’ll know what’s important.”

And yet sometimes it’s all we can do to take that love in. Last night as I struggled to sleep, behind on a deadline and face broken out, head pounding and stomach hurting, all I could do was cry out for that Love.

I let myself breathe deep, imagining God whispering my name, “I love you.” And me saying back, “I love you too.” Sometimes that’s all we can muster. We matter to God.

By Cari Pattison from D365