My version of the abundant life

Jesus said"The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. (John 10:10 NASB) I realize that this has numerous implications. Jesus did not come to simply make us happy. He came to give us a fuller life-an eternal life, and a relationship with Him. I could go on and on about the difference that Christ can make in a person's life, but I will just say that He does make an incredible difference. We can be satisfied, fulfilled, and have inner peace.

With all that being said, I feel like one of the ways in which my relationship with God plays out is through being joyful. I really enjoy life. Smiles and laughter are often contagious.

I had spoken with a guy at the Juvenile Detention Center that I work with a few months ago about his eternal destiny. He told me, "I have a grandfather that is a preacher and I know a lot of what the Bible says. I know that according to the Bible if I were to die right now that I would go to hell. I'm not ready to change." At first this guy would get on my nerves occasionally, but now we get along well. He told me the other night-"Dave, you're not like 99% percent of the world. You just don't care what people think about you." I had encouraged him to seek refuge in the Lord on a couple of occasions, but I think that what God may be working through the most is being enjoying life and being silly. This same guy that I work with recorded my first utube video recently. It is really typical daily silly stuff that I do, but people have found it amusing and I hope that you will too. Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sa1ixiJ6t0 If that doesn't work you can go to utube and search under Dave's safety dance. There are so many awesome silly moments that are not caught on video-but I am glad that I am finally on utube. Often most people settle in life. I hope and pray that people around the world would find more and more the truly abundant life that Jesus Christ intended us to experience.