I have fallen in love with this song, it's beautiful and so true. When I find a song I can't get enough of I research it and kinda get to know it I guess.
So once you've listened to the song and maybe read along with the lyrics you should have a good understanding of the meaning of the song.
(The 3 questions below came from Brandon Heath himself. Just wanted to make that clear, I don't want to take all the credit.)
What is your Eden?
-What's that time, place or who's the person that made you feel innocent, probably not even knowing what sin was.
What is your Apple?
-What is stealing your innocents? What is it that takes you out of Eden? Is it a job, insecurity or and addiction?
What is your heart?
-What are some things you always wanted to do but were afraid to do them.
My Eden is back in 2000 when I was 9 and 10. It was when I didn't have a worry in the world. No technology, No facebook, I didn't care about watching the news, I didn't have to pay bills. Don't get my wrong I LOVE my life now but as you get older which I am now, since 2000, you face a lot of challenges. You have to get through middle school and there you do what they call "establish yourself" then hopefully you survive high school. Next you get thrown out into the real world and temptations and worldly things get in the way of your walk with God. I am married to a very strong willed person who has never given into the temptation of alcohol or drugs, I look up to him for that!
Next, my apple is.....drum roll plese....yes, you guessed it....facebook. I get on facebook daily. It's gotten to the point where if I don't check it every so often it drives me crazy because I just have to know what everyone is doing and talking about. I start to envy others, get jealous or even put wrong words or thoughts in my head about what people have said and done. It gets in the way with the life I should be living and that's living for the Lord. It's a challenge that I'm slowly working on. I'm trying not to make my facebook a diary of my day and tell EVERYONE what i'm doing every few hours. I am trying to minister to others, encourage others and make others smile! Here lately I have been thinking about how I want to be remembered, leaving a legacy. Do I want to be remembered for the positive, upligting, and encouraging statuses? Or do I want to be remembered for sucking the life out of everyone by complaining publicly about everyone in my life, starting drama from not keeping my opinion to myself and so on... Think about how people are going to remember you!
And lastly my heart. Something I never thought I could do 4 years and 9 months ago was continually say goodbye to the man that swept me off my feet. God has been my strength through these past 5 years of this crazy military life I married into! I never thought I would find the courage to say "I am so unhappy being in college, I want out. I don't want to do this anymore. School is not for me." I was true to myself and did what I wanted to do! These are two examples of following my heart and doing something I never thought I could do but with God on your side ANYTHING is possible! Can I get an Amen?!
You have a lot to think about! What's your Eden? What's your Apple? What's your Heart?
Hope you enjoyed todays blog!
I am so proud to have you as a daughter-n-law. i am never worried about you guys. when jeremy met you i knew that you were the one for him, but how were you going to adjust to military life? i could tell you had a very close relationship with your family and that was a good thing. when it comes to the military life things aren't always what we think they should be and it can drive you to a breaking point, you think. what do i want more, a life someone else has planned for me or shut my eyes and take the first step to what God has planned for me. it's easy to do the expected but aw the unexpected, well that's another adventure. i remember a conversation you and i had close to your graduation, you were distraught over the next step. you wanted to do then what you are now doing. it's so hard for we girls who are very close with their parents, to actually walk the scripture. man leaves his parents women leave their homes. especially hard when he takes you way out your comfort zone and you have no one in your circle of friends that has any clue what you are facing. as we got to know while jeremy was away, i realized that you were a lot stronger than you thought. i hope that i advised you well and encouraged you well. i hope my experience helped you some. i saw myself in you and knew you could do this. truly you are jeremy's help mate. i know i said this before, but i am proud to have you as my daughter-n-law!! I love you, doll!
ReplyDeleteIt took me a while but I got used to this life and it turns out it's not so bad, besides deployments of course. Separation just comes with the package so it's something we have to do and have no control of and if we look at it that way it's not as hard as some people make it. You advised me and encouraged me amazingly well! I so appreciate everything you have done for me, for us I guess I should say! Most days when I didn't know who else to talk to you put things into perspective for me. You had been in my shoes and knew what words I needed to hear during the rough, miserable days without Jeremy. You helped me figure Jeremy out too. It was a long learning process figuring him out, heck I still learn new things about him! You have an amazing son who would do anything in the world for me, works hard to support me and loves me so much! He has given me 3 beautiful fur babies...baaaahahaha! I sound like I gave birth to all 3 of them. He will give me beautiful babies in the future and be an awesome dad! We are stepping out and getting more involved in our church and I love the Godly man he is! Thank you for raising such a great man! I love you mom-inlaw!!
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