Remembering God's Promises on the Journey Back to Africa

OK, it seems like it has been a long time since I wrote in here, but time is strange to me altogether anyways. I was up last night chatting with some Christians I met online, and it was comforting. It gives me such joy to share my love for God with someone. One 18-yr-old guy was telling me how he got saved less than a year ago. His life before that was filled with drugs and violence he said. God saved him from that life and now he is in love with his savior Jesus. I praise God for him and pray he blesses his life and works through this young man. Such potential for Christ people have, it is whether or not we use it that matters, whether or not we recognize that this life is not about ourselves - it is all about him. He created us and sent his only son to die on a cross for our sins so that we would not perish but have everlasting life. How awesome is that. I hope to watch Passion of the Christ again really soon. I thought it would be good to remind myself the price Jesus paid for me. Why he loves me this much I do not know. I know I do not deserve any of it, but I love him right back for it. Just when I find myself getting overwhelmed or upset in my life right now I remember God and His promises to us. He says he will never leave us or forsake us. He has told us in his word that he planned unique purposes for our lives before we were born; he shaped our hearts. I know he is teaching me things day by day. He's giving me what I need and it is more than I could ever ask for. Sending my boyfriend into my life was more than I could ever ask for. How much he must love me for doing that. It's just amazing - getting to experience God's love through another person that you love is just indescribable. I think that is the crucial factor for true love - God's love. I believe it cannot be complete without first coming from HIm. So, I guess then I should continue to seek him in order to be filled up with his love, enough to spill over for others. I know I need more and more of his love every day. I will forever seek him.