Better Days

I should preface this sentence by admitting it is quite corny and I'm 100% okay with that. I truly believe the Lord pursued me through KSBJ radio. Really.

It was an odd first taste of independence; turning sixteen and receiving my driver's license. Unlike most girls my age, I spent over two hours each day in this new car... sitting in traffic on my way to swim practice each morning and evening. The romanticism of it all died away after a week and driving became a chore to be quite honest.

Then something amazing happened. I discovered KSBJ and the car rides changed. Instead of hearing the dj's do segments that tore relationships apart (Anyone from the Houston area ever listen to Roula and Ryan's Roses? Someone would call in saying she suspected her partner was cheating on her. Then Roula would would try and trick the partner into sending free roses to whoever he wanted to see if he would send them to anyone other than the person calling. It was sickening yet addicting,) the dj's talked about how God could heal relationships and make them stronger for His glory. The songs brought me hope and offered something I was craving but hadn't been able to put my finger on. As I began to recognize and memorize the songs' lyrics, I'd realize in church that many of these words were directly pulled from the Bible! It was so exciting to realize that I was singing praises inspired by God himself; His Word took on new meaning for me and since then I've experienced a transformation that can only be attributed to God and His guiding will over my life.

Last night I went with friends to the Robbie Seay Band concert in Bryan and one of songs reminded me of God's work in my life during that specific period. On a particularly rough day I was driving home from practice, really stressed out and exhausted. On the verge of tears I heard these sweet words playing softly through the radio for the first time,

First of all, thanks for listening to our song,
we hope this finds you driving in your car,
or where ever you are breath out and breath again
know that life is hard, but its worth it in the end.
Listen to me now for the love, oh love,
it's waiting for you now, just to say
here come better days here come better days,
better days, and a better place I know...

Their song did find me in my car on that rather ordinary day, but something extraordinary has happened since then in that I have found that kind love he sings about that's better than anything even the best day has to offer. That song found me again, four years later, somewhere else breathing in and breathing out last night, in need of a reminder of where I was and where God has me now. I'm still a girl in need of grace, but so very thankful that I have a God who pours it lavishly on those He loves.

God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.
1 John 4:9-11